Dallas Historical Society
1984 Award for Excellence, Humanities

San Antonio Conservation Society
1984 Honor Award

American Library Association
1984 Best Reference Book of 1984
(1 of 10 chosen)

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1986 Honor Award

Texas Institute of Architects
1987 Honorary Membership
1998 Flowers Award for Excellence in the Promotion of Architecture in the Media

Dallas County Heritage Society
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award

University of Georgia
2006 Inducted into the Honor Society of Sigma Pi Kappa

American Institute of Architects, Dallas Chapter
2009 Honorary Membership

American Association for State and Local History
2009 Award of Merit for "Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas"

City of Dallas
2014 Key to the City

The American Institute of Architects
2017 Honorary Member

Friends of Fair Park
2017 Spirit of the Centennial Award

 Southern Methodist University
2019 Doctor of Arts – honoris causa