Third annual AIA Dallas Tour of Homes happens this Saturday and Sunday
The seven homes featured epitomize the best in contemporary design.
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009
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Video: Rebuilding Together, a Dallas-based charity, joins Choice Hotels to improve elderly man’s home
The project is one of 13 Rebuilding Together projects awarded a grant by the Choice Hotels International Foundation focused on repairing the homes of low-income families.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
Exhibit review: The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners at Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas
Whatever the shape of Foster’s buildings, they seem to revel in the multiple reflections and reverberations the sky and wind enact overhead.
Monday, Oct. 19, 2009
Photo gallery: “A Taste of Swiss” home tour and tasting in Dallas
Participants "traveled" to Brazil, Italy, India, and Turkey, while keeping their feet planted firmly on the ground.
Monday, Oct. 12, 2009
A look inside The Usual, new bar opening soon in Fort Worth
The Usual takes a unique focus: Prohibition-era cocktails, in a smoke-free setting.
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009
Photo gallery: The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners at the Nasher in Dallas
This exhibit is as much a celebration of the art of model making as it is of the buildings themselves.
Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009
Photos and video: “Bridging the Trinity” party serves up Calatrava, Leppert, Hutchison — and fireworks!
This $150-a-tic "party bridge" preview featured vodka snow cones and a tall guy dressed in ivy.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009
Plano’s Russell Creek Family YMCA to be featured in Houston exhibition
Elsewhere Texas takes a look at architecture projects completed after the year 2000 throughout Texas and beyond.
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
Hell’s Half Acre is Fort Worth’s greatest preservation loss
Photos from Hell’s Half Acre prior to demolition show an area that had massive potential.
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
Collin County fined for selling McKinney courthouse
Citing state law, the Texas Historical Commission fined Collin County $1,000.
Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
The future of the past: The C. M. Davis “Aparthomes” in Fort Worth
Today, four of the C. M. Davis Aparthomes are still standing, and here’s a look at how they are today.
Monday, Aug. 17, 2009
Parade of Playhouses decorates NorthPark mall for charity
The little tyke's playhouses, built and donated by architects, are on display today through August 23.
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
Dallas Center for Architecture Film Series queues up Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead
The event will feature a post-screening discussion moderated by TCU's Dr. David Whillock.
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009
Kalita Humphreys Theater to get new tenants
The Uptown Players will utilize the space after the Dallas Theater Center is in their downtown home.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Architect magazine names Dallas architecture firm as one of nation’s best
Good Fulton & Farrell on Fairmount Street in Uptown is ranked 17th nationally.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Dallas Center for Architecture screens My Architect, a film about Louis I. Kahn
The film will be shown on Wednesday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Dallas Center for Architecture film series features Frank Lloyd Wright documentary
The film focuses the largest single site collection of Wright architecture in the world: Florida Southern College.
Monday, June 8, 2009
AIA Dallas celebrates Architecture Month with “Retrospect” exhibit
The exhibit features work from 50 Dallas architectural firms, Skyline High School and The University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Bridge plans and road expansions in Collin County draw opposition
The road will divert much of the westbound traffic from eastern Collin County from Wylie into Lucas, Parker, and Plano.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Circle Theatre plans to reveal a “new look” in March 2009
New flooring, lighting, seats, lobby, box office, and more!
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
First phase of five-story project, Ilume, to open this summer on Cedar Springs in Dallas
Developer says mixed-use project on Cedar Springs to feature ‘who’s who retail tenant list’.
Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
Expert to lecture on architectural conservation at Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth
In his lecture, John Stubbs will give particular focus to experiences at Angkor Wat, where he has worked for two decades.
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008
McCarthy selected to build the Dallas City Performance Hall
The performance hall will be a 124,00 sq ft multi-phase theatre facility. The building will try not to be envious of the awesome and very tall Wyly Theater that it will sit next to.
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum unveils schematic for expansion project
The new building will add much needed gallery space and educational facilities.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
New UNT business building to be completed in 2011
Construction to begin November 2009.
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008
UPDATED: Renovators of Highland Park Library earn architecture award
Komatsu Architecture in Fort Worth recently received the Texas Historical Commission 2007 Preservation of Excellence award.
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
Dallas architecture firm THA acquired Wells Janousek Architects
The two firms have already worked together previously.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The new/renovated Arts Magnet celebrates its grand re-opening this weekend
With its charcoal brick walls and concrete floors, the new structure is almost like a blank palette ready and waiting for strewn paint.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
UPDATED: Preservation Dallas jumps on the Statler Hilton bandwagon
Among other notables on the 2008 list of most endangered buildings is Deep Ellum. What's a deep ellum?
Friday, May 30, 2008
National Trust for Historic Preservation names Dallas Grand Hotel one of America’s most endangered places
Dallas' former Grand Hotel is one of the most endangered places in the U.S., and the only historic and architecturally significant site in Texas on this year's list.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Dallas City Council members visit the “green” (and almost finished) Trinity River Audubon Center
The Trinity Audubon Center is set to open in early fall.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Dr. Pepper StarCenter … of McKinney?
It could happen if city agrees to pay $11 million.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Fort Worth to build unique pedestrian bridge spanning Trinity River
The Phyllis Tilley Memorial Pedestrian Bridge will be the first single arch-supported stress ribbon bridge in the United States.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Plano-based SHW to design facility for Michigan State University in Dubai
SHW Group will design and engineer the first American university campus in the Dubai International Academic City.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
The Dallas Architecture Forum continues with Robert Hammond
Hammond will speak about the High Line, a disused elevated rail structure in Manhattan now being converted to a public park.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008
Make Space for Art jury announced
Juried architecture exhibit judges will review designs for La Reunion arts residency
Mark Gunderson, Rick Brettell, Rick Lowe, Louise Harpman, and Max Levy will judge architecture entries for La Reunion TX
Friday, Nov. 30, 2007
The Dallas Architecture Forum continues with award-winning architect Wendell Burnette
Burnette will speak about his latest work.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007
Dallas Architecture Forum continues 12th season of lectures on Nov. 15 with Anton Garcia-Abril for the Ken Roberts lecture
In the forefront of the new generation of Spanish architects, Garcia-Abril ties the building process intimately to design.
Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
The Dallas Architecture Forum presents award-winning architect Nader Tehrani
Nader Tehrani will be talking about his firm's latest work.
Monday, Oct. 1, 2007
AIA 150: America’s Favorite Architecture exhibit featured at UTA
The American Airlines Center comes in at Number 118 on the list of America's Favorite Architecture exhibit.
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007
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