Russell Buchanan, Dallas Architect

Russell Buchanan Creates Homes Like Pieces of Art

Dallas and Texas Architect

Russell Buchanan is both an artist and an architect. His inventive and exquisite eye succeeds in both stand-alone furniture or residential projects.

Example of Homes Architect Russell Buchanan Designed

Edward Durell Stone – Park Lane and Meadowbrook
Russell Buchanan, AIA – Renovation Architect, 2007

Architect Edward Durell Stone Designed Mid-Century Modern Home

Architecturally Significant

The renovation of this internationally important residence, including reclaiming the pool and floating dining room island, was completed in 2007.

Comparable to Edward Durell Stone’s international projects, this 1957 Park Lane project was his most important and favorite residential work. While he is known for his monumental projects, his interest in architecture began in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he entered a lumberyard sponsored birdhouse competition, which he won. He was from a very wealthy family and had a much older brother, already an architect, whom he joined in Boston. His brother sponsored him for the Boston Architectural Club where he drew and studied. He then went to Harvard and MIT on scholarship, studying architecture with an emphasis on the Beaux Arts style.

Dallas, Texas Mid-Century Modern Real Estate

Edward Durell Stone Designed Mid-Century Modern Home

Preston Hollow Mid-Century Modern Real Estate on 1.215 Acres

While his contemporary, Maurice Fatio, would draw for 12 hours and then go to “white tie and tails” balls, Edward Durell Stone would draw for 12 hours and then go to speakeasies — his favorite, Texas Guyan. Maybe this is the reason that much later in his career he was so excited about coming to Texas to design a home.

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