Modern Architecture

Casa View Hosts Cliff May Home Tour on Oct. 15

By Joanna England / August 8, 2016 /

In the East Dallas neighborhood of Casa View Oaks, homes on the blocks surrounding Andrea Drive are selling like hotcakes. With their low-slung gabled roofs, walls of glass, and clerestory windows, these homes hit the highlight reel of everything everyone nowadays loves about midcentury modern design.  In this transitioning neighborhood with tree-lined streets and upwardly…

Meticulously Renovated Midcentury Modern on Mayflower

By Joanna England / June 8, 2016 /

When architect and city councilman Vernon Smith built this Oak Cliff home in 1949, much of the features were revolutionary for the time. A double carport worked well for the growing number of two-car households. The windows and lines were clean and angular. The floorplan allowed for movement throughout the space with relative ease. And that…

David Griffin Launches Colvin Court Townhomes With Exclusive First Look Event

By Joanna England / April 27, 2016 /

I know this is a little unorthodox for our weekly High Caliber Home of the Week feature, but we would be remiss if we didn’t draw a little attention to a cool new development right off of Gilbert Street in Oak lawn. Designed by renowned, award-winning architect Russell Buchanan, this beautiful limestone and metal grouping…

Lake Highlands Area Home Tour Features Two Modern Homes in Urban Reserve

By Joanna England / April 6, 2016 /

The metal exterior and bright orange boxes might make you think that this home at 16 Vanguard Way is a super-industrial, sterile design inside. Nothing could be further from the truth, actually. This home, with its corrugated metal, wall of glass doors, and cantilevered shape designed by A. GRUPPO Architects will turn your conceptions of…

Interview with an Architect: Adriana Meyer Creates Green, Contemporary Structures

By Leah Shafer / February 1, 2016 /

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). Adriana Meyer, AIA, was born in Guatemala City and attended architecture school at…