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This Dallas modern home in Greenway Parks was designed by architect Max Levy who has won more AIA awards than any other living architect in Dallas. Call Douglas Newby to find out more about this architecturally significant home and how Douglas Newby can best help you purchase an architecturally significant home of this caliber.

Dallas Modern Home is Sold in Greenway Parks

5543 Drane DriveDallas, Texas 75209Listing Price: $5,895,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby

A home with the architectural pedigree of architect Max Levy and its architectural significance is obviously special and desired. Douglas Newby consistently offers homes of the greatest significance and represents smart buyers with a heightened aesthetic and economic understanding. Douglas Newby also best understands neighborhoods and homes that make you happy. We also increasingly realize the desirability of a home filled with sunlight, the joy that comes from living in a neighborhood where one can say hello to neighbors walking along a greenway or parkway, the happiness generated by a home relating to nature, and the satisfaction of living in a home that is an aesthetic achievement. This Max Levy-designed modern home in Greenway Parks expresses all of these characteristics.

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1747 Leonard Street

Dallas, Texas 75201$15,000,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 0.0000Year: 2020Square Feet: 11,115Lot Size: Bedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 6Neighborhood: Downtown DallasSchool District: Dallas ISD

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3639 Beverly Drive

Highland Park, Texas 75205$13,900,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 0.4030Year: 2022Square Feet: 9,488Lot Size: 100 x 185Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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3401 Beverly Drive

Highland Park, Texas 75205$13,500,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Avandon HomesAcreage: 0.3440Year: 2021Square Feet: 10,628Lot Size: Bedrooms: 8Bathrooms: 10Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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6645 Northaven Road

Dallas, Texas 75230$10,900,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.7710Year: 2007Square Feet: 14,795Lot Size: Bedrooms: 6Bathrooms: 12Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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4700 Dorset Road

Dallas, Texas 75229$10,000,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.1870Year: 9999Square Feet: 13,104Lot Size: 51706Bedrooms: 6Bathrooms: 9Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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3620 Princeton Avenue

Highland Park, Texas 75205$9,850,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: SHM ArchitectsAcreage: 0.2760Year: 2019Square Feet: 8,789Lot Size: 80 x 150Bedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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2555 N Pearl Street

Dallas, Texas 75201$8,295,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.2160Year: 2007Square Feet: 5,666Lot Size: Bedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 6Neighborhood: Turtle Creek AreaSchool District: Dallas ISD

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5969 Westgrove Circle

Dallas, Texas 75248$7,999,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 2.2900Year: 2008Square Feet: 12,180Lot Size: Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 9Neighborhood: Bent Tree, Far North DallasSchool District: Dallas ISD

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11345 W Ricks Circle

Dallas, Texas 75230$6,999,999Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.3300Year: 2017Square Feet: 6,325Lot Size: Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 4Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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2200 Victory Avenue

Dallas, Texas 75219$6,995,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Chad Dorsey, InteriorsAcreage: 1.2330Year: 2007Square Feet: 4,857Lot Size: Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 5Neighborhood: Downtown DallasSchool District: Dallas ISD

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2430 Victory Park Lane

Dallas, Texas 75219$6,500,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 0.0000Year: 2004Square Feet: 11,807Lot Size: Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 10Neighborhood: Downtown DallasSchool District: Dallas ISD

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Contact National Award-Winning Realtor Douglas Newby To Determine if He should represent You to Find an Architecturally Significant Dallas Modern Home

Douglas Newby, a realtor who has won national awards for success in selling architecturally significant modern homes, understands your desire for modern design, a great site, good value, and a home that will make you happy living, working and playing in the home.  Here, you will find modern homes listed for sale in MLS.  In addition, real estate broker Douglas Newby is aware of the great modern homes in Dallas that might be available to purchase. Contact Douglas Newby to see how he can provide you with the best representation as you secure an architecturally significant home.

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Dallas has one of the best collections of modern homes in the country.

