Corporate Headquarters at Old Parkland / Dallas, Texas

The historic buildings of Dallas’ Parkland Hospital were constructed on this eight-acre site in the Oak Lawn neighborhood in 1915 and 1921. A high-profile capital holdings organization purchased the campus, which recently underwent a restoration and major addition to the landmarked building to serve as their corporate headquarters. The central design challenge was to accommodate the company’s corporate culture (which features a non-hierarchical large room of open desk work stations with modern… Read more

GFF Project Wins 2011 Preservation Achievement Award

Good Fulton & Farrell’s (GFF) renovation of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Dallas’ Arts District was recently selected to receive a 2011 Preservation Achievement Award, given by Preservation Dallas. This marks the 12th year for the Achievement Awards, which recognize Dallas’ most outstanding projects involving the preservation, rehabilitation, and enhancement of Dallas’ historic buildings and neighborhoods. GFF Principal Jonathan Rollins and Architect Xavier Spencer were present… Read more

GFF Architect Jon Rollins Discusses Dealey Plaza Facelift on KERA

Click here to hear GFF’s own Jon Rollins on local NPR station KERA discussing Dallas’ Dealey Plaza. Fundraising has begun on completing the Dallas landmark’s facelift before the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 2013. Good Fulton & Farrell completed the first phase of renovations to Dealey Plaza in 2008. Phase One included replacement of deteriorated concrete paving adjacent to the Houston Street fountain basins, restoration of the fountain coping, and… Read more

Museum Facility Assessment / Dallas, Texas

Development of a facility assessment plan for the Museum of Nature and Science’s Fair Park facilities – the Natural History Museum building and the Science Place building – for future occupancy based on the Museum’s move to its Victory facility once construction is complete. The plan details the renovations necessary to convert the building into a Research Institute, while remaining within the limits of the historical status of the two buildings. © Good Fulton & Farrell… Read more

St. Paul UMC / Dallas, Texas

As a designated City of Dallas historic landmark, the renovation of Saint Paul United Methodist Church is the final jewel in the crown of the Dallas Arts District. GFF first completed a programming and feasibility study for the restoration and rehabilitation of Saint Paul, and then provided exhibits for use in a capital campaign, before providing design and construction documents. The exterior of the building will be stabilized and restored, and an elevator added to improve accessibility to… Read more

Embarcadero Building / Fair Park, Dallas, Texas

The comprehensive renovation of this Fair Park building listed on the National Register of Historic Places included structural stabilization, new mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and restoration of the original 1936 color scheme. Most notable were the renovation of a 100-foot-long lobby with the most elaborate painting in Fair Park, and restoration of the only remaining exhibit booth from the Texas Centennial Exhibition. The Gebhardt Chili Company exhibit retains its original… Read more

International on Turtle Creek / Dallas, Texas

The International Harvester parts warehouse, built in 1949, was a 250,000 SF high bay brick and glass industrial building typical of many in the Old Trinity Industrial District near Downtown. Our progressive client saw the potential to expand the geographic reach of the Design District through an adaptive reuse of this large warehouse for furniture and interior design showrooms. Good Fulton & Farrell cut a new “street” through the middle of the large warehouse effectively turning impossibly… Read more

SMU Perkins Chapel / Dallas, Texas

Renovation of this 1951 collegiate Georgian chapel on the Southern Methodist University campus was chosen as one of the first initiatives of the award-winning Centennial Master Plan to be implemented. Its function as both worship space and teaching environment necessitated enhanced infrastructure and flexibility. New mechanical systems, lighting and audio-visual improvements, as well as handicap accessibility were included. Flexibility in seating and enlivened color schemes completed this… Read more

624 North Good Latimer / Dallas, Texas

The Meadows Foundation hired Good Fulton & Farrell to design an adaptive reuse of the former St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as 624 North Good Latimer Expressway. The result is office lease space for non-profit tenants of the Meadows Foundation. The original architect for the structure was the son of Booker T. Washington, William Sidney Pittman. © Good Fulton & Farrell… Read more