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Architecture & Design Exchange (AD EX) Residential Design March 20, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Inspiring residences not seen on the AIA Dallas Tour of Homes. Presented by Existing Conditions, Organized by the AIA Dallas Tour of Homes Committee 1.0 HSW The AIA Dallas Tour of Homes is an annual event that has opened the doors of the latest residential projects in North Texas to the public for...

Coffee & Conversation TxDOT's I-345 Study August 23, 2022 // 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM AD EX 325 N. Saint Paul Street Suite 150 Dallas, TX 75201The future of I-345 in Dallas will dramatically shape the urban landscape of downtown. As TxDOT has completed their study of I-345 and federal leaders continue to prioritize funding opportunities to reconnect urban communities across highways, this discussion...

Saturday, December 4 2:00 - 4:00 PM Klyde Warren Park FREE Event Come join AD EX in Klyde Warren Park to experience architecture hands-on and “Build Your City” from the ground up. You’ll be given your own plot of “land” to build on. What kind of building will you design and create? What materials will you use? How does it fit into your neighborhood? As you construct buildings, parks, and...

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. $75 General Admission Benefiting the educational programming and scholarships of AD EX, the Architecture and Design Exchange ROCKITECTURE presented by Phoenix I Restoration and Construction, LTD, our party of the year, returns virtually Thursday, November 19! The evening’s festivities will be led by Robert Wilonsky, with guest appearances by friends of the AD...

An Evening at the Aldredge House Thursday, January 23 at 6:00 p.m. Join AD EX for an evening at Historic Aldredge House, Dallas' "newest" historic house museum in the Swiss Avenue Historic District. We'll begin with wine and cheese in this elegant French Eclectic house, built in 1917 for cattle baron, William Lewis. Next, architectural historian, Jann Mackey, PhD, and architect Wilson Fuqua, AIA,...

Evolving A Personal Style: The Architecture of Charles Dilbeck Thursday, September 19, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Charles Dilbeck (1907-1990) is one of Dallas' most iconic architects. Combining signature elements of French Norman and Ranch styles through variations, symmetry, and asymmetry, he developed a personal architectural style that is instantly recognizable in his works in Dallas and other cities...

August 08 // (Thursday) 11:30 am - 12:45 pm Our current exhibition celebrates the architecture of our neighborhood–not only the iconic Republic Center, but buildings and spaces nearby, including Thanks-Giving Square, the currently under-construction Pacific Plaza Park, and the old Federal Building/Post Office. This Lunch Learning Session/Tour will give an up-close look at  the Federal Building...

Mies van der Rohe Thursday, August 11 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Free Event This is the centenary year of the Bauhaus, the German art school that so transformed design...not only architecture, but also in the arenas of furniture, graphics, and art. We'll continue our Lunch Learning Session summer film series paying tribute to this important movement. Mies van der Rohe was the third director of...

At the Movies: Whitney Young, Jr. Thursday, July 25 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Free Event The current AIA Dallas exhibition in our Gallery space is 50 Years After Whitney Young Jr. It celebrates the American civil rights leader who spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights...

Benjamin Latrobe Thursday, July 18 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Free Event We'll continue our mini film festival with a screening about Benjamin Latrobe, considered by many to be America's first architect. He designed much of official Washington, including the original portions of the U.S. Capitol and iconic features of the White House, but his work extended to other projects, including the Baltimore...