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5543 Drane Drive

Dallas, Texas 75209Listing Price: $5,895,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Max LevyAcreage: 0.4660Year: 2017Square Feet: 6,577Lot Size: 105 x 183Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Greenway ParksSchool District: Dallas ISD

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26 Vanguard Way

Dallas, Texas 75243Listing Price: $1,095,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Joshua NimmoAcreage: 0.2710Year: 2015Square Feet: 2,600Lot Size: 50 x 237Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 2Neighborhood: East Dallas, Urban ReservesSchool District: Richardson ISD

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6601 Hunters Glen Road

University Park, Texas 75205Listing Price: $22,500,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.8020Year: 1927Square Feet: 12,957Lot Size: Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 9Neighborhood: Park Cities, University ParkSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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10602 Bridge Hollow Court

Dallas, Texas 75229Listing Price: $11,995,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.6990Year: 2020Square Feet: 13,043Lot Size: Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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4436 Belclaire Avenue

Highland Park, Texas 75205Listing Price: $10,950,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 0.2600Year: 2022Square Feet: 8,042Lot Size: 85 x 133Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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11333 W Ricks Circle

Dallas, Texas 75230Listing Price: $9,995,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: William Briggs and CollinsAcreage: 1.1610Year: 2008Square Feet: 10,788Lot Size: 142x340x157x336Bedrooms: 6Bathrooms: 9Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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3508 Crescent Avenue

Highland Park, Texas 75205Listing Price: $9,950,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 0.5450Year: 2018Square Feet: 12,266Lot Size: 115x200Bedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 8Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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3701 Lexington Avenue

Highland Park, Texas 75205Listing Price: $9,450,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: David StockerAcreage: 0.3930Year: 2005Square Feet: 8,156Lot Size: 95x198Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 7Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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1918 Olive Street

Dallas, Texas 75201Listing Price: $9,150,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Acreage: 1.5530Year: 2020Square Feet: 4,678Lot Size: 0x0Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 4Neighborhood: Downtown DallasSchool District: Dallas ISD

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10240 Gaywood Road

Dallas, Texas 75229Listing Price: $8,500,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Scott LyonsAcreage: 2.6320Year: 1985Square Feet: 9,741Lot Size: IrregularBedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 11Neighborhood: Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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4350 Rheims Place

Highland Park, Texas 75205Listing Price: $8,495,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Richard Drummond DavisAcreage: 0.4440Year: 2020Square Feet: 8,243Lot Size: 110x171Bedrooms: 5Bathrooms: 9Neighborhood: Highland Park, Park CitiesSchool District: Highland Park ISD

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4610 Wildwood Road

Dallas, Texas 75209Listing Price: $8,250,000Contact Realtor Douglas Newby
Architect: Bodron + Fruit, IncAcreage: 1.3020Year: 2008Square Feet: 6,995Lot Size: Bedrooms: 3Bathrooms: 6Neighborhood: Bluffview Area, Preston HollowSchool District: Dallas ISD

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How to Design a Tasteful Modern Home by Mike Cahill

Blog Article Contributor—National Award-Winning Realtor Douglas Newby

Mike Cahill of Redfin asked experts from across the country, including architects, builders, designers and me, a realtor, to add to their thoughts and further illuminate the major considerations for homeowners to keep in mind when designing a home. Each modern home expert contributed an insight that I agreed with and that gave a meaningful direction to modern homeowners in different voices. I chose to emphasize proportions over modern ornamentation, and views in many directions versus an exaggerated window or tricky modern façade.

The other contributors emphasized Modern Architecture at Its Core; Think Big Picture; Bring the Outdoors In; Make It Uniquely You; Less Is More; Lean on Form and Function; Design In Harmony With Your Surroundings; Know What You Want; Understand Taste May Change; Focus On Fundamentals.

Please enjoy this excellent article by Mike Cahill written for Redfin, How To Design A Tasteful Modern Home.

It is much more important for a home to live and feel modern than look modern.

