Mies Van Der Rohe

Chicago Perch With 360-Degree Views of The Windy City

By Candy's Dirt / July 30, 2020 /

Lake Point Tower was completed in 1968 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe protégés George Schipporeit and John Heinrich. It’s based on an unbuilt Mies design from 1922 that was much shorter than Lake Point Tower’s 70-story, 645-foot height. Originally 875 apartments, the building now contains 758 residential condos – maybe soon to be 759.…

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Live Chic and Sleek in this Architect-Designed Contemporary Uptown Condo

By Leah Shafer / June 23, 2016 /

Architect-designed homes make for stylish living, and our Thursday Three Hundred is a rare treat. This updated contemporary two-story condo was designed by renowned Dallas architect Lionel Morrison, inspired by the work of German-American modern architect Mies van der Rohe. Located at 3920 Travis St. Apt. 16, this Uptown condo is awash with natural light, designed to feel spacious and…

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Interview with an Architect: Alicia Chandler Quintans Solves Modern Design Challenges

By Leah Shafer / December 11, 2015 /

In our ongoing series, Interview with an Architect, we speak with leading voices in the North Texas architecture community and learn about their work, development issues in our community, and good design practices and principals (you can read the last one here). Alicia Chandler Quintans, AIA, is an Oak Cliff-based architect, interior designer, and preservationist.…

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Kevin Twitty Creates Beautifully Planned, Sexy Interiors With Modern Refinement

By Leah Shafer / March 20, 2015 /

In January, I wrote a post called 5 Dallas Interior Designers to Watch in 2015 and Kevin Twitty of Frisco’s IBB Design Fine Furnishings made that list. Twitty creates original, inspired interiors and shows tremendous ambition and attention to detail in his work. He seems to have an intuitive nature that helps translate a client’s wants…

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People Who Live in Glass Houses… Should Just Wear a Lot of Designer Clothes from Highland Park Village With New Extended Shopping Hours (Did Someone Say Luxury is Dead?)

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2012 /

It makes perfect sense: you live in a house of glass, so everyone can see you. Therefore what you wear becomes supremely important and let’s face it — no hauling your butt to the fridge bare-ass naked. So it is smart, very smart indeed that the folks at Highland Park Village trekked out to New Canaan, Connecticut to…

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