The Forum’s 2026-2027 Lecture Speakers
The Dallas Architecture Forum is excited to announce our 2026-2027 Lecture Season!
We look forward to another great season with each of you, as we hear from outstanding architects and other design thought-leaders!
If you’re not a Forum member or you need to renew, now is the ideal time to join us or renew your support! Memberships are valid for twelve months and will give you free admission to all regular Forum Lectures and pre-Lecture receptions. Join or Renew HERE
Sponsorships for these Lectures are available. Join other leading design firms and receive prominent recognition and exclusive benefits for your company along with admission for you and your associates to these great lecture evenings.
Contact Jean@DallasArchitectureForum to learn more about these outstanding sponsorship options.
Mattias SAUERBRUCH
Co-Founder
October 28, 2026
Wednesday, 7 pm
Angelika Film Center
Kona A. GRAY
Principal
December 2, 2026
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
Brad CLOEPFIL
Principal, Founder
January 21, 2027
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
Gabriela CARRILLO
Founder
February 18, 2027
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
James TIMBERLAKE
Co-Founder
March 10, 2027
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
Anne Marie DUVALL & Roy DECKER
Partners
April 29, 2027
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
Tenth Annual Frank Welch Memorial Lecture
Tamarit SUCHART
Mark WELLEN
May 13, 2027
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Dallas Museum of Art
Marion WEISS & Michael A. MANFREDI
Co-Founders
May 27, 2027
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Angelika Film Center
SCHINDLER Space Architect | Film Screening
SCHINDLER Space Architect
Film Screening
September 29, 2026
Tuesday, 7pm
Perkins&Will
2218 Bryan St., #200
Dallas 75201
Complimentary Admission
Please Join Us!
Austrian-born and educated, R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what now is considered California lifestyle of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores his richly complex work, with its influences and illuminates Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture as contrasted with the International Style. It reexamines Schindler’s complicated relationship with his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright and his professional “rival” Richard Neutra.
The film is narrated by Meryl Streep and features commentary from architects Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Steven Holl, Ray Kappe, Mark Mack, Wolf Prix; architectural historians Judith Sheine, Thomas Hines and August Sarnitz, along with members of Schindler’s family, preservationists and owners of Schindler designed houses. Valentina B. Ganeva, the Director, Producer, and Editor of the film, holds a BA degree in Film History and Theory and combined her lifelong interest in art, architecture, and design for her directorial debut, Schindler Space Architect.
Louis I. KAHN "The Last Notebook"
The Dallas Architecture Forum
In collaboration with
Dallas Museum of Art
Presents
LOUIS I. KAHN
“THE LAST NOTEBOOK”
October 25, 2026
Sunday, 2 pm
Horchow Auditorium, DMA
Complimentary Admission
Forum & DMA Members, and General Public
LOUIS I. KAHN “THE LAST NOTEBOOK”
Join The Dallas Architecture Forum and Dallas Museum of Art for a conversation with Sue Ann Kahn, the architect’s daughter, and Mark Gunderson, AIA. The program will occur at 2 pm Sunday, October 25, 2026 in the Horchow Auditorium of the DMA.
The program will focus on Kahn’s recent publication, a facsimile of her father’s private sketchbook from the last year of his life.
An artifact of historical importance, the Notebook’s pages give us an intimate glimpse into Kahn’s creative process and take us inside the mind of the master architect at the height of his career. Most importantly, his personality permeates its pages and brings the architect to life for a new generation. Kahn and Gunderson take us through its pages and the stories they reveal.
MARK LAMSTER: WELCOME TO PARADOX CITY
AT CAPACITY – REGISTRATION CLOSED
Welcome to Paradox City
Mark LAMSTER in conversation with Nate Eudaly
September 24, 2026
Thursday, 7 pm
Nasher Hall
Nasher Sculpture Center
Presented by The Dallas Architecture Forum
in Collaboration with the Nasher Sculpture Center
Mark Lamster is the architecture critic of the Dallas Morning News and the winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His new book, Welcome to Paradox City, is a first-of-its-kind history of Dallas told through the city’s most significant buildings, which takes readers to the sun-scorched origins of Dallas as a remote outpost on the Texas frontier, then traces the city’s development into the dynamic, if imperfect, metropolis we know today.
Thursday, September 24th, Mark Lamster will be joined by Nate Eudaly, Executive Director of the Dallas Architecture Forum, at the Nasher Sculpture Center for a conversation on Lamster’s book with a Q&A to follow. Copies of Welcome to Paradox City will be available to purchase during the event.
2025 – 2026 SEASON IN REVIEW
Enjoy this E-Magazine about our 2024-2025 Season
THE FORUM’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to present inspiring talks by past Forum speakers on our YouTube Channel!
View the great design thought leaders already on the channel (or soon to be posted) below.
Make sure to select the “Subscribe” button and the bell icon on our new channel to be notified of new Forum content while you’re on YouTube.
Experience inspired design — virtual and online!
DALLAS MODERN
Enjoy some of the best of Dallas architecture while sheltered at home. The Dallas Architecture Forum’s monograph, Dallas Modern, featuring 20 outstanding contemporary residences in Dallas, is available now from The Forum. More information and order HERE.
“If there’s an authority on beautiful buildings around town, it’s the Dallas Architecture Forum, a nonprofit that’s been discussing and driving architecture and design in Dallas since 1997.” D Magazine
Join or Renew your MEMBERSHIP in
THE DALLAS ARCHITECTURE FORUM
Memberships valid for twelve months
See you at the Forum!