– Douglas Newby
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Howard Meyer and Top Dallas Architects Have Designed Fabulous Modern Homes in Greenway Parks for Decades

Modern architects Howard Meyer, Bud Oglesby, Max Levy, Bodron Fruit, Bentley Tibbs, Hidell & Decker and many others have designed modern homes in Greenway Parks.

Dallas is Home to the Best Modern Architecture in the United States

Realtor Douglas Newby recognizes that modern homes for sale in Dallas reflect some of the best modern architecture in the country. Dallas is home to the work of the greatest modern architects of the last century and today. Architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, François Lévy, David Williams, Edward Durell Stone, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Michael Linehan, Arch B. Swank, Scott Lyons, Philip Johnson, and Bud Oglesby have all contributed to the modern architectural landscape of Dallas and influenced the architecture around the world. Dallas modern homes are built in many different modern styles from classical modern to mid-century modern, Texas modern to “green” modern and some eclectic homes transformed into a more modern style. Here you will discover modern homes for sale throughout Preston Hollow, Turtle Creek, Bluffview, Greenway Parks, Lakewood, White Rock Lake, Glen Abbey, North Dallas, East Dallas, Highland Park, and University Park.

Douglas Newby identifies and illuminates the architects that have designed the best modern homes in Dallas. Many of the modern homes for sale in MLS or homes that are for sale and not in MLS have been designed by award-winning modern architects. These talented architects might design classically modern homes, Texas modern homes, white boxes, contemporary homes reflecting a midcentury vibe, or a modern home that has been predominantly influenced by its site and environment.

Architecturally Significant Dallas Modern Homes

National award-winning realtor Douglas Newby did the first Dallas architectural survey of architecturally significant Dallas modern homes. Douglas Newby revealed that Dallas has a tremendous collection of modern homes. Dallas has a tremendous collection of modern homes. Architecturally significant homes provide the foundation and examples of good modern architecture as it advances in modern design.  Architecturally significant modern homes have been designed in Dallas by the finest modern architects in the city, the region and in the country.

In Dallas you will see modern architecture from the early work  of architects David Williams and O’Neil Ford in the 1930s, to the midcentury modern architecture of architects Howard Meyer, Bud Oglesby and Max Sandfield in the mid-century to the late Bill Booziotis and James Pratt, to current AIA fellows like modern architects Max Levy, Gary Cunningham, Lionel Morrison, Dan Shipley, and Ron Wommack, to younger architects making a modern architectural impression in Dallas and across the country such as architects Braxton Werner, Paul Field, Joshua Nimmo, and Jason and Signe Smith, and national modern architects like Scott Specht.

On DallasModernHomesForSale.com by Douglas Newby, you will be able to find the architecturally significant homes for sale by these celebrated architects in Dallas.

Douglas Newby is the Best Resource for Off-Market Dallas Modern Homes

Many of the great homes purchased in Dallas are the off-market modern homes. Sometimes an owner of an architecturally significant off-market modern home in Dallas is just toying with the idea of selling their modern home. Other homeowners in Dallas who have an exclusive Dallas modern home are only wanting to offer it as an off-market modern home for sale as they do not want a parade of people eager to see their home that are not a good match for their modern home. When we specialize in the finest homes it is as important to curate those with whom we work as it is the modern homes we offer for sale. This Off-market Modern Homes in Dallas page helps match intelligent buyers with smart modern homes.

MLS Dallas Modern

Searching for Dallas modern homes in MLS is an important foundation to finding and ultimately selecting a Dallas modern home for sale. Here you will be able to search for Dallas modern homes offered for sale in MLS. Douglas Newby created the MLS Dallas Modern Homes search that curates just Dallas modern homes for sale, but does not make you slog through the traditional homes in MLS just to find a Dallas modern home in your price range.

For Sale Dallas Modern Homes

Douglas Newby & Associates has always curated the featured for sale modern homes that we offer. Whether it is a $20,000,000 Dallas modern home or an architect-designed modern home under $1,000,000, we will feature for sale modern homes in Dallas with the architectural and aesthetic quality that will make you happy living in the home.

