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SHM Architects’ CASA Playhouse Is a Kaleidoscope of Light — for Little Ones

By Joy Donovan / June 27, 2024 /

The description of The Lighthaus reads like a luxury home tour’s marketing brochure. “Though the shell of Lighthaus is made of traditional building materials, we imagine the primary material in this playhouse is light. Transparent exterior panels reveal colorful curtains on the interior, and a circular “stained glass” window filters light into the reading nook.…

Highland Park High School Students to Bring a Miniature Version of University Park’s Oldest Home to CASA Fundraiser

By Joy Donovan / May 25, 2024 /

Some Highland Park High School students are ending their year with a bang — of the hammer. The students are hard at work on one of the eye-catching creations that will be a part of the 29th annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses. The event is planned for June 14 through 30 at NorthPark Center…

Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouse Returns to NorthPark Center June 14 to 30

By CandysDirt / February 27, 2024 /

It’s that time of year again when some of our favorite architecture firms and home builders create miniature masterpieces all for a good cause. The annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses — the agency’s signature awareness event and fundraiser — comes back to NorthPark Center June 14 to 30 and every year we can’t wait…

Kimley-Horn Offers a Parade of Playhouses Double Feature

By Nikki Barringer / July 23, 2023 /

It’s the last Parade of Playhouses write-up this year and we’re going out with a bang. It’s Kimley-Horn people!! They’re an engineering, planning and environmental sciences firm and they’re HUGE. They work on projects across the United States and the variety is STAGGERING. We’re talking a UNLV Parking Garage, the City of Odessa Water and…

The BECK Group Squares Off for Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses

By Nikki Barringer / July 22, 2023 /

For eight years, architecture and commercial construction company The Beck Group has created playhouse designs for the annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses at Northpark Center. And every year they come up with completely inspired designs that seriously make you say, HOW DID THEY TOP LAST YEAR?! But they do. Every dang time. I mean,…