Quinlan Terry, an Internationally recognized English architect, designed a major work in Dallas, The Highland Park House.  Quinlan Terry is further evidence that Dallas  continues to attract the finest International architects to Dallas.  The Classically designed home on Preston Road feels at the same time a city home, with it’s efficient motor court and strong presence from the street, and a gracious Dallas estate home as it sits high on several acres that sweep along Turtle Creek.  Quinlan Terry creates a classic design with a building technique of solid stone masonry that has been perfected over the last few centuries in Europe.  This majestic use of stone not only influences the design but creates a house that is environmentally sound and stand centuries.  Educated at the Bryanston School and the Architectural Association, he formed the partnership of Erith and Terry in 1962 with his teacher, Raymond Erith.  This eleven year  association would further heighten his development and understanding of Classical architecture and award him honors such as the Best Modern Classical House 2003 by British Georgian Group and a Driehaus Prize in 2005 for the most prestigious award for outstanding classical and traditional architecture.  Quinlan Terry continues to pursue Classical design employing time-honored and contemporary materials and techniques in projects seen in England and the United States.

Dallas has a wonderful tradition of retaining architects from across the country to do work in Dallas. Just as Howard Meyer came from New York and designed modern homes in Dallas utilizing indigenous materials, Della Valle + Bernheimer Design, also from New York, designed this Bluffview home reflecting a Texas Modern Hill Country sensibility in its materials and design. The home is an exciting addition to the architectural landscape of Dallas.

Steven Holl is one of the most exciting architects in the country. A modernist, who founded his New York firm in 1976, he has received international acclaim for his institutional, commercial and museum projects. Dallas is fortunate to have one of Steven Holl's most important residential projects. It can be found in Preston Hollow on Rockbrook. He named it the Stretto House because he is particularly influenced by Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste. The owners of the Stretto House grew up in a Frank Lloyd Wright house and are very aware of the privilege and exposure of living in a piece of art. Deedie Rose encouraged this project. A tenured faculty member at Columbia University, Holl continues to influence other architects with his fresh approach to design.

Peter Marino, after initial collaborations with Philip Johnson in the late 70s, has grown his practice to a team of 80 architects and 25 interior designers with offices in New York City, East Hampton, Philadelphia, London and Paris working on institutional, commercial and residential projects. Peter Marino originally worked for I.M Pei after he graduated from Cornell University. He also worked for Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. His current work ranges from the interior design of Valentino's private yacht, retail spaces for Giorgio Armani and Chanel, to the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Dallas is fortunate to have three major projects designed by Peter Marino. He was the renovation architect of two of the most important houses in Dallas, one in Volk Estates designed by John Scudder Adkins and one in Mayflower Estates designed by Maurice Fatio, along with a new home in Preston Hollow.

Richard Meier is internationally recognized for the museums he has designed around the world. He has received architectural awards and the highest honors from many of the countries in which he has worked. In 1984, he received the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. In Dallas, he designed a residence which can stand side by side with his most important museums. It was honored with a National AIA award and has introduced Dallas to the architectural innovation and technology for which he is famous. 8605 Preston is like a slow note on a violin ? precision and grace.

Dallas has a long tradition of bringing in architectural talent and influences from around the nation and exploring indigenous architecture with Texas architects. We see both approaches in two recent modern homes. A young Chicago architect, Robert Neylan, formerly of NHDKM, designed on Miramar the Translucens House, a compilation of stainless steel, teak, granite, Belgian glass and water. The exterior mass, geometry and balconies reflect the proportions of the neighboring 1916 eclectic home. The interior with a courtyard invites us to keep looking inward. It is stark, serene, exquisitely executed and visually open both horizontally and vertically, as glass bridges and stairs connect the house.

One of the most important homes in Dallas was designed by Antoine Predock, who trained at Columbia University and works out of New Mexico. Antoine Predock has been an inspiration for other homeowners desiring modern homes in Dallas. The influence of the Southwest is seen in his modern work. He provokes the imagination with his solid buildings that create new types of spaces as they link everyday use with the external environment.

Dallas, since the 1920s, has been strongly influenced by the Spanish Colonial architecture of Southern California. Richardson Robertson has done brilliant work in Beverly Hills and has returned to Dallas for two significant residential projects in the same style. The home he designed on Beverly Drive across from the country club is very large, but so effectively taps into the psyche of Highland Park that it blends into the architectural landscape of original homes nearby. Continue

Robert A.M. Stern participated in one of the country's great contrasting architectural achievements. He designed the Georgian home on Preston Road next to the modern estate home designed by Richard Meier. The architectural competition of ideas by two New York architects can be seen by these two homes that share a pond. Here you have the meticulously detailed Georgian estate home alongside the exquisite minimalism and soaring planes of a modern home. Armand LeGardeur assisted Robert A.M. Stern before he created his own New York firm. Robert A.M. Stern has designed award-winning projects around the world.

George Woo trained with I.M. Pei and has designed commercial and residential projects in both the US and in Asia. One of his most important early projects is one he designed at 20 Summit Place in Cedar Hill. This post modern home built in 1987 is designed at the top of the highest hill in Dallas County.