All Articles on Architecturally Significant Homes, Neighborhoods, and the Evolution of Cities

Short Term Rentals (STRs)

• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Each STR Will Cause Decline in Home Values Across Dallas
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue

ADUs

• The Myths and Misinformation Promoted by ForwardDallas
• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• Patchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
• Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
• Backyard Rental House/Granny Flat Zoning Threatens Trees, Breezes, Birds and Neighborhoods

Architects and Architecture

• Dallas Contractors Discuss Building Traditional and Modern Homes – Stradivarius Violins and Symphony Triangles
• Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
• Home Value Hierarchy – Hal Thomson
• Preservation Minded Owners are Key to Saving Historic Homes
• How Architect Designed Homes Can Outperform the Market
• Architecturally Significant Homes in Dallas are Best Collection in Country
• Dallas Architecture Forum Celebrates 8 Architects and 250 Years of Architecture
• Highland Park Preservation Success
• Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
• The Characteristics of Homes People Love
• Inspired Architecture Benefits Shelter in Place
• How Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
• Home Sweet Home? How Shelter in Place Changes the Way We Think About a Home
• Tax On Aesthetics – Architect-Designed Homes
• Max Architectural and Preservation Achievement of Architecturally Significant Home, Max Levy Architect
• Meet Architects of Homes on the AIA Dallas Tour 2017
• Why 2017 AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Is Best Home Tour in Dallas
• Architect Frank Welch Lived Young, January 28, 1927 – June 22, 2017
• Architect E.G. Hamilton, Death Now Destruction
• Architect Marc McCollom Designs Modern Home in Dallas Neighborhood
• Why Are Early 20th Century Homes More Modern Than 21st Century Builder Modern Homes?
• How Does One Architect Renovate Another Architect’s Design?
• David George (Dec. 26, 1922 – Oct. 7, 2013) Architect Leaves Legacy
• History of Crespi Estate – Pio Crespi and Florence Crespi and Architect Maurice Fatio
• Are Small Firms More Important Than Large Firms
• An Exploration of Modern Design – New Traditional
• Green Architect Designed Home Assembled on Site
• Architectural Photographer Charles Davis Smith Illuminates Architecture
• Was Architect David Williams Influenced by this 1907 Lumber Yard Ad?
• Architect Reinterprets Location
• Facebook Provokes an Architecture Conversation With the World.
• Richard Meier Designed Modern Home for Residence, Gallery and Museum
• Dallas Architecture Blog Identified as one of 100 Most Innovative Blogs
• An Architectural Progression of Architecture Patrons – One Family’s Homes
• Frank Robert Designed House as Bridge
• Architect designed home demonstrates link — Mediterranean and Modern
• Architect Scott Lyons Identified – House Saved
• Haciendas Reflect History and Origins of Texas Modern
• Mayflower Estates, the New Neighborhood of President Bush
• Architect Designs Dallas Garden House in Little Mexico
• Midcentury Modern Home – A Triumph of Small
• Architect’s Landscape for Architect’s Modern Home
• Dallas Green Architecture
• Architect: Quinlan Terry – The Highland Park House
• House at Wind Point – Max Levy 2007 AIA Award
• Architect Designs Home For Another Architect

Preservation

• Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
• Home Value Hierarchy – Hal Thomson
• Preservation Minded Owners are Key to Saving Historic Homes
• Dallas Architecture Forum Celebrates 8 Architects and 250 Years of Architecture
• 4908 Lakeside Drive is Demolished – Start Saving Homes Now
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Five Preservation Steps to Saving Historic and Architecturally Significant Homes in Highland Park and Across Country
• Saving Homes – Preservation Step Two
• Preservation Step Three and Four for Saving Homes is a Gamechanger
• Preservation Step Five – Implementing Architectural Deed Restrictions Guarantee Saving Homes
• Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
• Sorority Home Saved at SMU
• Highland Park Preservation Success
• Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
• Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining

Homes That Make Us Happy

• Why Do Spanish Revival Style Homes Evoke the Best of Highland Park?
• Home Value Hierarchy – Hal Thomson
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Homes That Make Us Happy – Timeless Observations
• Inspired Architecture Benefits Shelter in Place
• How Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market

