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April is the Coolest Month—At Least for Architecture in Dallas

April as Architecture Month has been a tradition for Dallas architects since the city's mayor first proclaimed it in 1999, in honor of the AIA's national convention in the Big D. Photo by Darrell Lewis, Assoc. AIA

April is Architecture Month in Dallas, marking the third year this event has been sponsored by AIA Dallas, Preservation Dallas, Dallas Architectural Foundation, and Dallas Architecture Forum. The organizations meld their different focuses once a year to promote celebration of the built environment to the community at large.

A number of tours of the city highlight Dallas' Architecture month. Photo courtesy of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce.Architecture Month, the brainchild of the AIA Dallas public relations committee, encourages the entire architecture community to develop April programs that promote architects and architecture to the citizens of Dallas and its surrounding neighbors. April was proclaimed Architecture Month by the mayor of Dallas in 1999 in honor of the city's hosting of the AIA national convention that year. Every year after, the city renews that proclamation.

Architecture Month will kick off on April 4 with a "Retrospect Opening Night" featuring the work of 50 firms. Photo by Darrell Lewis, Assoc. AIA.Some of the programs for this year's Architecture Month include:
• April 4, Retrospect Opening Night: An exhibit of work by 50 leading Dallas architecture firms opens to the public
• April 6, Trinity River Canoe Trip
• April 10, gallery exhibit highlighting the 2001 Arch Swank Fellowship award winner, Matthew Fajkus
• April 11, Cassell/Yarinsky lecture
• April 13, "So You Want to Be an Architect" panel discussion and presentation for high school students and their parents
• April 16, "Tools, Technology, Tectonics" panel discussion
• April 17, Preservation Dallas Neighborhood Bus Tour
• April 20, Lego City for Kids
• April 22, "No One Ever Said, 'I Want to Grow Up and Do REDLINES!'" University of Texas/Arlington college of architecture discussion
• April 27, "Off the Beaten Path—Homes of the Katy Trail Tour"
• May 2, William H. Gass Lecture, Dallas Museum of Art
• May 3, "Imagining Dallas—What Does the City Want to Be?" review of the history of urban planning in Dallas
• May 4, "City Spaces: Hidden Places" tour.

To learn more about the program, and for detailed time and place information, visit www.architecturemonth.com or www.dallasaia.org.

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