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ADU

  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • New York Central Park Trees Is Backyard of New YorkPatchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
  • Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
  • Large backyard tree in Old East DallasBackyard Rental House/Granny Flat Zoning Threatens Trees, Breezes, Birds and Neighborhoods

Architects and Architecture

  • Beaux-Arts style home at 4101 Beverly Drive in Highland Park is a candidate to be a Highland Park teardown.Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
  • Highland Park home designed by architect Mark Lemmon.Highland Park Preservation Success
  • Lang & Witchell designed home on Swiss Avenue.Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
  • The Characteristics of Homes People Love
  • Inspired Architecture Benefits Shelter in Place
  • Balcony overlooking Place Des Vosges and Turtle CreekHow Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
  • Highland Park Home Reminiscent of Prairie Style, Highland Park Elegance, Country ModernHome 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
  • Architect Dan Shipley designed the renovation of this Scott Lyons-designed home in Highland Park.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?
  • Modern HomeHow Does One Architect Renovate Another Architect’s Design?
  • David George (Dec. 26, 1922 – Oct. 7, 2013) Architect Leaves Legacy
  • Crespi Hicks Estate in Mayflower EstatesHistory of Crespi Estate – Pio Crespi and Florence Crespi and Architect Maurice Fatio
  • Architect Lionel Morrison, FAIA, Morrison Dilworth + WallsAre Small Firms More Important Than Large Firms
  • The Vienna Secessionists Influenced 21st Century Design of Rick JanecekAn Exploration of Modern Design – New Traditional
  • Green Architect Designed Home Assembled on SiteGreen Architect Designed Home Assembled on Site
  • Architectural Photographer Charles Davis Smith Illuminates Architecture
  • Blog-Ad.jpgWas Architect David Williams Influenced by this 1907 Lumber Yard Ad?
  • 1810_Bermuda_06.jpgArchitect Reinterprets Location
  • frank_welch_11.jpgFacebook Provokes an Architecture Conversation With the World.
  • preston_house_7.jpgRichard Meier Designed Modern Home for Residence, Gallery and Museum
  • preston_house_1.jpgDallas Architecture Blog Identified as one of 100 Most Innovative Blogs
  • An Architectural Progression of Architecture Patrons – One Family’s Homes
  • frankrobert3.gifFrank Robert Designed House as Bridge
  • 5315_wenonah_01.jpgArchitect designed home demonstrates link — Mediterranean and Modern
  • 3428SaintJohns016.jpgArchitect Scott Lyons Identified – House Saved
  • Hacienda..jpgHaciendas Reflect History and Origins of Texas Modern
  • thm_maurice_fatio_1.jpgMayflower Estates, the New Neighborhood of President Bush
  • Ron_Wommack.jpgArchitect Designs Dallas Garden House in Little Mexico
  • 7010AIRLINE_4.jpgMidcentury Modern Home – A Triumph of Small
  • davidrolston_02.jpgArchitect’s Landscape for Architect’s Modern Home
  • Dmag1.jpgDallas Green Architecture
  • muse1.jpgArchitect: Quinlan Terry – The Highland Park House
  • MaxLevy_tawakomi_01.jpgHouse at Wind Point – Max Levy 2007 AIA Award
  • shadywood_5006_BLUFFVIEWESTATEHOMES_18.jpgArchitect Designs Home For Another Architect

Preservation

  • 4908 Lakeside Drive, Highland Park, Texas - Torn Down4908 Lakeside Drive is Demolished – Start Saving Homes Now
  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • Architect Hal Thomson designed this home on Swiss Avenue - Historic and Architecturally Significant HomesFive Preservation Steps to Saving Historic and Architecturally Significant Homes in Highland Park and Across Country
  • An example of successfully saving homes - Crespi Estate at 5555 Walnut Hill, Dallas, TexasSaving Homes – Preservation Step Two
  • Preservation Step Three will help sellers and buyers of this David Williams architect-designed home.Preservation Step Three and Four for Saving Homes is a Gamechanger
  • Architectural Deed Restrictions protect this Mark Lemmon designed homePreservation Step Five – Implementing Architectural Deed Restrictions Guarantee Saving Homes
  • A home designed by architect Hal Thomson on Beverly Drive in Highland Park, Texas, torn down.Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
  • Beaux-Arts style home at 4101 Beverly Drive in Highland Park is a candidate to be a Highland Park teardown.Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
  • Gamma Phi Sorority House at SMU.Sorority Home Saved at SMU
  • Highland Park home designed by architect Mark Lemmon.Highland Park Preservation Success
  • Lang & Witchell designed home on Swiss Avenue.Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
  • Munger Place is greenlinedGreenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining

