The Dallas Architecture Forum, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education about architecture, design, and the urban environment, presents a Panel Discussion on Thursday, June 29th at 6:30 pm. As The Forum celebrates its 25th Anniversary, the non-profit is pleased to present the Panel Urbanism in Dallas Over the Past 25 Years at the Angelika Film Center | Mockingbird Station. This Panel is FREE TO THE PUBLIC. Complimentary drinks Reception will begin at 6:15 pm - Panel will begin at 6:30 pm.
Moderator -
Eurico FRANCISCO, Design Principal, Perkins&Will
Panelists -
Patrick KENNEDY, Founding Partner, Space Between Design Studio
Julia M RYAN, Director, Planning and Urban Design, City of Dallas
Tamela THORNTON, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Dallas-Fort Worth
Over the last 25 years Dallas has changed dramatically. The City has grown over twenty percent, with the North Texas region, integrally connected to Dallas, increasing by over fifty percent. The city has diversified its economic base and witnessed a major increase in construction of high-rise and multifamily projects in both the urban core and other areas of the city. New parks, trails, and civic spaces have been completed through public-private partnerships – with all this activity creating new areas to live, work and play. The city has become a minority majority city with a growth of diversity among its residents including the twenty five percent of Dallas’ population that was born in other countries.
Growth has brought both opportunities and challenges. Education, affordable and accessible housing, poverty, access to healthcare, food deserts, transportation and city services are all areas that confront the city and need to be equitably addressed. This important Panel will examine these and other key issues, seeing how decisions and developments over the last quarter century have brought us to where we are today. The Panelists will also address what they see as priority actions we must take to improve the urban fabric of Dallas.
Join us on Thursday, July 29th to hear from Patrick Kennedy, Founding Partner, Space Between Design Studio; Julia Ryan, Director, Planning and Urban Design, City of Dallas; and Tamela Thornton, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Dallas-Fort Worth; with Moderator Eurico Francisco, Design Principal at Perkins&Will. The Panel is free and open to the public. No reservations are needed to attend this Panel presented at the Angelika Film Center | Mockingbird Station. Please join us, and invite family, friends and colleagues to also attend to learn about the progress achieved by planners and urbanists in Dallas over the last 25 years!
Panel Season Sponsors for this Panel are Purdy-McGuire, Turner Construction and Walter P Moore. Panel Sponsor is MMF Strategies | Meg M. Fitzpatrick.