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DALLAS + ARCHITECTURE + CULTURE Spring 2017 Vol. 34 No. 2 COLUMNS // aiadallas.org 1 WALL TILES LUSH WHITE NATURE AND LISTON OXFORD NATURAL FLOOR TILES LUSH WHITE NATURE SINKS PURE LINE FAUCETS NK LOGIC MIRRORS FORMA TILE MOSAICS KITCHEN BATH HARDWOOD & LAMINATE Decorative Design Center 1617 Hi Line Drive, Suite 415, Dallas, TX 75207 | Phone: 214.377.2327 Showroom & Distribution Center 11639 Emerald Street, Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75229 | Phone: 469.310.2870 [email protected] | www.porcelanosa-usa.com Showroom 4006 Richmond Avenue, Houston, TX 77027 | Phone: 281.605.2770 2 COLUMNS // aiadallas.org AIA Dallas Columns Spring 2017 + Vol. 34, No. 2 ego This issue explores the relationship of ego and architecture, the misperception of the architect as lone artist, the importance of (and reality of) collaboration, and conversations relating to the positive and negative impacts of ego in our profession. EXPLORING EGO 13 Skyscraper-sized Egos Is architecture the expression of human pride, ego, or economics? 16 Pritzker Laureates’ Viewpoints Do celebrity architects really know Dallas? 18 Museum Tower: The Untold Story Is this the expression of ego rooted in Dallas’ perceived maverick spirit? 26 Personal Perceptions of Ego Is your interpretation of ego universal to all? 30 The Myth Is True, Y’all Everything is bigger in Texas. Isn’t it? Cover Design: Frances Yllana COLUMNS // aiadallas.org 1 Sundance Square: Building on a Legend The Westbrook Perla Mingle: Ridgemar, Dove Gray modular smooth brick The Commerce Building Tulsa Crimson (main facade), Tuscany (end facade) modular smooth Sundance Square Plaza Fort Worth Acme Brick came of age during At the heart of Fort Worth today The five-story Commerce The namesakes of Sundance the heyday of Butch and The is Sundance Square Plaza, Building is divided into three Square Plaza may be gone but Kid. The Wild Bunch spent time one more realization in a plan components with distinct brick the bold entrepreneurial spirit in Fort Worth in the early days laid out over a quarter century blends and heights to respond of early Fort Worth is very much when Acme was serving up the ago to revitalize the 35-block to neighboring historical alive and well, expressed in brick that built the city. More Sundance Square. Its two new structures. Across the plaza, on Acme Brick, whose incomparable than a century later, architects Acme Brick buildings frame the site of the old Westbrook blend of visual appeal and no- across many generations have an urban park with shops and Hotel is The Westbrook, a six- nonsense utility won’t rob the built the face of the “Best restaurants, and prime office story structure evoking beloved bank. Enjoy its durable beauty Downtown in America”* to a space. Art Deco details, including a and low-maintenance life-cycle great degree with Acme Brick. focal-point clock high above. cost advantage, and the friendly expertise of your local Acme representative. *livability.com 2014 ranking architects David M. 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Dallas, TX 75201 214.742.3242 ABOUT COLUMNS www.aiadallas.org Columns is a quarterly publication www.dallascfa.com produced by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects with AIA Dallas Columns the Dallas Center for Architecture. The Spring 2017, Vol. 34, No. 2 publication offers educated and thought- provoking opinions to stimulate new Editorial Team ideas and advance architecture. It also Harry Mark, FAIA | Editor provides commentary on architecture Linda Mastaglio | Managing Editor and design within the communities in the Associate Editors greater North Texas region. Send editorial James Adams, AIA | Content inquiries to [email protected]. Katie Hitt, Assoc. AIA | Communications One-year subscription (4 issues) Cindy Smith, AIA | Design $22 (U.S.), $44 (foreign). Frances Yllana | Design Director TO ADVERTISE IN COLUMNS Steve Freeman | Production Manager Contact Jody Cranford, 800-818-0289, ext. 101, or [email protected]. