It’s not hard to imagine as the years turn to decades that the many Bob Meckfessel designs sprinkled throughout North Texas will become sought after like the E.G. Hamiltons, George Dahls, Arch Swanks, Bud Oglesbys, and Howard Meyers of today. Therefore, we aren’t surprised at all that Meckfessel was announced today as the winner of AIA Dallas’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Meckfessel, according to the AIA Dallas announcement, is an “activist architect” practicing in Dallas and Marfa who founded DSGN Associates in 1992. The firm’s architecture and planning projects have been recognized for their excellence and innovation by several preservation, industry, and planning organizations.
But where Meckfessel has shined brighter than any Baccarat chandelier is his civic leadership. A perennial volunteer, his impact has been widely felt through his leadership in professional and nonprofit organizations concerned with the built environment. He’s had a hand in Docomomo US, AIA Dallas, TxA, Preservation Dallas, the Dallas Architecture Forum, the Sierra Club, and the Trinity Commons Foundation.
You can celebrate Meckfessel’s attainment of the highest honor given to an architect by the Dallas chapter of the AIA at the Impact Dallas Gala and at the AIA Dallas Awards + Honors Breakfast.
