When you’re looking for a home to buy, it can help you in your search if you’re familiar with the different architecture styles popular in your area — and which one(s) would be ideal for your needs. Here, your primer on the nine top types of homes you’ll find across North Texas, their origins and what makes them so unique. (Don’t miss our online guide, with nearby homes for sale in the various styles, at [...]

5405 Melrose Avenue is a modernist's dream in Dallas. With its first-class finishes and smart-home capabilities, this three-bedroom Contemporary home offers urban living at its finest — in a unique and historic neighborhood near the heart of Dallas called Vickery [...]

The pairing with pow: Behold the Frank Welch stunner taken to the studs by Michael Lee, an Architectural Digest top 100 designer. The result? Artisan plaster walls and ceilings, a chef’s kitchen and a master suite with fireplace, sitting area and skylighted bath. New on briggsfreeman.com — and with an immersive virtual reality tour — 2837 Park Bridge Court in Dallas is represented by expert agent Ann Henry.

Behold 6957 Bob O Link Drive in Dallas, where the luxuries are wrapped in clean-lined architecture. It offers a breezeway, a two-story great room, a gourmet kitchen with top-tier everything and a first-floor master retreat. The outdoor perks? Think pool, turfed yard and a wood-burning fireplace. This urbane private resort is represented by expert agent [...]

Playful, geometric architecture — with spectacular circular motifs — wraps around all the modern luxuries at 11468 Strait Lane in Dallas. Just a few? Three living areas, a shaded pool, two home offices, a yoga nook, a prep kitchen and a soundproofed play area. The master suite is a showstopper, too: sitting area, fireplace, heated bath floor and much more. This sleek but supremely comfortable home is represented by [...]

This is how you balance cool with cozy: 7215 Northaven Road, architecturally sleek but supremely livable. Its perks? Open gourmet kitchen, main-floor master suite, two offices, media room and game room. And, then, there is the outdoor living: turfed yard; heated pool; oversized hot tub; swim-up bar; fire pit; fire pots; and a pool pavilion. This is stay-at-home style at its finest. This elegant, everyday resort in North Dallas is represented by expert agent [...]