Homes That Make Us Happy

  • A homeowner’s greatest property right is single-family zoning, which this home is protected by. A short-term rental next door would disrupt the tranquility of the neighborhood.Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
  • Homes That Make Us Happy – Timeless Observations
  • Inspired Architecture Benefits Shelter in Place
  • Balcony overlooking Place Des Vosges and Turtle CreekHow Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market

Dallas Insights

  • A homeowner’s greatest property right is single-family zoning, which this home is protected by. A short-term rental next door would disrupt the tranquility of the neighborhood.Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
  • Fair Park First leadership transforming and managing Fair ParkFair Park First – Single Family Neighborhood Homes Last
  • Short-term rentals attract the police. Single-family homes attract other single-family homeowners.Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
  • City Manager of Dallas is impeding progress of Dallas prioritiesCity Manager Ward System Form of Government Needs Reform
  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • Highland Park home designed by architect Mark Lemmon.Highland Park Preservation Success
  • Lang & Witchell designed home on Swiss Avenue.Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
  • Munger Place is greenlinedGreenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
  • People are Moving from Los Angeles to Dallas for a Serene EnvironmentSeven 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
  • New York Central Park Trees Is Backyard of New YorkPatchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
  • Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
  • Hamilton Park home.Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes
  • Large backyard tree in Old East DallasBackyard Rental House/Granny Flat Zoning Threatens Trees, Breezes, Birds and Neighborhoods
  • Amazon HQ2 = Trinity GrovesAmazon 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
  • carrekeroverhill.jpgPrivate-Public Preservation Tools Coming to Dallas and Highland Park
  • dallasoperahouse1.jpgDallas Surging Ahead of Other Cities
  • 10_Nonesuch_1.jpgStanley Marcus Home Will Not be Torn Down
  • Lakeside2.jpgOld Highland Park
  • lake.jpgGeorge Bush Buys New Home in Dallas?
  • px_universityparkmidcenturymodern.jpgImportant Midcentury Modern Home Spared From Dallas Teardown Trend
  • NasherSculptureCenter.jpgWhy Dallas is Embracing an Old Architectural Vision of What The World Could be.

Real Estate Insights

  • A homeowner’s greatest property right is single-family zoning, which this home is protected by. A short-term rental next door would disrupt the tranquility of the neighborhood.Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • A home designed by architect Hal Thomson on Beverly Drive in Highland Park, Texas, torn down.Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
  • Highland Park home designed by architect Mark Lemmon.Highland Park Preservation Success
  • Munger Place is greenlinedGreenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
  • Homes That Make Us Happy – Timeless Observations
  • People are Moving from Los Angeles to Dallas for a Serene EnvironmentSeven Reasons Why People Are Moving From Los Angeles to Dallas
  • The Characteristics of Homes People Love
  • gbush.jpgNeighborhood Gates for President Bush New Home Will Double Land Value on Street
  • MLS Remarks Can Diminish Value of Home For Sale
  • Balcony overlooking Place Des Vosges and Turtle CreekHow Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
  • One Arts Plaza in DallasPandemic Changes More Than Where We Work and Live
  • Tax On Aesthetics – Architect-Designed Homes
  • One of the super high-end homes found in Preston Hollow that sold for almost 50% less than the original listing priceDallas 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
  • Crespi Hicks Estate, Finest Estate Home in AmericaPrivate Air Features Crespi Hicks Estate Home
  • 10000 Hollow Way, Crespi/Hicks Estate Dallas Texas, Architect Maurice Fatio designed Home 1939, Architect Peter Marino renovation 2002An Estate Home Even Modern Architects Love
  • davidhocker2.jpgLandscape Architect Can Define Architectural Project
  • Northbrook2.jpgWhat Makes Some Modern Architecture Timeless?
  • 5_willowood_1.jpgBad Times. Best Architecture.
  • Lionel_Morrison_North_Versailles_10.jpgModernism is all the rage now, but that has even some modernist architects concerned

