DALLAS, TEXAS –   The 60,000-square-foot Ronald McDonald House of Dallas is open and fully operational.  Designed by HKS Architects, the house is located in the Southwestern Medical District – near Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, the two largest referring hospitals to the Ronald McDonald House.

The 60-family House provides families with a place of healing, comfort and safety.  Amenities include a lobby, great room, day respite room, activity/crafts room, play room, game room, teen/tween room, media room, exercise room, meditation room, community room, library, laundry facilities, a large open kitchen and family kitchen, outdoor activity area, meditation garden and courtyard with pavilion and outdoor grills. 

HKS Architects, HKS Commercial Interiors and Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors provided reduced fees for services.  The team also secured in-kind donations totaling more than $1 million to help defray the cost of the building. “Several consultants with whom HKS and Hill & Wilkinson have a wonderful relationship donated their time and expertise to the project,” explained David Beller, vice president/project manager, HKS, Inc. 

In-kind donors include Alliance, American Terrazzo Company,  Architectural Lighting & Associates, Armstrong, Benjamin Moore, Big Mango, BKM Total Office of Texas, Bodner Chandeliers, Bollen International, Bonsal American, Bosworth Steel Erectors, Brayton, Corian, Coronado Stone, Crossville, DalTile, Davis Chrane, DesignTex, DLS Floors, E. C. Dicken, Inc., Formica, Hanson, Hyatt Regency Dallas, Innovations, Insinkerator, InterfaceFLOR, Interlam, Jeld-Wen, Johnsonite, Keilhauer, King Architectural Metals, La-Z-Boy, Lights Fantastic Builder Division, Martin Brattrud, MasterTile, Metro, Momentum, MS International, Otis Elevators, Petri Electric, Potter Concrete, RSG, Sina Pearson, Sleep Experts, Solara, Southwest Progressive, Steelcase, Stock Supply, Stone Marketing International, System Design International, Inc., Tamko Roofing, The Container Store, Toli - HiTec Flooring Distributors, Turnstone, Tyvek and Vecta.

HKS, Inc. is a leading architectural design firm ranked among the top-four architectural/engineering firms, according to Building Design+Construction magazine. Since its founding in 1939, HKS has completed construction projects totaling more than $45 billion in more than 982 cities located in 46 states, the District of Columbia and 59 foreign countries.  The firm operates from 24 worldwide offices.