The KPF Director joined project collaborators on a panel at the March 10 event, organized by The Architect’s Newspaper, offering insights into the design process and technical execution behind the Bank of America Tower at Parkside.
Taking place from 4:20 to 5:05 PM, the panel discussion was moderated by Cory Dear and featured Bob alongside fellow panelists Adam Perkins, Vice President of Operations at Harmon Inc; Michael Alost, Senior Vice President at KDC; and Michael Lister, Senior Project Manager at Austin Commercial. Together, the AEC leaders explored the design process behind the 493,000-square-foot tower, which rises above Klyde Warren Park in Dallas’s Uptown district. The project establishes a strong relationship to the park with a facade strategy that carries landscaped balconies and terraces vertically through the building, while a planted facade scales the podium, creating an inside/outside juxtaposition that humanizes the office building typology.
Centrally located between Uptown Dallas, the Arts District, and Victory Park, the Bank of America Tower at Parkside is the first phase of a KPF-planned two-phase scheme designed with the city’s needs at the forefront. The gridded envelope and staggered two-story block segments differentiate the tower from neighboring glass high-rises, blurring the line between hospitality and commercial architecture while modulating light and views. Winner of the 2024 Commercial Real Estate Awards for Best Office Lease, the project exemplifies KPF’s commitment to creating sustainable, human-centered urban environments.
