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Preservation Austin is thrilled to honor another outstanding slate of projects with our 57th Annual Preservation Merit Awards. Established in 1960, this juried program celebrates the hard work and visionary approaches of those preserving Austin’s unique architectural, cultural, and environmental heritage. This year’s recipients are among the best preservation projects from the past two years. They represent a diverse cross-section of the city’s history, and show the many ways in which preservation makes Austin a more engaging, authentic place for all of us. Congratulations to all those who made these incredible projects possible! Recipients will be honored at our Preservation Merit Awards Celebration at the Driskill Hotel on Friday, November 3. Full and half-table sponsorships are available now. Read More

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It's not every year that Preservation Dallas gets to hold its annual Achievement Awards ceremony in the lobby of a landmark building that's on the cusp of new life after years of vacancy. Read More

You may have been browsing a garage sale or thrift shop when you suddenly spied in the furthest corner an object of interest, something that had seen better times and needed some restoration to bring it to life again. You may have purchased it. With some loving care, that newly refurbished treasure may have become a source of pride in your home. Read More

Her likeness is back, but the mystery remains. Read More

A few months ago, workers restoring Dallas' Old Municipal Building began ripping down ceilings that were added in the 1950s. KERA's Jerome Weeks reports they discovered evidence of something that wasn't supposed to be there: historic, hand-painted murals from 1934 that were reportedly destroyed. Read More

From the architect. In Dallas, Texas, the Department of Parks and Recreation is working to replace several decaying, minimal 1960s shelters in the surrounding metropolitan public parks. Sandwiched between a community soccer field and playground, this simple pavilion embraces a passive, natural cooling system that becomes one with the spatial design. Read More

Just over a hundred years ago when the Praetorian Building opened on Dallas' Main Street, the local residents and country folk paid a quarter a pop to go up to 16th floor and look out over the town. Read More

New York–based Cooper Joseph Studio’s new concrete shade pavilion is more than a simple structural canopy, it creates a new sculptural landmark in a public park in Dallas. Read More

It's been almost two years since State Fair of Texas President Errol McKoy began talking about his plans to take a bite out of Six Flags' business by erecting his own monster Top of Texas Centennial Tower on the Midway -- the first part of plans to turn Fair Park into a year-round, or at least summer-long, destination. Since then, it's been rather quiet on that all-the-time State Fair front. But this very afternoon, the Landmark Commission will courtesy-review Good Fulton & Farrell's plans for the tower. Read More