Contemporary Style Architecture
Dallas Modern Architecture
Modern technology and materials have allowed architects to expand and refine the themes developed by Mies van der Rohe and Corbusier.
3117 Cornell Avenue, Dallas, Texas
A contemporary house in the Katy Trail corridor of Old Highland Park. Two very large spaces with many windows are connected by double passageways or by a long corridor lined with windows. Every room has prominent views of the side courtyard with a perimeter of Cypress trees, creating a sophisticated canopy and serene space.
Bluestem Residence, Cresson, Texas
This contemporary Bluestem residence was designed by architect Normand D. Ward in Cresson, Texas. A single roof rests on four pavilions with breezeways and walkways that help filter out sunlight into bedrooms and the studio.
The Rachofsky House
Howard Rachofsky encouraged and allowed Richard Meier to explore and experiment in this 10,000 square foot home on Preston Road. The seemingly simple, effortlessly floating stark facade belies its massive and intricate structure that gives it its grace.
3502 Edgewater Street, Dallas, Texas
This is the only single-family home in Northern Heights adjacent to the Katy Trail. A creased plane of glazed openings embrace the pool and backdrop of the dense 30 ft wall of trees, bushes and plants along the trail.
5030 Ravine Drive, Dallas, Texas
Bud Oglesby Designed Home in Preston Hollow
Architect Enslie (Bud) Oglesby designed this 4,400 square foot contemporary home in 1970. Award-winning architect Ron Wommack, who came out of the Oglesby shop, calls it “Bud’s purest work.” This home reflects the aesthetic that continues to influence the current generation of award winning architects.
3509 Crescent Avenue, Dallas, Texas
This modern home was built in 2005 and a project of the architecture firm Merrill, Pastor & Colgan who have designed buildings all over the world. The home sits in the first section of Old Highland Park with many windows across the facade.
3616 Crescent Avenue, Dallas, Texas
Highland Park Neighborhood Home
3501-03 Springbrook Street, Dallas, Texas
In 1987, Lionel Morrison designed a modern single-family attached townhome in Northern Heights. Other important architects followed, including Frank Welch, Graham Greene, Ron Wommack and others, both in Northern Heights and throughout the Turtle Creek Corridor.
Norman Ward, AIA, Renovated Bill Booziotis, FAIA, Modern Home
See how one talented Texas contemporary architect approaches the renovation design on the work of another award winning architect, resulting in great architecture created by Norman Ward, AIA, and Bill Booziotis, FAIA.
Dan Shipley Renovation in Highland Park
Dan Shipley created the renovation design for the Scott Lyons, AIA, Texas Modern home featured as the site of the Premiere Party for the 2017 AIA Dallas Tour of Homes.
