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The Dallas Architecture Forum The Dallas Architecture Forum Next Panel Home Heat Money GodTexas and Modern ArchitecturePanel Discussion Ben KOUSH in conversation with Amy WALTON March 27 2025Thursday 700 pmCheckin and Reception at 615 pm Angelika Film Center Mockingbird StationFree and Open to the Public AIA CES Credit Available In the midtwentieth century dramatic social and political change coincided with the ascendance and evolution of architectural modernism in Texas. Between the 1930s and 1980s a state known for cowboys and cotton fields rapidly urbanized and became a hub of global trade and a heavyweight in national politics. Relentless ambition and a strong sense of place combined to make Texans particularly receptive to modern architectures implication of newness forwardlooking attitude and capacity to reinterpret historical forms in novel ways. As money and people poured in architects and their clients used modern buildings to define themselves and the state.