Homes for Sale

  • 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
  • 10160GAYWWOD_18.jpgIf only President and Mrs. Bush could have waited

Dallas Neighborhoods

  • A homeowner’s greatest property right is single-family zoning, which this home is protected by. A short-term rental next door would disrupt the tranquility of the neighborhood.Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
  • Fair Park First leadership transforming and managing Fair ParkFair Park First – Single Family Neighborhood Homes Last
  • Short-term rentals attract the police. Single-family homes attract other single-family homeowners.Short-Term Rentals are Assault on Homeownership and Single-Family Zoning
  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • A home designed by architect Hal Thomson on Beverly Drive in Highland Park, Texas, torn down.Why There Is an Acceleration of Highland Park Homes Being Torn Down
  • Beaux-Arts style home at 4101 Beverly Drive in Highland Park is a candidate to be a Highland Park teardown.Highland Park Teardown or Architecturally Significant Survival?
  • Highland Park home designed by architect Mark Lemmon.Highland Park Preservation Success
  • Lang & Witchell designed home on Swiss Avenue.Swiss Avenue Architectural Exclamation Mark
  • Munger Place is greenlinedGreenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
  • 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?
  • New York Central Park Trees Is Backyard of New YorkPatchwork Quilt of Backyards is Dallas’ Central Park
  • Adding Density Destroys Neighborhoods One House at a Time
  • Large backyard tree in Old East DallasBackyard 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
  • Euclid-3608-401.jpgShortage of Modern Homes in Highland Park
  • 3514_RockCreek_12.jpgArchitect O’Neil Ford Designed His First Modern Home in Turtle Creek Park
  • Stonebridge.jpgTurtle Creek Park is the Perfect Dallas Neighborhood
  • thm_highlandpark_beverly.jpgBeverly Drive Chosen as First Street to be Featured as Neighborhood
  • gbush.jpgPresident and Mrs. Bush’s New Home?
  • 3525_Arrowhead_04.jpgTurtle Creek – Dredged and Groomed
  • beaux_arts_1.jpgEnjoy Seeing Dallas Neighborhoods with Google Street View Maps
  • secretchichead.jpgUniversity Park’s Best Midcentury Modern Home

Home Tours and Events

  • Celestial Study at 5138 Deloache Kips Bay Decorator Show House DallasFuture of Design—Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas
  • AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Featuring Kessler Parkway HomeAIA Dallas Tour of Homes – October 23-24, 2021
  • Architect Dan Shipley designed the renovation of this Scott Lyons-designed home in Highland Park.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
  • Oglesby•GreeneWhich Firm Received 2010 AIA and Texas Society of Architects Firm of the Year?
  • Architect Gary Cunningham Designed Modern HomeCelebrating the First Home Architect Gary Cunningham Designed
  • AIA Dallas Tour of HomesBest of Dallas Home Tours
  • ALEXMANS_17.jpgAlexander Mansion Adds to Christmas Tradition
  • p4-vanguard-morrison1.jpgAIA Dallas Modern Home Tour

Organic Urbanism

  • A homeowner’s greatest property right is single-family zoning, which this home is protected by. A short-term rental next door would disrupt the tranquility of the neighborhood.Homeowner’s Greatest Property Right is Single-Family Zoning
  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • Munger Place is greenlinedGreenlining is Remedy for Redlining and Bluelining
  • People are Moving from Los Angeles to Dallas for a Serene EnvironmentSeven Reasons Why People Are Moving From Los Angeles to Dallas
  • Organic Urbanism Encourages Community, Embraces Nature
  • Posted Problems Associated with Apartments in Oak CliffThe Hidden Truth of Bluelining Versus Redlining a Neighborhood
  • Balcony overlooking Place Des Vosges and Turtle CreekHow Wealth and Luxury Impact Homes and the Real Estate Market
  • One Arts Plaza in DallasPandemic Changes More Than Where We Work and Live
  • Hamilton Park home.Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes

Urban Growth

  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • Posted Problems Associated with Apartments in Oak CliffThe 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
  • Hamilton Park home.Historically Black and White Neighborhoods Share Opposition to Affordable Housing Apartment Complexes

