COLUMNS Photography by Theresa Herbert
CONTENTS Departments
Web Wise 41 Visit intriguing places in cyberspace.
President’s Letter 5
Critique 43
Self-publishing is Columns future.
Local Arts 10
Design professionals review Urbanisms: Working with Doubt and The Architect’s Guide to Residential Design.
The Henderson Art Project unleashes Texans’ talent.
Practice Matters 45
DCFA Events 38
Preparing for economic downturns is a matter of strategic planning.
Architecture documentaries, walking tours, and a whole lot more
Edit 47
People, Places & Things 12
Architects’ homes are a never ending laboratory.
Who’s on the move and what’s happening in local arts and architecture?
Index to Advertisers 42
Detail Matters 16
Support the folks who support Columns.
Stairs of Steel
Transitions 48
Creative on the Side 23
Restless and inspired, the AIA Dallas Associates’ Committee makes things happen.
Dallas-area design professionals create inspiring art on their own time.
A Fabric for Dwelling 18 By Sara Sepanski: Architects define sense of space for Habitat for Humanity homes in South Dallas neighborhood.
Homeowners and Architects: A Unique Collaboration 24 By Diane Collier, AIA: Homeowners offer candid comments about working with Dallas’ architects.
The Gallery 30 Compiled by Kerrie Sparks: Beauty, inventive design, intelligent creation…all unveiled in this print exhibition of compelling architecture.
Saved Dallas 46 Centered on the Center 38 In two short years, we’ve welcomed thousands of guests into to our LEED Silver-rated home.
Dallas home, once a hospital, stands as a testament to perseverance.
Features
Profiles 39 Preservation architect Nancy McCoy, FAIA, describes the diversity of her work/life values.
The Stanley Marcus House: An Architectural Collage 6
Frank Welch, FAIA, elicits what’s real with the subtlety his architecture embodies.
By Michael Malone, AIA: Eclectic and eccentric, Stanley Marcus made a home like no other.
Cover: Artist's studio within this ranch house designed by Max Levy, FAIA, located in Singing Bell Ranch. Photo by: Charles D. Smith, AIA. COLUMNS | www.aiadallas.org
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