Dallas real estate, architecture, and city life
“Far + Dang is a multidisciplinary design office engaged in the complexities and multiplicities of contemporary life. Our research, our strategy, and our work focuses on transforming intangible ideas into spatial realities and physical form.” At Bang’s request we meet one morning on a side street in East Dallas where Far + Dang have designed…
Editor’s Note: This article was updated July 6 Centurion American already established itself as a high-end developer of communities in the suburbs around Dallas in 2014, when the firm took on the $225 million restoration of one of downtown’s most iconic hotels—The Statler Hilton Dallas. Bringing back The Statler, a 61-year-old landmark that closed in 2001,…
With more than 20,000 units in five states, Trinsic Residential Group has planted its flag all over, but the developers just keep coming back to the Oak Lawn region — home to a number of its earliest deals. Since the company’s founding in 2011, Trinsic’s built the 190-unit Aura McKinney in Uptown, the 334-unit Aura Wycliff on…
Improving your home’s curb appeal is probably the fastest way to change a house or apartment’s look without spending too much, and certain improvements can actually increase your property value. Even if you’re not trying to sell, there’s always room to freshen things up a little. But before you wander aimlessly through the home improvement…
OVERstreet on SEVENTYfive, a 1.4 million square foot mixed-use commercial/residential center planned by De La Vega Development, will soon rise on a roughly 10.5 acre site formerly owned by the Xerox Corporation. De La Vega recently purchased the property, which is located directly across North Haskell Avenue from CityPlace Tower. According to the Dallas-based company’s website, Hodges Architecture…
Riding mass transit in Dallas doesn’t magically protect your commute from delays. Just as accidents and construction can increase travel times for drivers, DART train and bus riders are often at the mercy of these problems. Even the infrastructure and funding of the system itself can lead to unreliability — and as the city steadily tries to improve its…
