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A montage of some of the 2024 AIA Dallas Design Award winners [Images: AIA Dallas]
AIA Dallas Announces Winners of 2024 Built, Unbuilt, and Student Design Honor Awards
by Lance Murray | Sep 24, 2024
The AIA Dallas Design Awards honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence, both in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and around the globe, and to elevate the value of architectural practice in the local community, the institute said. Here's a look at this year's winning projects.
by David Seeley |
Sep 19, 2024
While the Texas Rangers chased a .500 season this week, Rangers fans chased something else around DFW: 25 hidden "Baseball Forever" sculptures by Dallas' Brad Oldham Sculpture. But you may as well stay put—the "scavenger hunt" has ended with all 25 bronze prizes found.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2024
The sixth annual event will be free to the public Oct. 18-19 at Dallas Market Hall, with a VIP benefit preview on Oct. 17. The art fair exclusively features works by Texas women artists in an effort to promote, support, and connect exceptional yet under-represented regional talent.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 6, 2024
The twin gold towers at U.S. 75 and Northwest Highway have been gleaming beacons for generations of drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic below. Now, after a three-year, multi-million-dollar renovation spearheaded by San Francisco-based Gensler, the golden era continues—but with lots of new contemporary features inside.
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Chameleon Wall at Moroch's new HQ in Dallas' Manufacturing District. [Photo: Moroch]
A ‘Reimagination’: Moroch Agency Relocates to New HQ in Dallas’ Manufacturing District
by Lance Murray | Aug 29, 2024
The agency's clientele list ranges from McDonald’s to Midas, Coca-Cola, Planet Fitness, Six Flags, and many others. The agency said its "reimagination of Moroch" reduced its physical footprint by 50%, showcasing a commitment to innovation and efficiency. Take a look inside the new digs.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 29, 2024
From a SkaterBIRD in downtown Dallas to a dragon's Fury in Southlake, Brad Oldham Sculpture has enlivened public spaces across North Texas. With art works popping up in other states as well, national recognition has made their works all the shinier. Here are some of the team's best-loved projects.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 23, 2024
Sometimes innovation is about finding new ways to recontextualize legacy software applications to solve vexing real-world problems. This is not one of those times. These innovations are sweet, salty, sticky, and crazily inventive—and they'll be waiting for you Sept. 27-Oct. 20 at the State Fair of Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 19, 2024
Once intended to become Dallas' first Mandarin Oriental hotel, the property sits between the historic Rosewood Mansion and the planned Four Seasons Hotel & Residences. Opening Oct. 25, the Kips Bay Decorator Show House will showcase the work of noted interior designers while benefitting nonprofits.
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The Last Word: Texas State Fair’s Jennifer Schuder On Taking a Bite Out of the Big Tex Choice Awards
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 15, 2024
We’re about a month and a half from the start of the State Fair of Texas and people are buzzing about the Big Tex Choice Awards. Since 2005, the contest has decided which new culinary creations will sit alongside the classics, like Fletcher’s Corny Dogs. Today, you can find Fletcher's in many places, like the grocery store and in a food truck at Klyde Warren Park. But their first appearance was at the State Fair of Texas in 1942.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Aug 9, 2024
The DEC Network, organizers of Dallas Startup Week, are calling DSW24 “the second largest startup week in the USA” — and it kicks off this Sunday!...
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by David Seeley |
Aug 7, 2024
The 2024 State Fair of Texas runs September 27 to October 20 in Dallas' Fair Park. This year's big question: What will we be eating? Here are the Big Tex Choice Awards finalists—from Texas Rush Sugar Pickles to Hot Chick-in Pancake Poppers to Cotton Candy Bacon on a Stick. (Yum.)
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by David Seeley |
Aug 5, 2024
PREVO Founder Ryder McNeal was the top winner of the 2024 SMU Big iDeas Business Plan Competition. Launched last week, PREVO lets subscribers vote on which films they like best, with $5,000 going to the winner of the PREVO Summer 2024 Film Awards. A live weekend event is slated for September.
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Image: "CatVideoFest 2024"
“CatVideoFest” Is Meowing Across Dallas This Weekend
by David Seeley | Aug 2, 2024
"CatVideoFest 2024" is purring its way into Dallas this weekend, with cat video compilation screenings at Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff and Violet Crown Cinema in Dallas' West Village. A portion of ticket sales will go to help kitties in need.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 31, 2024
Dallas' Deep Ellum is famous for the 130 murals that cover walls, bridges, and columns throughout the neighborhood east of downtown. Now two of those mural artists are opening Blowouts & Company in a space where "southwest Boho meets Alison Wonderland inside of your cool grandmother‘s purse."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 26, 2024
UniverSoul Circus has returned to Dallas, bringing its international, multicultural "hip hop under the big top" to The Shops at RedBird at 3662 Camp Wisdom Road for performances through August 11. But before the fire breathers blew their first flames and the acrobats took their first leaps, the circus offered a preview at Dallas City Hall Wednesday, where Atkins other city officials, and the public got a taste of this year's "Family Reunion Tour."
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by David Seeley |
Jul 25, 2024
A free, five-day celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation, Dallas Startup Week 2024 will be held August 11-15 in Frisco. Some 100 sessions and activations will be built around four compelling summits. The keynote speakers: a Grammy-winning musician and noted tech investor; an AI thought leader and best-selling author; "Shark Tank"-starring husband-and-wife "wine cocktail" brand co-founders; and a founding member of the legendary rap group NWA.
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