Architecturally Significant Dallas Modern Homes for Sale

Dallas modern homes for sale that are architecturally significant are as rare as architecturally significant historic homes. Douglas Newby created DallasModernHomesForSale.com to be a place where you will be able to identify and find Dallas modern homes in MLS that are offered for sale. Here you will also be able to find fabulous Dallas modern homes for sale that are not in MLS.  In addition, you will be able to discover Dallas modern homes that will be offered for sale in the future. 

Marc McCollom, Modern Architect

A self described “quiet modernist”, architect Marc McCollum’s style is refreshing and free designed to nurture and not overwhelm. He’s trained with two of the greats, Frank Welch and Max Levy. The modern homes he’s designed can be seen throughout Dallas including the award winning “House of Three Rooms.” Read architect Marc McCollom’s thoughts on his work

Oglesby·Greene, Modern Architectural Firm

Dallas AIA 2010 Firm of the Year, Oglesby·Greene, has influenced and trained many of the best modern architects in Dallas. Oglesby started as a firm in 1950 and became incorporated in 1968. In 1995, it merged with the office of modernist architect Graham Greene, and continues to design award winning modern homes. Read about one of Oglesby·Greene’s most stunning homes

Bentley Tibbs, Contemporary Architect

Bently Tibbs, a graduate of Texas A&M, studied under modern architect Frank Welch. Tibbs is a modern architect who’s known for designing and renovating modern residential and commercial buildings utilizing simple materials and natural light. Read more about architect Bentley Tibbs

Bill Booziotis, Modern Architect

Architect Bill Booziotis is a civic leader who has designed museums, churches, university buildings, modern homes, and historic homes. His clean and elegant designs can be seen in many modern homes in Dallas as well as many of Dallas’ prominent high-rises like the Mansion Residences and The Claridge. See images of the Hoffman Gallery designed by Bill Booziotis

François Lévy, Modern Architect

François Lévy graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a master’s degree in architectural engineering. His work with modern homes reflects his academic interests and passion for technology and design. Levy is a modern architect known for his contemporary homes that incorporate modern design, sustainability and an open floor plan. More on François Lévy

Signe & Jason Smith, Modern Architects

A husband and wife architectural team and graduates of the University of Texas, the Smiths created their own modern architectural firm after working with many other extraordinary firms in Dallas. Their clean, refined aesthetic blends seamlessly with the needs of their clients and their modern homes. See a gallery of Homes From the AIA Dallas Chapter’s 2013 Modern Home Tour featuring homes designed by Signe & Jason Smith

Michael Linehan, Modern Architect

Dallas born and raised architect Michael Linehan graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in architecture. Linehan brings to Dallas unique ideas and perspectives from the East Coast, where most of his work can be found. More on Michael Linehan

Frank Welch, Modern and Texas Modern Architect

Designing homes, schools, sacred spaces and commercial buildings, Frank Welch propelled Texas modern architecture in a profound way.  Frank Welch, FAIA, continued defining Texas Modern architecture as the starting point for modern architecture in Dallas and as a current modern architecture in Dallas. Watch architect Frank Welch receiving the Lamplighter School Spirit Award

Gary Cunningham, Modern Architect

Modern architect Gary Cunningham, a graduate of the University of Texas, worked for the St. Louis firm Helmut-Obata-Kassebaum. His style tends to be exuberant and explosive, creating open and exciting modern homes and buildings.
Read about the first home architect Gary Cunningham designed

Lionel Morrison, Modern Architect

Modern architect Lionel Morrison can be credited with introducing the first modern single-family attached home in Dallas. Morrison and architect Mark Dilworth, AIA, left larger architectural firms to create their own, smaller firm, Morrison Dilworth + Walls.
See a gallery of homes designed by Lionel Morrison