Favorites

  • Organic Urbanism is the Cure for New Urbanism
  • Personality of Dallas Seen Through Top Five Iconic Dallas Restaurants
  • The Characteristics of Homes People Love
  • Crespi Hicks Estate, Finest Estate Home in AmericaPrivate Air Features Crespi Hicks Estate Home
  • 10160GAYWWOD_18.jpgIf only President and Mrs. Bush could have waited
  • gbush.jpgPresident and Mrs. Bush’s New Home?
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A home an architect designed for himself and his f A home an architect designed for himself and his family is always one of my favorites. This architecturally significant and historically significant home at 4511 Highland Drive in Old Highland Park is even more special because it was designed by the iconic Highland Park and Dallas architect, Herbert M. Greene, who also designed the Cox/Beal Beaux Arts style estate home on Beverly and Preston. Adding to the legacy of this home overlooking Hackberry Creek and backing up to Lakeside Drive estate properties, is a home that was passed down successfully to family members over three generations. Until only recently when he died at 97, John Greene Taylor owned and lived in the home. I first met John Greene Taylor 20 years ago when he gave me a call and asked if I would like to see his home that his grandfather designed. I was thrilled to see this 1920s home with very high ceilings and graciously proportioned formal and informal rooms. The architectural detail and woodwork were still intact. Apparently, the beneficiary of the estate had no real interest in preserving the home, which does not bode well for its future. I don’t know if Preservation Park Cities has this historic home on their list of 100 Architecturally Significant Historic Homes? I do know that the high-profile real estate firms thought the home only had land value as a lot. Here is a perfect example of how an early proactive preservation effort might have made a difference. I will remember John Taylor Greene with admiration and appreciation for saving this architecturally significant historic home for as long as he did – his entire life. *Architectural Legacy Ends
 
#ArchitecturallySignificantHome #HistoricallySignificantHome #ArchitecturallySignificantHistoricHome #OldHighlandPark #HighlandPark #HighlandParkHome #HackberryCreek #4511HighlandDrive #HerbertMGreene #Architect #Architecture #HistoricHome #Preservation #Teardown #ArchitectHome
I have always been a huge advocate of the City Man I have always been a huge advocate of the City Manager form of government until now -- I realized it exacerbates and feeds off of a ward system that needs reform. You can see my latest blog article, "City Manager Ward System Form of Government Needs Reform" on DouglasNewby.com. The current City Manager Ward System takes away the voters' control, hinders the progress of Dallas priorities, and the Mayor's initiatives. My conversion on this topic over the last two months has come from the Dallas Mayor's good initiatives being thwarted, and the City Manager's public and private disrespect for the Mayor and now many on the City Council. I wrote "City Manager Ward System Form of Government Needs Reform" before the Dallas Morning News broke the story that the City Manager's future will be reviewed by the City Council when they meet on Wednesday. The reason this called meeting has been so long coming is because a majority of the City Council cannot fire the City Manager. The City Manager only needs to keep six City Council members happy to keep his job. It will be interesting if the Mayor and the four City Council members that are on record for wanting to fire the City Manager will have a super-majority of the City Council to do so. I have tried in my blog article to give a fresh perspective of the history of the City Manager form of government and single member districts, and what has been brewing at City Hall between the Mayor and City Manager. The current City Manager ward system form of government needs reform if Dallas is going to continue to flourish. *City Manager Ward System

#DallasCityManager #DallasMayor #DallasCityCouncil #CityManagerFormOfGovernment #CityManagerWardSystem #Dallas #DallasCharter #DallasGovernment #DallasCityHall #MayorEricJohnson
What is one going to do when one becomes fond of t What is one going to do when one becomes fond of the orchid that comes floating in a pre-dinner cocktail, the Serrano, ordered in the gallery from Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle overseen by Manager Dimitrios Michalopoulos? When the drink is finished, rinse the orchid off in chilled water and place it in one’s lapel buttonhole for the evening’s dinner at Antonucci’s. Seated outside close by was a prominent hedge fund partner that I casually know from TED. I went by to say hello to him and his grown family dining with him. After a brief fun exchange, he complimented me on my orchid. This allowed me to explain the origin story of the orchid to him and his family’s amusement, which inspired this post. I did not mention that I now have an inclination where John Reoch sources his buttonhole flowers he wears when he knows paparazzi will be close by. *Cocktail Orchid
 
