Dallas Architectural Styles

Texas Modern and Eclectic Architecture

Great Architecture is a Cross Pollination of Ideas and Styles

Douglas Newby captures intertwining relationships of architects and architectural styles as they relate to the neighborhoods of Dallas. There has not been an attempt in this section to reference every style or document every architectural event with a parallel expression in another city. It is left to you to recognize and explore the many similarities in your past or present environment. It is my feeling that if you are in the United States you will look upon these Dallas homes with fondness and sentiment as they recall influences from your surroundings. If you are from outside the United States you can be confident the homes shown here reflect the style and approach and success of the architecture found across North America.

Clifford D. Hutsell Homes Express a Dallas Interpretation of Spanish Colonial

This Spanish Colonial style worked its way from Mexico to Southern California and back to Texas where it was expressed effusively by Clifford D. Hutsell in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas.

Doug – thanks a million – the drumbeat for good design marches to your cadence.

Bryce Weigand

Dallas Eclectic Architectural Styles

Before specialization, the best architects received the best commissions whether they were residential or commercial. As a result, some of the finest homes in Dallas were built in the first part of the twentieth century by architects known for their monumental commercial work.

Dallas Eclectic Architecture

Dallas architects, in the first half of the twentieth century, were influenced by a variety styles found across the country. Dallas architects were also influenced by European travels and studies...  See More

Texas Modern Architectural Styles

David Williams best described the melding of modernism with the 1800s inspiration of the early pioneers that gives us Texas Modernism. He states in the 1931 April issue of Southwest Review,

There is not in any one of these homes built in the Southwest before 1850 an instance of imitation of foreign styles, of show, of striving for effect, of any use of unnatural, unnecessary ornament, or of material not structural and fit for its purpose. Their style is modern for it satisfies all the requirements of modern design and construction.

-Douglas Newby

Texas Modern Architecture

Pioneer Texas homes are the inspiration for Texas Modern homes. Acknowledging the environment, employing artisans, and rejecting eclectic ornamentation resulted in this indigenous architecture. Texas Modern Architecture, Post-1950 The majority...  See More

Dallas Modern Architectural Styles

The city was new with plenty of room for people and plenty of room for ideas. This is reflected in the modern architecture of Dallas. In the first half of the century, Dallas was being built, the architectural foundation laid, a sense of permanence desired.

Dallas Modern Architecture

As Art Deco swept the country in 1936, the Centennial Exhibition buildings at Fair Park were designed in this style. Several Art Moderne or Art Deco residences were designed at...  See More

Hi Doug,

I hope you are well.  I enjoyed your interview on 90.1 yesterday and appreciate that participation in these forums can have a profoundly positive effect for Dallas.

Michael McCarthy, AIA

Articles on Dallas Architecture and Dallas Architects

My family and I recently spent almost three months in Dallas…Loved the people and the amazing architecture. Not looking to make a move from SC (Greenville) right now, BUT...maybe at some point down the road. Glad I discovered your wonderful site (and insight)!

-Jim Simkins