Mark Domiteaux, Contemporary Architect

Architect Mark Domiteaux has designed modern homes throughout Dallas in neighborhoods like White Rock Lake and in Far North Dallas. His work includes the renovation of the oldest home in University Park.
Read about the 2013 AIA Tour of Modern Homes featuring homes designed by Mark Domiteaux

James Langford, Contemporary Architect

Architect James Langford, a graduate of Texas Tech, has worked on a number of important projects including the Meyerson Symphony Center and the all Saints Chapel at the Episcopal School of Dallas. He’s also designed many of the finest modern homes in Dallas.
See architect James Langford’s portfolio

Modern Design Preserves Historic Homes

Historic designed homes and modern designed homes from other eras are increasingly vulnerable to being torn down.  Architects can make an old home current and valuable with simple modern design revisions like this home has that was renovated to the specifications of architect Cliff Welch, FAIA.

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Dallas modern homes for sale are provided by national award-winning agent Douglas Newby specializing in architecturally significant homes. Douglas Newby knows the potential inventory of architecturally significant homes and the nuances of neighborhoods better than any real estate agent in Dallas. Understanding inventory is more than relying on MLS or “hip pockets.” It is approaching the market as if every home in Dallas is for sale. When a buyer looks for a home from that perspective, they are not constrained by a random slice of what is presently on the market or hoping something better will magically come on the market. A traditional approach leaves economics and aesthetics to chance. For decades Douglas Newby has identified architecturally significant homes and helped clients select neighborhoods in good locations that make them happy. The majority of Douglas Newby transactions are not through MLS. Values are determined by more important criteria than what has sold in the last six months. Homes are more important now than they have ever been.

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If you want more than an agent who will point out amenities and statistics, if you want an advisor, someone knowledgeable, experienced and someone you would like to collaborate with, then you should contact Douglas Newby. He loves working with smart people who understand a home is an important economic investment and an important investment in a place that will make them happy living, working or playing in the home.

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The Dallas Museum of Art opened the Cartier and Is The Dallas Museum of Art opened the Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity exhibit with a 5:30 to 8:00 black tie reception. New York Met Gala, Art Exhibitions, and Social Events are flourishing after a social sabbatical. Has there been a fashion reset? Does a mid-spring 90° afternoon influence one’s sartorial decisions? Liberties taken with black tie are often evident at the Oscars defining the too-cool-for-black-tie movement—no ties, long ties, and the latest fashion cliché, untied or loosely draped ties. Black tie and boots have long been a popular approach. My interpretation of a black tie afternoon Dallas Art Museum opening was black tie and slides. I was inspired by black tie and boots because of the long accepted blue jeans. White jeans (Loro Piana) seemed perfect for spring. Being a traditionalist, I thought it important to wear a proper black dinner jacket (my Savile Row tailor made my “tux” jacket and also organized my Emanuel Berg German-made pique shirt). The long Hermes gray tie wasn’t to eschew the black bow tie, but to tonally connect the black jacket and white jeans. The casually placed pocket square from Brooks Brothers also places me as a man of the people. The soft white eyeglass frames are from Barton Perreira. The foundation of the look is the black Hermes slides (Chypre). A nod to Cartier was the silver and black panther cufflinks. The only black tie convention that it hurt me to break was wearing a watch. However, a tribute to Cartier and their loaning such fabulous pieces from their permanent collection, I wore a black and silver Cartier S-watch. My pain was eased by the invitation showing an end time. For this black tie event, time did matter. Oh, and it occurred to me afterwards, maybe I am doing my part for gender progression by wearing open-toe shoes usually only acceptable for women at black tie parties. *Black Tie Afternoon
 
