More stories about Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

• Across the Institute

  Dallas, Seattle, Denver, and New York

• Well Rounded

  As hospital campuses grow, how can they simultaneously shrink their environmental footprints?

• Four Tech-Savvy Architects Reveal Their Favorite Apps

  Apps can shrink desktop programs to fit and function on mobile devices, but the most sophisticated programs enable designers to work in a new paradigm of connectivity that was previously unimaginable.

• Exhibit: 'Lost Dallas'

  From the Dallas Center for Architecture comes a look at all of the historic buildings and places that were demolished to make way for the city's oil-fueled growth. Through July 13.

• Prototype Housing for Modest Means: Reverse Engineering the Rent, Dallas

  A scalable site plan of four-plex units offers renters the promise of home ownership.

• Healthiest Housing Markets for 2011

  The BUILDER Market Health Index points to much better prospects for 2011.

• ra50: Shipley Architects

  A resourceful inventiveness sets apart Dan Shipley's work.

• Top Firm: Shipley Architects

  A Dallas architect applies creativitiy and hands-on construction skills to projects large and small.

• Merit Award: Labron Residence, Dallas

  A modern take on a treehouse, this home's second-level great room, window walls, and balconies keep residents connected to lush outdoor space.

• Pilates Studio and Carport, Dallas

  Given a tight budget, Susan Appleton, AIA, LEED AP, produced an unfussy, yet elegant design for this pilates studio and carport.