Texas Architect Contributor: Gregory Ibañez, AIA

Gregory Ibañez, AIA resides in Fort Worth and is a frequent contributor to the magazine. While writing about the Grauwyler Park Branch Library in Dallas (page 40, Sept/Oct Texas Architect), he says, “This type of architecture is absolutely vital to the building of strong communities, yet as I write this article draconian budget cuts are planned for the Dallas Public Library system. Who speaks for the public realm?”

Texas Architect Contributor: Filo Castore, AIA

Filo Castore, AIA is an architect who practices ecological common sense. He has lived in Houston since 1995, but wrote the article on the GSA Regional Field Office from his homeland of Italy while visiting family with his wife and daughter. See his article on page 72.

Texas Architect Contributor: Sean Burkholder

Sean Burkholder is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at Penn State University. He holds a bachelor’s in architecture from Miami University and a master’s of landscape architecture from Harvard. Burkholder is easily distracted by shiny objects and spends more time than he should postulating the possibilities of vacant urban land. He writes about Overlook Pavilion on page 56 of the Sept/Oct Design Awards edition of Texas Architect.

Texas Architect Contributor: Rebecca Boles, AIA

Rebecca Boles, AIA is an architect equestrian who teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture. Her preferred alternate transportation is the horse. Boles writes about Fort Worth’s Sid W. Richardson Visual Arts Center on page 64 of the Sept/Oct Design Awards edition of Texas Architect.

Texas Architect Contributor: Michael E. Allex, AIA

Michael E. Allex, AIA, is a third generation “Valley Rat”…Rio Grande Valley Rat, that is. After graduating from Texas Tech, Allex interned in Dallas for three years. He returned to his native Harlingen, where he has practiced architecture for nearly 20 years. He enjoys the best of the Valley, fishing the flats and hunting the ranch country. His article on La Lomita Mission Chapel is found on page 48 of the Sept/Oct Design Awards issue of Texas Architect.

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