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Dallas Architecture Forum Brings Together Lucy Crow Billingsley And Deedie Rose For a Panel Discussion May 18

By April Towery / May 16, 2022 /

Fans of Dallas architecture are in for a treat May 18 as the Dallas Architecture Forum hosts a free panel discussion featuring local legends Lucy Crow Billingsley and Deedie Rose. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at the Perkins&Will auditorium (2218 Bryan St., Dallas). It’s part of the Forum’s Panel Discussion Series, which provides public…

Oak Lawn Committee Sees Repeat Office Project And Melrose Hotel Port Cochere Changes

By Jon Anderson / August 5, 2020 /

After skipping a month, the Oak Lawn Committee saw two projects last night. One was a fine-tuning of the long-delayed addition to The Melrose Hotel and the other is at Fairmount and Cedar Springs (making its third appearance). Since we’ve all waited years for The Melrose to get going, let’s start on Fairmount. Back in…

Five Uptown High-Rises Proposed to Oak Lawn Committee: Part 2

By Jon Anderson / August 7, 2019 /

The August Oak Lawn Committee was thick with high-rise proposals. In Part 1 we saw an update on StreetLights Residential’s proposal for Oak Lawn and Lemmon Avenues plus a new office building and retail restaurant village for the Quadrangle. Let’s now focus on 2500 Cedar Springs Road, a full block you may know as housing…

Oak Lawn Committee Sees Possible Signature Building Near Crescent Court … And More

By Jon Anderson / July 11, 2018 /

Three projects were reviewed at this month’s Oak Lawn Committee. One was a school addition, one was yet another apartment building, and the third was this looker of an office building. Since I feel pretty (oh so pretty?) tonight, I’m going to walk you through the looker first. That’s not to say the school isn’t…

Millennial Interest In Socially Responsibe, Sustainable Design Topic of Next DAF Panel

By Leah Shafer / February 2, 2016 /

Millennials are a generation 68 million strong in the United States, and their interest in socially responsible and sustainable design and architecture is huge. The next Dallas Architecture Forum event is a panel discussion called The Social Initiative, focusing on this group of Americans born between 1981 and 1996. Moderated by Bob Harris, this panel will look…