Dallas Insights

• Dallas Contractors Discuss Building Traditional and Modern Homes – Stradivarius Violins and Symphony Triangles
• ForwardDallas Moves Dallas Backward
• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Beverly Drive Book Club Talk – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It 
• Architecturally Significant Homes in Dallas are Best Collection in Country
• Dallas Architecture Forum Celebrates 8 Architects and 250 Years of Architecture
• Anchor Neighborhoods are Threatened by Shifting Dallas Downtown Density
• Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Fair Park First – Single Family Neighborhood Homes Last
• Each STR Will Cause Decline in Home Values Across Dallas
• City Manager Ward System Form of Government Needs Reform
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Highland Park Preservation Success
• Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
• Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• Seven Reasons Why People Are Moving From Los Angeles to Dallas
• Personality of Dallas Seen Through Top Five Iconic Dallas Restaurants
• Holy Grail of Homes Buyers Desire During the Pandemic
• Direction of Dallas and Urban Growth
• Inclusive Urban Growth: Dilute the Strong or Fortify the Weak Neighborhoods
• Tax On Aesthetics – Architect-Designed Homes
• Patchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
• Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
• Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes
• Backyard Rental House/Granny Flat Zoning Threatens Trees, Breezes, Birds and Neighborhoods
• Amazon HQ2 = Trinity Groves
• My Favorite Day – Margaret McDermott Day, April 21
• Why Are Early 20th Century Homes More Modern Than 21st Century Builder Modern Homes?
• Trinity River Toll Road is So 20th Century
• Private Art Collections Creating Greater Influence in the Art World
• Nancy Hanley – A Great Friend to Dallas
• Private-Public Preservation Tools Coming to Dallas and Highland Park
• Dallas Surging Ahead of Other Cities
• Stanley Marcus Home Will Not be Torn Down
• Old Highland Park
• George Bush Buys New Home in Dallas?
• Important Midcentury Modern Home Spared From Dallas Teardown Trend
• Why Dallas is Embracing an Old Architectural Vision of What The World Could be.

Real Estate Insights

• Why Do Spanish Revival Style Homes Evoke the Best of Highland Park?
• Dallas Contractors Discuss Building Traditional and Modern Homes – Stradivarius Violins and Symphony Triangles
• Home Value Hierarchy – Hal Thomson
• Preservation Minded Owners are Key to Saving Historic Homes
• How Architect Designed Homes Can Outperform the Market
• Beverly Drive Book Club Talk – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It 
• Architecturally Significant Homes in Dallas are Best Collection in Country
• Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Each STR Will Cause Decline in Home Values Across Dallas
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
• Highland Park Preservation Success
• Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
• Homes That Make Us Happy – Timeless Observations
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• Observations and Clarifications to Tom Foster Texas Monthly Article
• Seven Reasons Why People Are Moving From Los Angeles to Dallas
• The Characteristics of Homes People Love
• Neighborhood Gates for President Bush New Home Will Double Land Value on Street
• MLS Remarks Can Diminish Value of Home For Sale
• How Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
• Pandemic Changes More Than Where We Work and Live
• Tax On Aesthetics – Architect-Designed Homes
• Dallas Super High-End Homes—Boom or Bust?
• Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
• Strongest Property Rights Mayor Was Also Strongest Preservation Mayor
• Three Spectacular Sites in Dallas — All For Sale!
• Future Owner of Crespi Hicks Estate
• Can a Modern Home Also Be a Good Family Home?
• Popular Greenway Parks Surges Again
• Owner of Crespi/Hicks Estate Decides to Retain Land for Next Architect-Designed Home
• Contractor John Sebastian With National Architects Creates Architecturally Significant Homes
• Private Air Features Crespi Hicks Estate Home
• An Estate Home Even Modern Architects Love
• Landscape Architect Can Define Architectural Project
• What Makes Some Modern Architecture Timeless?
• Bad Times. Best Architecture.
• Modernism is all the rage now, but that has even some modernist architects concerned

Homes for Sale

• Why Do Spanish Revival Style Homes Evoke the Best of Highland Park?
• Can a Modern Home Also Be a Good Family Home?
• My Favorite Modern and Estate Homes I Offer for Sale Share Boundaries with Massive Private Gardens or Public Parks
• A Conventional Lot From the Street Can Magically Become Paradise
• If only President and Mrs. Bush could have waited