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS & CONSULTANTS Printer Nieman Printing The opinions expressed herein or the 12160 abrams rd, ste318 469.330.5200 tsa-eng.com representations made by advertisers, dallas, tx 75243 [email protected] Columns Committee including copyrights and warranties, Matthew Crummey, AIA are not those of AIA Dallas or the Dallas Nate Eudaly, Hon. AIA Dallas Center for Architecture officers, or the Eurico Francisco, AIA editor of Columns unless expressly Michael Friebele, Assoc. AIA stated otherwise. Lisa Lamkin, FAIA Ezra Loh, Assoc. AIA ©2017 The American Institute of Julien Meyrat, AIA Architects Dallas Chapter. All rights Mia Ovcina, AIA reserved. Reproduction in whole or David Preziosi in part without written permission is Anna Procter strictly prohibited. Janet Spees, Assoc. AIA Jenny Thomason, AIA 2017 AIA Dallas Officers Nunzio DeSantis, FAIA | President Columns Advisory Board Mike Arbour, AIA | President-Elect Zaida Basora, FAIA Kirk Johnson, AIA | VP Treasurer Bruce Bernbaum, AIA Kelly Mitchell, AIA | VP Programs Bob Borson, FAIA Dustin Bullard, ASLA AIA Dallas Staff Macey Davis Jan Blackmon, FAIA | Executive Director John Paul DeFrank, AIA Cathy Boldt | Professional Development Mark Doty Cristina Fitzgerald | Finance Director Sean Garman, AIA Rebecca Guillen | Program Assistant Kate Holliday, Ph.D. Shirley Che | Membership Cris Jordan Katie Hitt, Assoc. AIA | Communications Spring into Color! Steve Lucy, Hon. AIA Dallas, Hon. TxA Kaitlyn Howell | Events Bud Melton Peaches Walker | Receptionist Spring is here, and what better way to celebrate the season Mitch Milby of new life than by breathing new life into your surroundings Keith Owens Dallas Center For Architecture Staff with vibrant, colorful graphics? Jeff Potter, FAIA Jan Blackmon, FAIA | Executive Director Marcel Quimby, FAIA Greg Brown, Hon. AIA Dallas | Program Thomas Printworks can help liven things up with custom Kevin Sloan, Hon. AIA Dallas, ASLA Director David Whitley, Assoc. AIA canvas art, banners, window treatments, floor graphics, or Jennifer Workman, AIA even entire wall coverings! Contact us today to get started! 972-726-8991 ThomasPrintworks.com COLUMNS // aiadallas.org 5 IN THIS ISSUE SPRING 2017 FEATURES 13 Unbuilt Dallas The Dallas that could have been: What happens when the economy or other things get in the way of the best-laid plans? 16 So They Say Many well-known architects have come from out of town to work here. What’s their take on our city? 18 Ego in the Arts A collision of personalities and egos leads to a conflict between neighbors. 26 Ego: The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected Local members of the industry share their experiences with ego. 30 Everything Is Bigger in Texas The phrase exists for a reason…not the least of which is our architecture. DEPARTMENTS 9 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Team Sport 11 EDITOR’S NOTE Ego ... Humbly Offered 29 IN CONTEXT What is it? Where is it? 33 STORYTELLING A noted architect and his “ego trip.” 36 LOST + FOUND A blast from the past brings us “goddesses” and A-list guests. 38 PROFILE An award-winning graphic designer and his experiences with the architecture profession. 40 PUBLIC ART The story of Dallas’ lasting icon. 42 POINT/COUNTERPOINT Managing ego in practices large and small. 44 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 44 WEB EXCLUSIVES Enjoy extended interviews and other extras. 48 SCENE Happenings at AIA Dallas and the Dallas Center for Architecture. 51 CRITIQUE A look at Architecture’s Odd Couple and “The Bilbao Effect.” 52 LAST PAGE Views of architects through television and film. READ COLUMNS ON THE GO: WEB aiadallas.org/v/columns-magazine FLIPBOOK MAGAZINE issuu.com/aiadallas Download the Issuu app for your iPhone/Android Photo: Michael Cagle 6 COLUMNS // aiadallas.org CONTRIBUTORS Mark Doty Unbuilt Dallas Mark is the Historic Preservation Officer for the City of Dallas. He oversees and coordinates projects for appropriateness review for several historic districts. He is the author of Lost Dallas and co-author of John F. Kennedy Sites in Dallas-Fort Worth. Mark received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Texas Tech University and has worked for the South Carolina Department of Archives and History and Quimby/McCoy Architecture of Dallas. Jenny Thomason, AIA So They Say Jenny is a project architect at OMNIPLAN with experience in both corporate work and multifamily residential projects. After receiving her master’s degree from Rice University, she spent the beginning of her career practicing in Houston before relocating to Dallas. She is a new mother to a beautiful little boy and enjoys spending her free time running with friends. James Adams, AIA, RIBA Ego in the Arts Passionate for dense urban environments and the people and places that make them thrive, James proudly walks to work in the West End of Dallas from his loft in downtown. At Corgan, he has worked as an architect on a multitude of office, mixed-use, and residential projects over the past 10 years. James has a zest for traveling the world, which he hopes to instill in his daughter, Audrey.
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