#DallasMuseumOfArt #BlackTieAndSlides #DinnerJacket #SavileRow #HermesChypre #LoroPiana #CartierAndIslamicArt #BartonPerreira #BrooksBrothers #HermesTie #Cartier #HermesSandals #Dallas #Fashion
What a great name, Wired Ball, shown on the hand l What a great name, Wired Ball, shown on the hand lettered sign, for a croquet party at the home of the Stevens family on the corner of Swiss Avenue and Haskell. Laura Stevens Chadwick, whom I discussed in my previous post, sent me this photograph of her grandmother’s house with her father measuring the distance of the ball to the wire wicket, along with several young ladies in fashionable croquet dresses. This picture arrived in my mailbox not long after I participated in a Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraising Bachelor Bid Auction, in which I participated along with several of my supportive friends on Swiss Avenue. They hosted a progressive dinner with each course at a different home on Swiss Avenue making up my bid package. In the Bachelor Bid book, I was photographed holding a croquet mallet, as I thought this conveyed the gilded age of Swiss Avenue. It was so fun to receive this photograph validating my impression of Swiss Avenue. The winning bid was $5,500, a meaningful contribution to the cause.  Kenny Novorr’s home at 5303 Swiss Avenue was the first home built on the street in 1905 and it was featured on the progressive dinner. It is probably close to the age of the home on Swiss and Haskell. Both homes had elements of Victorian architecture but had made the transition to a more nuanced Prairie style. When Laura Stevens’ grandfather moved to Dallas in 1870, she said the streets were mud with wood planks. When her grandfather suddenly died, her mother moved from the Stevens Park area to the home on Swiss and Haskell. She said the house in the photograph further down the street was the Chilton home. May is a month of preserving homes, preserving memories, and creating new homes worth preserving in the future. *Wired Ball 
 
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During Preservation Month in May, I would like to During Preservation Month in May, I would like to share two photographs I received from correspondence with Laura Stevens Chadwick 35 years ago about neighborhoods. As a result of my work as a real estate broker and my interest in Dallas neighborhoods and history, I occasionally received little treasures like the original architectural plans for the Bianchi house on Reiger designed by architects Lang & Witchell or in this case the photograph of 3013 Swiss. The picture is of Laura Chadwick’s grandmother’s house on her mother’s side where Laura was born. It is one block down from the Wilson block of Victorian houses assembled and renovated by the Meadows Foundation for nonprofit offices, including the 1902 Preservation Dallas office.  By 1905, Prairie influence was transitioning away from Victorian style, and by 1910 all new homes had Prairie elements.  While the Meadows Foundation renovated Victorian houses for offices, Munger Place homeowner Jim Aiken moved two Victorian houses to Munger Place and renovated them along with several Prairie style homes in Munger Place that he sold to homeowners. Jim did on Reiger what Don Criswell and his neighbors did on their block. They purchased divided-up rent houses and renovated them so that families would buy them for single family homes. Fred Longmore did the same thing on Tremont and Victor. All these Munger Place homeowner preservation efforts were before Virginia and Lee McAlester and I created the Revolving Fund to do much the same thing but with the profits going to the Historic Preservation League so they could hire their first Executive Director, Susan Mead. Earlier this year, a 1990 Victorian style home on Gilbert in Oak Lawn sold. It was one of the rare Victorian style homes to be built in the last 100 years. Virtually every other 20th century style has been successfully revived. For this reason, architecturally significant homes in these popular styles should be easier to preserve, not harder. In addition, new homes in these classic styles should continue to contribute to the rich architectural landscape. *Neighborhoods Evolve
 
