GH&F occupies its first office space at 311 Market Street in the West End district of Downtown Dallas starting out with seven employees. The exposed steel and heavy timber framing of the floor above the mezzanine level leaves the firm’s tallest employees with multiple headaches. Only classical music is allowed from the stereo system.
Retail strip shopping centers provide the firm with its first opportunities for “place making.” Many of these designs have survived decades of shifting design paradigms and can still be found in their original form throughout the Metroplex.
Duncan Fulton hires an intern to manage the print shop and the night before his first day, the intern calls and informs Duncan he can’t come in to work because he doesn’t own any slacks.