Expand the image to get a panoramic view of the proposed roof for the Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park.About a month ago we showed off 2005 Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne's model for the $185-million Perot Museum of Nature & Science at Victory Park, scheduled to open in September 2013. But it's never too early for the Dallas City Council to get a sneak peek at the landscape plan for the facility, which will come complete with a plinth roof covered in native grasses a
Photos by Patrick MichelsRoss and Margot Perot enjoy the party alongside museum president Nicole Small.When the city began work on the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park, they didn't just break ground -- there's no ground there to dig up -- they held a "ground-making" ceremony instead. When they invited guests for a first look at Main Street Garden, they didn't cut a ribbon; they simulated a laser slicing through a fiber-optic cable, then shot fireworks.So how to mark the start of construction on the