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May Day is always one of my favorite days–associ May Day is always one of my favorite days–associated with wildflowers, May baskets, and a festive mood halfway into spring. What better way to celebrate May Day than with vibrant friends who celebrate Dallas all year with their accomplishments. What better place to celebrate May Day than dinner on the garden patio of Cafe Pacific on a beautiful evening. Notre Dame was also celebrated, which is fitting since the day has tributes made to Virgin Mary. The former Notre Dame student council president, now owner and Chief Wagoneer of Radio Flyer, upon hearing that fellow transportation titan from Notre Dame was celebrating May Day along with progeny of a Notre Dame All-American football player, sent miniature Radio Flyer wagons as May basket table favors. May Day also is the first day of Preservation Month. Who better to celebrate Preservation Month with than Amy and Les Ware who have accomplished the most important home restoration of the century in Highland Park and Dallas. On a massive lot this English-style architecturally significant home designed by C.D. Hill was doomed for destruction. In the good hands and aesthetic sophistication of the Wares, the 100-year-old home on Beverly was restored and seen at the Patron Party of the Park Cities Preservation Tour. May Day also has a more ominous meaning, one of warning. A splendid celebration at Cafe Pacific reminds one of the fragility of time-honored places and institutions deeply engraved in our lives that need to be preserved. Is there anywhere in Dallas that embodies the grace, elegance, sense of perfection and fun that Highland Park homeowner Jack Knox has created at Cafe Pacific–a restaurant as relevant today as 30 years ago? Also in the house on May Day, were the 3 best chefs in Dallas: Dean Fearing and Stephan Pyles as guests and Chef Terry Cook in the kitchen, along with dignitaries, Highland Park families, young couples, all treated like royalty and longtime friends. As we think about Preservation in May, may we devote time to think about preserving the magic of Cafe Pacific and its contributions to Highland Park for years to come. *May Day
 
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A house concert with a chamber music intimacy at t A house concert with a chamber music intimacy at the spectacular guest pavilion designed by architect Cliff Welch was a perfect way to kick off spring, celebrate the elevation of Cliff Welch to an AIA Fellow, and the re-emergence of Welch architecture as Cliff again concentrates his practice on what he loves most and does best, designing architecturally significant modern homes. At this beautiful and serene setting, we were able to hear the music of the talented Jackson Emmer, a singer and songwriter, and converse with many Cliff Welch clients who exchanged their reflections on how much they enjoy the modern home Cliff Welch designed for them. The modern home of Katherine and Bruce Winson on West Lake Highlands Drive is a home imbedded in every cyclist’s mind as it is always a treat to see it from the lake and is a reward for climbing the hill to see it up close. Thank you to all those who have retained Cliff Welch to design their homes so the rest of us can enjoy his work. Thank you to Joe McCall, FAIA, a brilliant modern architect and leader in his profession, for nominating and sponsoring Cliff to become an AIA Fellow, and to Cliff for his continued good work and contribution to the community. *Welch Pavilion at Lake
 
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Iconic street, iconic home, iconic architect. Faci Iconic street, iconic home, iconic architect. Facing the last few moments of the life of a home, one reflects on the home’s impact and why it made such an impact. Slide through images to see composition and articulation of Hal Thomson’s architectural detail at 4908 Lakeside that made this home the most iconic and admired home on Lakeside Drive. I have even come to the conclusion that the reason Highland Parks’ Lakeside Drive has been thought of as one of the five iconic streets in Dallas is because of this Hal Thomson-designed home and its flourishes of restrained romantic details perfectly proportioned and distributed. When one thinks of Lakeside Drive, one thinks of this Old Highland Park home. It is these details that have sustained Henry B. Thomson as the iconic Dallas architect of the early 20th Century. Hal Thomson is the one Dallas architect admired by all current architects of Dallas and revered by historicist architects who are inspired by his work. I recall the late Ted Pillsbury, the former director of the Kimball Art Museum remarking on the perfect composition and details of his favorite Dallas home—one by Hal Thomson. I continually find myself visually stopping at each Hal Thomson house when I ride my bike on Swiss Ave. These homes are familiar as I have ridden by them thousands of times. The Hal Thomson houses seemingly blend into the landscape of other architecturally significant homes on the street that are of a similar size and setback, yet the Hal Thomson houses catch my attention every time. I look closer and wonder why the home has such profound effect on me. I come to the conclusion it is the details. The details are romantic, elegant and refined, but are subtle, the last thing you notice. These images of details will hopefully be imprinted in our minds and of architects. Great community sentiment came for the home to be saved. Beyond contacting the owners, what efforts were made over the last year, 5 years, 25 years to save the home. Additional strategies are needed. We need to start saving homes. *Disappearing Details
 
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