The design team’s objective was an ambitious one: to create a dynamic and multifaceted dining experience very different from an old building’s outdated foodservice.
The Dallas Museum of Art, established in 1903, got its start as the Dallas Art Association. Artwork was first displayed at the public library, but within six years, the association had its first permanent home in Fair Park. In 1933, the name had changed to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, and, in 1984, when the museum moved into its current building in the Arts District, it took on a new name the Dallas Museum of Art. With an encyclopedic collection of 24,000 objects covering 7,000 years of history, the DMA is the only general art museum in North Texas. Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, the museum is a 370,000-square-foot facility that holds an extensive collection of art from the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia, and South Asia; European and American painting, sculpture, decorative arts and design; and contemporary art. Since it opened, the building has had a few additions and expansions, including the Nancy and Jake L. Hamon Building, which added
Cornell’s North Campus residents no longer have to forgo dinner for nighttime studying or athletic training, thanks to North Star Dining’s new extended dining hours.Beginning this semester, North Star Dining extended their operating hours by a half hour the dining hall now closes at 9:30 p.m. Full service occurs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 […]