@RosewoodTheCarlyle #TheCarlyle #CarlyleGallery #BemelmansBar @BemelmansBar #Cocktail #Orchid #NYC #Manhattan #UpperEastSide #Design #ButtonholeFlower #CocktailOrchid #sartorialgardener
Urban planners and architects often create digitiz Urban planners and architects often create digitized renderings to show how a plaza becomes a human space – a reflection pool, a piece of sculpture, spotted trees, and three people placed in the hardscape between buildings. And when I see these renderings, I say to myself, “Yeah, like that is ever going to happen.” And yet in real life at the MoMA, when I turned and looked at what seemed to be a large computer rendering, it was really a MoMA sculpture garden with a pool, a sculpture, spotted trees, and three sunbathers with their feet dangling towards the pool, with chairs strewn about inviting more to join them. Before long, as I often do when I am visiting the MoMA, I found my way to a chair under a tree with dappled light to relax and enjoy the day. The musing I have written across the photograph maybe should have been – “When life mimics renderings.” *Three Bathers
 
@MuseumofModernArt #MoMASculptureGarden #UrbanLandscape #SculptureGarden #ArtMuseum #Architecture #NewYorkArchitecture #LandscapeArchitect #UrbanPlanner #Renderings #SunBathers #Manhattan #MuseumofModernArt
An exhibition in a museum with an enjoyable scale, An exhibition in a museum with an enjoyable scale, mask optional, beautiful paintings, presented in a way one learns more about the artist, the artistic period, and the history of its time is my favorite way to view art. The MoMA exhibition, “Matisse: The Red Studio,” captures all these positive components. Sometimes looking at a series of paintings in a museum can make one a bit weary. This “Matisse: The Red Studio” exhibit exhilarates and energizes the viewer. It also propels one to see the other floors of the permanent collection with a fresh eye and a deeper insight on how to look at and think about art. “The Red Studio” becomes a studio index for the other paintings on the walls surrounding the 6 foot x 7 foot Red Studio panel.  MoMA was successful in assembling and displaying all the paintings pictured in “The Red Studio.” This commissioned painting of a studio was originally painted in the natural colors of the studio’s blue and green walls and wood floors. Matisse then did a reset of not just this painting but of his art. He rapidly repainted all the walls, ceilings and floor in red. His patron who commissioned the piece, upon seeing it, rejected it as did the art critics when the piece was exhibited in Paris, the Armory in New York, and at the Art Institute of Chicago. Matisse, who was a favorite fauve painter at the time, was ridiculed for this piece that went unsold for years. Hidden from view for years and only some 20 years later, found a buyer who placed it in his fashionable nightclub. Matisse did not include any of his earlier fauve paintings in “The Red Studio” but instead included his more recent calmer and more decorative paintings that he hung on his studio wall, some shown as you scroll through. Creativity is ideas that come in many forms. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes years, and sometimes generations for an expression of creativity to resonate with the public at large. “The Red Studio” resonates with us now. Congratulations to MoMA for another great show. *Studio Index
 
@MuseumofModernArt #TheRedStudio #MuseumofModernArt #Matisse #ArtExhibition #ModernArt
Doors will open and the new owners, a delightful y Doors will open and the new owners, a delightful young couple, will be embraced by a warm, sun-filled home, designed by architect Max Levy, that will provide them generational happiness. The front five-foot wide frosted pivot door opens to an entertainment gallery that links the glass-walled wings of the home—the open kitchen, dining and living areas, and the two-story wing of bedrooms. From almost every room there is a visual connection to every other room, the garden, and at least one of the five mature live oak trees framed by a window. Across the gallery from the front door, is a wide, sliding glass door, framed in white oak, that opens to a room surrounded by windows on three sides that protrudes into the garden.  Above the center room is a screened room only accessible to the garden, making these two stacked rooms the center of this residence and the center of the property, so one can fully enjoy nature and the trees that inspired the design of this modern home in Greenway Parks. No wonder many consider this the finest home sited on less than .5 acres in Dallas. *Doors Open
 
#Modern Home #GreenwayParks #DallasNeighborhood #HomesThatMakeUsHappy #ArchitecturallySignificantHome #ArchitecturallySignificant #ModernHome #Dallas #Architect #Architecture #MaxLevy #ModernDesign #DallasContemporary #DallasModernHome #DallasModern

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