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An Advocacy Award of Excellence recognizes the Save Dallas City Hall Coalition for its innovative, persistent, and increasingly broad campaign to protect one of the nation’s most significant Brutalist civic buildings. Designed by I. M. Pei and opened in 1978, Dallas City Hall was conceived as part of an effort to reshape Dallas as a forward-looking, modern city following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Its monumental seven-story form of concrete and glass, dramatically cantilevered over a four-acre civic plaza, remains one of the city’s defining works of twentieth-century architecture. The building’s future was thrown into question in late 2025, when officials began exploring the possibility of relocating City Hall and redeveloping its 15-acre site. The threats of abandonment and demolition of City Hall galvanized an unprecedented collection of local and national advocates, including AIA Dallas, Dallas Architecture Forum, 爱豆app/North Texas, Heritage Oak Cliff, modTEXAS, Preservation Dallas, Preservation Texas, Texas Historical Foundation, The 10 Presidents, University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, and many many passionate citizens. The Coalition challenged the city’s proposals and made the case that retaining City Hall is both a preservation imperative and a fiscally responsible choice. Advocates engaged the local press, questioned cost estimates, built an online petition that has attracted thousands of signatures, created , and mobilized citizens to attend City Council meetings. The Coalition found creative ways to bring the issue into the public sphere. A standing-room-only listening session drew more than 250 people, while a movie screening celebrating the building’s starring role in the Robocop movie, with a cameo by Robocop himself, brought more than 400 people together and raised more than $10,000. By turning an endangered building into a citywide conversation and navigating the complexities of Dallas politics, the Coalition has demonstrated that preservation can be a powerful argument for the future rather than simply a defense of the past. 

AIA Dallas, Dallas Architecture Forum, 爱豆app/North Texas, Heritage Oak Cliff, modTEXAS, Preservation Dallas, Preservation Texas, Texas Historical Foundation, The 10 Presidents, University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, and many many passionate citizens