Re:Vision Dallas to announce the winner.

According to Unfair Park Re:Vision Dallas is set to announce by the end of the week the winning design for the proposed sustainable, mixed-use development in downtown Dallas.

I am not really excited about this project at all. I can't imagine any of the three proposed projects ever being built in Dallas. I wonder if any of the architecture firms did any research into Dallas, the site and the people who live here. From the looks of the designs it appears they did not.

Read about it here.

What I have been reading lately

I am on the road this week for work, but here is what I have been reading up on:

1. The Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation announced that Thomas Phifer and Partners will be the architects for The Park's restaurant and performance pavilion. Phifer used to work with Richard Meier, who designed the Rachofsky House in Dallas. More info here.

2. One of the finalists of the Re:Vision Dallas competition (turning a parking lot into a sustainable mixed-use development) is on the shortlist to exhibit its competition entry at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain this November. Still trying to figure out if I should be proud of that or embarassed. Read about it here.

3. The Disney Streets and the people who live there - home to some beautiful MCMs - are still duking it out over whether there should be a conservation overlay. Read about the nastiness here.