The Highland Park students behind a playhouse modeled after a fairytale-esque Charles Dilbeck-designed Park Cities home hope their design combines fun, creative elements and architecture education.
Each year in recent years, students in the environmental architecture class within the Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) program at Highland Park High School have designed a playhouse based on a historic Park Cities home to be featured in Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses, the signature fundraiser for the organization supporting child victims of abuse or neglect.
Their playhouse design is modeled after a French Norman-style home in the 4200 block of Shenandoah Street designed by Dilbeck and built in 1935…