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Oak Lawn Place Featured in the Dallas Morning News

Architecture critic Mark Lamster explores his "favorite new building in Dallas."
the colorful corner facade of Oak Lawn Place at dusk with a rainbow staircase illuminated

Oak Lawn Place is the first affordable housing development designed to affirm LGBTQIA+ seniors in North Texas. Developed by Matthews Southwest, Volunteers of America and Resource Center—one of the largest LGBTQIA+ community centers in the country and a key North Texas HIV/AIDS service organization—and designed by our Dallas studio, the project offers a new and 100% affordable home to those 55 and older.

The Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster recently toured the development with Dallas studio Design Director Ron Stelmarski. Lamster’s verdict? “With Oak Lawn Place, Dallas gets affordable housing right.”

Read the full article here.

"Oak Lawn Place is different: It is sited more thoughtfully, more sophisticated in its design, built with more durable and attractive materials, and more generous in its planning, both inside and out. It would be impressive for a building renting at luxury rates; for an affordable housing project, it is frankly remarkable, and a far cry from the decrepit, dank, dark and dangerous buildings typically associated with the form."

― Mark Lamster, The Dallas Morning News