Architecture

Denton ISD Trades Hallways for ‘Active Hub’ Design at New Prototype Elementary Schools

by | Nov 6, 2025
After voters approved Denton ISD’s 2023 capital improvement plan, enrollment growth made it necessary to open three elementary schools quickly—including one within a year of bond passage, Pfluger Architects said. The district opened Martinez Elementary in August 2024 and completed two more in time for the 2025–26 school year.
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Humphreys & Partners Architects Announces New Leadership Team in a ‘Generational Transition’
Three years after founder Mark Humphreys’ passing, the Dallas-based firm is entering its next chapter with new leadership, a new HQ, and a sharp focus on design, culture, and long-term growth.
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Passive Design, Proactive Conversations—and a Win for Sustainable Architecture
The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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Harper + Drummond Davis Architects Launches Out of Dallas Design District
by | Jun 5, 2025
The new firm launched by award-winning architects Sarah Harper and Richard Drummond Davis has already secured "more than a dozen projects," including commercial buildings for the Lakewood Country Club, a luxury residence on an exotic animal ranch in Godley, Texas, and custom homes across Texas, Colorado, and California.
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Merriman Anderson Architects Adds New Director of Business Development

by | Oct 25, 2024
MAA said Quincy Haynes will help grow the firm's industry presence, cultivating both existing and new client relationships, and contribute to strategic planning and market analysis.
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Global Architecture Firm Woods Bagot Names New CEO
by | Jul 19, 2024
Australia-based Woods Bagot—which was founded in 1869, has a Dallas office, and operates 17 studios worldwide—said that Sarah Kay will lead the next step in Woods Bagot’s journey toward total place design, with an emphasis on how place design can positively impact society.
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Dallas Hip Hop Architecture Camp Brings Students’ Designs to Life for Southern Gateway Park
by | Jun 28, 2024
Dallas-based Corgan said that during the camp, which took place June 24-28, students presented designs to potentially be integrated into a facility at Southern Gateway Park, a deck park being built over I-35E near the Dallas Zoo and historic Oak Cliff.
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HFA Architecture + Engineering Names New Chief Financial Officer
by | Mar 22, 2024

Lisa Hess, a veteran financial leader, has joined HFA Architecture + Engineering as chief financial officer based in HFA’s Fort Worth office.

According to the firm, Hess brings more than 18 years of finance, accounting, and management experience in sectors such as engineering, construction, law, and technology to her new position....

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Ci Design Opens Dallas Office, Names New Lead for Mission Critical Practice

by | Feb 1, 2024
Baltimore-based Ci said its new Dallas office, at Premier Place at 5910 N. Central Expressway, expands its network to six locations across the U.S. and brings its practices in science and technology, commercial and mixed-use, residential, mission critical, workplace, manufacturing and industrial to the Southwest and beyond.
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Dallas-Based Architecture and Development Firm Premier Welcomes SVP of Strategic Partnerships
by | Jun 9, 2023
Athena Christodoulatos brings 11 years of experience in the hospitality industry and adds extensive strategic planning and relationship building to Premier's growing team, the company said.
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The Stack Dallas Deep Ellum [Image: Hines]
Innovative Spaces: Deep Ellum’s ‘Touchless Tower’ Offers Next-Level Wellness and Safety
The Stack in Deep Ellum will offer a ‘frictionless path from your car to the office,’ developer Hines says.
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Photo Gallery: Here Are the Winners of AIA Dallas’ 2020 Built Design Awards
by | Oct 12, 2020
The Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects virtually celebrated built projects from Dallas or Northeast Texas architects that exemplify excellence in a virtual celebration last week. Here's who was recognized.
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How Lessons From COVID-19 Can Create Healthcare Solutions for the Future

Dallas-based Jim Henry leads CallisonRTKL's global team focused on healthcare design solutions.
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CallisonRTKL Collaborates With Patriot on PODS Isolation Units for COVID-19 Patients
by | Jul 1, 2020
Dallas-based CRTKL SVP Jim Henry is leading the firm's COVID-19 recovery efforts out of Dallas. PODS containers are being repurposed into self-contained rooms with hospital beds that could be used for COVID-19 patients.
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Todd Interests and East Quarter Give $1 Million Donation to Fund Harwood Park Construction
by | Jun 30, 2020
Todd Interests and East Quarter Partners donated $1M to Parks for Downtown Dallas for its fourth urban park. Once complete, Harwood Park will connect the East Quarter District, the Dallas Farmers Market District, and the Downtown core.
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AIA Dallas’ Unbuilt Design Award Winners: Agent Architecture is Hacking Dallas Freeways
by | Jun 10, 2020
Agent Architecture has a proposal to turn Dallas into the only city with a freeway loop converted into a park. See how they'd carry out the plan.
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