Dallas Neighborhoods

• Why Do Spanish Revival Style Homes Evoke the Best of Highland Park?
• Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
• Home Value Hierarchy – Hal Thomson
• ForwardDallas Moves Dallas Backward
• The Myths and Misinformation Promoted by ForwardDallas
• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Preservation Dallas 50th Anniversary Home Tour Celebrates Architects and Neighborhoods
• Anchor Neighborhoods are Threatened by Shifting Dallas Downtown Density
• Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Fair Park First – Single Family Neighborhood Homes Last
• Each STR Will Cause Decline in Home Values Across Dallas
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
• Highland Park Preservation Success
• Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
• Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• Inspired Architecture Benefits Shelter in Place
• Holy Grail of Homes Buyers Desire During the Pandemic
• Northern Hills: Why is it a Favorite Dallas Neighborhood and Crown Jewel of Original Land Grant?
• Patchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
• Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
• Backyard Rental House/Granny Flat Zoning Threatens Trees, Breezes, Birds and Neighborhoods
• Free Highland Park Tuition Trumps Home Prices
• Older Neighborhoods of Dallas Book, Launched on the Texas Sesquicentennial, Still Relevant
• Popular Greenway Parks Surges Again
• FD Luxe Explores Controversy of Modern Home in Highland Park
• Shortage of Modern Homes in Highland Park
• Architect O’Neil Ford Designed His First Modern Home in Turtle Creek Park
• Turtle Creek Park is the Perfect Dallas Neighborhood
• Beverly Drive Chosen as First Street to be Featured as Neighborhood
• President and Mrs. Bush’s New Home?
• Turtle Creek – Dredged and Groomed
• Enjoy Seeing Dallas Neighborhoods with Google Street View Maps
• University Park’s Best Midcentury Modern Home

Home Tours and Events

• Dallas Contractors Discuss Building Traditional and Modern Homes – Stradivarius Violins and Symphony Triangles
• Preservation Dallas 50th Anniversary Home Tour Celebrates Architects and Neighborhoods
• Future of Design—Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas
• AIA Dallas Tour of Homes – October 23-24, 2021
• Meet Architects of Homes on the AIA Dallas Tour 2017
• Why 2017 AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Is Best Home Tour in Dallas
• Dallas AIA Selects Oglesby-Greene-Designed Modern as Premiere Home
• New Cities Summit Selects Dallas for International Conference on Cities.
• AIA Dallas Tour of Modern Homes: Nov. 2-3, 2013
• Braxton Werner and Paul Field Receive 2011 Dallas AIA
  Honor Award for Residence
• Which Firm Received 2010 AIA and Texas Society of Architects Firm of the Year?
• Celebrating the First Home Architect Gary Cunningham Designed
• Best of Dallas Home Tours
• Alexander Mansion Adds to Christmas Tradition
• AIA Dallas Modern Home Tour

Organic Urbanism

• The Myths and Misinformation Promoted by ForwardDallas
• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Beverly Drive Book Club Talk – The Poor Side of Town and Why We Need It 
• Anchor Neighborhoods are Threatened by Shifting Dallas Downtown Density
• Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
• Each STR Will Cause Decline in Home Values Across Dallas
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Greenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• Seven Reasons Why People Are Moving From Los Angeles to Dallas
• Organic Urbanism Encourages Community, Embraces Nature
• The Hidden Truth of Bluelining Versus Redlining a Neighborhood
• How Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
• Pandemic Changes More Than Where We Work and Live
• Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes

Urban Growth

• ForwardDallas Moves Dallas Backward
• Zoning Lobbyist Claims Home Owners Have Faulty Judgment When Advocating for Home Ownership
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• How A City Can Flourish – What to Avoid and What to Pursue
• The Hidden Truth of Bluelining Versus Redlining a Neighborhood
• Direction of Dallas and Urban Growth
• Inclusive Urban Growth: Dilute the Strong or Fortify the Weak Neighborhoods
• Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes

Favorites

• Why Do Spanish Revival Style Homes Evoke the Best of Highland Park?
• Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
• Personality of Dallas Seen Through Top Five Iconic Dallas Restaurants
• The Characteristics of Homes People Love
• Private Air Features Crespi Hicks Estate Home
• If only President and Mrs. Bush could have waited
• President and Mrs. Bush’s New Home?