Mark Lamster
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas, TX, United States
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The best new building in Texas is a church in the Dallas suburbs
Carrollton’s St. Sarkis Armenian Orthodox Church is a breathtaking memorial to victims of genocide. → Read More
The coolest new office building in Dallas is off Northwest Highway
A budget-friendly building for Half Price Books by Cunningham Architects doesn’t skimp on visual drama. → Read More
Can we replace our architecture critic with a computer program? We tried it
Mark Lamster on what happens when the AI tool ChatGPT reviews the Perot Museum. → Read More
Design firm Pentagram releases book set of its work (and you’ll recognize it)
The boxed retrospective showcases projects for scores of big-name clients. → Read More
Dallas City Hall: Why the city’s most hated building might be its greatest masterpiece
Architecture critic Mark Lamster on I. M. Pei’s brutalist landmark. → Read More
New plan unveiled to restore Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalita Humphreys Theater
The architects of New York’s High Line, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, propose a new arts complex along the Katy Trail. → Read More
Philip Henderson, visionary architect behind the Katy Trail, dies at 92
A tireless advocate for progressive urban design, Henderson was responsible for a number of Dallas landmarks. → Read More
Dallas voters said yes to architecture. Was it a $1.5 billion mistake?
Critic Mark Lamster on Prop A’s plans for the Convention Center and Fair Park. → Read More
5 things to know about the proposal to reinvent Dealey Plaza
This speculative vision is about transforming the site into a space of civic memory and understanding that embraces the past and points to the future. → Read More
A timeless architectural treasure: Fort Worth’s Kimbell Art Museum turns 50
Critic Mark Lamster celebrates Louis I. Kahn’s enduring masterwork. → Read More
Why does everything look the same in North Texas? Blame the ‘flattening’
Architecture critic Mark Lamster: Your car, your house, your city, your favorite sport: welcome to the era of sameness. → Read More
Splat: Iconic Oklahoma ‘egg church’ demolished
Architecture critic Mark Lamster: The landmark First Christian Church was razed despite protests. → Read More
Malls aren’t dead yet, and here’s how they can survive
Design critic Alexandra Lange on Stranger Things, statement clocks, and the future of the mall. → Read More
How Dallas became the world’s capital of the mall
With high design and high art, NorthPark Center made shopping glamorous for everyone. → Read More
Fort Worth is getting a national museum celebrating Juneteenth, but there’s drama
Architecture critic Mark Lamster asks if star architect Bjarke Ingels is right for the job. → Read More
Highways? Yes. Safe streets? No. How Dallas is betrayed by bureaucrats
Architecture critic Mark Lamster on the city’s dangerous streets and the plan to replace I-345. → Read More
See Fort Worth’s elegant sprawl through the lens of Bill Wood
A new exhibition at Arts Fort Worth showcases the late photographer’s striking black-and-white images. → Read More
Why the bicycle is the best form of urban transit
Architecture critic Mark Lamster talks to Jody Rosen on his new history of the bicycle. → Read More
Ambition, excess, racism and reinvention: Adolphus Hotel’s history is the story of Dallas
The second installment in a series by architecture critic Mark Lamster on the buildings that made Dallas. → Read More
Downtown Dallas has a glowing, $20.1 million new park with a landmark work of sculpture
It has been a difficult and imperfect project, and one that is far from complete, but downtown Dallas is gradually becoming a more hospitable and humane place. ... → Read More