Original Architect: Thomas Scott Dean
Thomas Scott Dean was an American architect and educator. He was a registered architect and professional engineer in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. He was a Latin American studies scholar at the University Texas, 1963; recipient of merit awards from House & Home, 1955 and 1956, and the Kansas Society Architects, 1984. He served to corporal C.E., United States Army, 1942-1943; was a member the American Institute of Architects, American Society of Heating, and International Solar Energy Society.
For photos of some of Dean's work, visit his page on https://usmodernist.org/dean
For photos of some of Dean's work, visit his page on https://usmodernist.org/dean
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Dean specialized in domestic homes and liturgical designs and was known for his additions and renovations to several churches. He also designed a variety of buildings, including shopping centers, medical clinics, a country club, apartments and land planning projects. He also was involved in the design of a computer building and an aeronautical engineering laboratories.
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Original Builder: Gump & Gaynier
Many thanks to Gaynier family for the article confirming the architect was Thomas Scott Dean.
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A special thanks to Caitlin Parish for finding our first pic of Thomas Scott Dean, as well as a video clip from WBAP when he was constructing 11116 Pinocchio!
Video:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1997992/m1/
Video:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1997992/m1/
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The last owner: Brenda Stubel, 1970 - 2017
Brenda Stubel was born September 2, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan, and passed away September 26, 2017. Brenda graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in architecture in 1965, one of only four women in her graduating class. She began her career with a fellowship to study housing in Bogota, Columbia in a program funded by the United Nations. Upon her return to Dallas, she began working in the city’s Planning Department, laying out the initial proposal for a regional mass-transit system.
She then became partner/owner in several architectural firms, among them Rossetti Associates and Corgan Associates, working alongside an on-site team that developed the DFW Airport design standards; to OMNIPLAN, the firm behind today’s Midtown project. She was always aware of her place in the practice and felt the need to pave the way for a female presence in architecture. She also oversaw the development of The Centrum, in Oak Lawn.
Brenda specialized in design and project management, utilizing her talents to add detail and beauty to commercial projects such as the DFW, Austin, and Miami International Airport terminals and facilities. She also managed projects for corporate campuses, hotels, mixed-use development and retail centers. Her glass tile murals for the Sanger-Harris facades of Six Flags Mall and Valley View Mall were featured in Texas Architect and the December 2016 edition of D Magazine. She was a long-time member of Zonta International, an organization dedicated to advancing the status of women. Her many exceptional accomplishments led to her being chosen the 2012 NAPW Professional Woman of the Year.
Brenda worked on the first of three Sanger-Harris rollouts in the region, at Six Flags Mall in Arlington. She took inspiration from the Spanish-influenced design of Six Flags Mall. “The pattern focused on blocks of color in broad strokes,” she says. “We were dealing with freeway recognition, and colors would catch the eye as well as define the entry. Indian and Mexican cultural influences were part of the language. Music would play a role in defining the rhythm of the pattern.”
Using colored pencil on a thick stock of paper, she experimented with patterns and forms. “My musical background came together with architecture in this mural,” she says. Stubel would go on to design two more stores: Town East Mall, whose mural has since been removed, and Valley View, whose three-sided murals were the largest completed outside of the flagship store.
She then became partner/owner in several architectural firms, among them Rossetti Associates and Corgan Associates, working alongside an on-site team that developed the DFW Airport design standards; to OMNIPLAN, the firm behind today’s Midtown project. She was always aware of her place in the practice and felt the need to pave the way for a female presence in architecture. She also oversaw the development of The Centrum, in Oak Lawn.
Brenda specialized in design and project management, utilizing her talents to add detail and beauty to commercial projects such as the DFW, Austin, and Miami International Airport terminals and facilities. She also managed projects for corporate campuses, hotels, mixed-use development and retail centers. Her glass tile murals for the Sanger-Harris facades of Six Flags Mall and Valley View Mall were featured in Texas Architect and the December 2016 edition of D Magazine. She was a long-time member of Zonta International, an organization dedicated to advancing the status of women. Her many exceptional accomplishments led to her being chosen the 2012 NAPW Professional Woman of the Year.
Brenda worked on the first of three Sanger-Harris rollouts in the region, at Six Flags Mall in Arlington. She took inspiration from the Spanish-influenced design of Six Flags Mall. “The pattern focused on blocks of color in broad strokes,” she says. “We were dealing with freeway recognition, and colors would catch the eye as well as define the entry. Indian and Mexican cultural influences were part of the language. Music would play a role in defining the rhythm of the pattern.”
Using colored pencil on a thick stock of paper, she experimented with patterns and forms. “My musical background came together with architecture in this mural,” she says. Stubel would go on to design two more stores: Town East Mall, whose mural has since been removed, and Valley View, whose three-sided murals were the largest completed outside of the flagship store.
