Tour includes eight homes scattered across several neighborhoods
North Texas lifestyles and the designs they inspired will go on display in late October as AIA Dallas hosts the organization’s 19th Tour of Homes.
Tour co-chairs Jarod Fancher and Justin Leal expressed their enthusiasm for this year’s lineup in a press release sent out to promote the architectural showcase.
“This year’s tour truly offers something for everyone — from a thoughtfully renovated home with an addition in a historic neighborhood, to a net-zero energy small home, an upscale duplex, and a modern, ranch-inspired residence designed for effortless entertaining and a dog lover’s dream,” they said.
The tour, presented by eggersmann Kitchens & Home Living on Oct. 25 and 26, shows off a dynamic mix of architectural styles where design meets daily life, home sizes, and price points, organizers said.
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At featured residences in North Dallas, Far North Dallas, Northwest Dallas, the Urban Reserve in Dallas, Turtle Creek, Preston Hollow, and Kessler Park/Oak Cliff, tourgoers will find a modern hacienda with a motor court, a home designed for effortless entertaining and a deep love for animals, a residence with an inward-focused layout enriched by cultural values and curated art, and a net-zero-energy home that blends sustainability with refined simplicity.
Architecture firms represented on the tour: Abeyta Architecture Studio, Atory LLC, A. Michael Architecture, Bentley Tibbs Architect, Laura Juarez Baggett Studio, Sarah Harper, Studio Park Architecture, and Tezanto.
Some of the tour homes are in or near People Newspapers’ markets, including:
A boutique duplex on Springbrook Street, near Highland Park, which spans three floors with a layout that maximizes natural light and connection to the outdoors on a narrow, tree-lined urban lot.
A modern hacienda on North Janmar Drive, where a dramatic slope to a creek required the elevation of the rear of the home and the pool, incorporates traditional Mexican tiles and bold colors.
A Crestover Drive residence that seamlessly blends European neotraditional architecture with a modern sensibility, with an exterior of clean lines softened by graceful arches and an interior full of unexpected moments created by dynamic ceiling and wall treatments and bold uses of color.
A Falls Road home that stretches into the landscape, creating fluid transitions between indoors and out. Its covered patios and screened porches connect a series of exterior “rooms” in both the front and back yards.
AIA Dallas, the sixth largest chapter of The American Institute of Architects, has a membership base of more than 2,500 architects and industry members and 300 architectural firms. Learn more at aiadallas.org.
— Compiled by staff
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