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Interior architectural design as interior architectural consultant for Michelle Meredith and Associates
Hilda Rodriguez is an award-winning Interior and Architectural Designer with twenty-eight years of wide-ranging experience across complex multidisciplinary design projects in Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States, a leader, effective team manager, and trainer; recognized in journals and articles for contributions to interior architectural design. Hilda Rodriguez is an adjunct professor at Wade College and is a frequent guest critic at the University of Texas at Arlington. She conducts scholarly academic research on space flexibility and fluidity from the point of view of sustainable design and the integration of interior and exterior spaces. She is committed to contributing to our community through the quality of design services and promoting education within the academic arena, and through performance and work contribution in our profession’s practice.
Hilda is a member of several Dallas organizations and serves on the Board of Dallas Habitat, the Advisory Board for the Renovation of the Kalita Humpries Theatre, and The Oaklawn Committee’s executive committee. Hilda is the owner of HILDA RODRIGUEZ Architecture/Planning/Interiors LLC, an Interiors and Architectural Design firm currently offering design services for aviation, commercial, educational, hospitality, and residential projects. Additional services include furniture, fixtures, equipment selection, purchasing and procuring, furniture design, and commission art.
Ms. Rodríguez is of Puerto Rican heritage. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and raised in Puerto Rico since the age of 4. She lived in Puerto Rico until she moved to the United States for an Internship in Georgia with John Portman & Associates before starting her Master’s degree in Architecture at Harvard University in 1988. After completing her Master’s degree, Hilda moved to Mexico City. There she developed a professional practice as a leading interior and architectural designer while working as Director of Interiors for KMD Architects. After 13 years of being in Mexico, Hilda undertook a new challenge. She moved back to the United States and “restarted” her career path in Texas, where she has been practicing since 2006. First working for Wilson Associates as Senior Designer, and currently, as the owner of her design firm.
Her design projects vary from detailed residential engagements to sophisticated high-tech and secured spaces, from modest to luxurious budgets and local to international clients.
Enlaces Selected Works Exhibit 2016; Enlaces Selected Works Exhibit 2014; Government Contracting Small Business Development Center Excellence Award 2014; Regional Hispanic Contractors Association 2014 Rising Star Firm Luna Award; AIA Dallas Committee Leadership Award 2013; AIA Dallas Outstanding Achievement Award for Engaging AIA Members through Affinity Networks 2013; AIA Dallas Citation In Recognition of Outstanding Achievement 2012; “Shinning Star” Most Interactive Castle for “The Princess & The Pea” Dallas Arboretum Fairy Tail Design Competition 2010, selected castle for construction; On My Own Time Best Work on Paper, 3 Nudes Triptic, charcoal and acrylic, The Art Institute of Dallas, September 2010; AMDI Best Interior Design Project of 2000 finalist with the design of DirectTV; IIDA “Work Recognition for Contribution to the Development of Interior Architectural Design in Mexico, 2002.” Work Exhibits & Publications: “Foro de la Mujer en Arquitectura”, February 2005, “Muestra de Interiorismo en México”, April 2005, “Muestra de Interiorismo en México” 2002; Arquitectura y Diseño de Interiores México, No. 70, June 2005; Reforma Suplemento Especial “Entre Muros” December 2004; Quattro, No. 157, October 2003; Arquitectura y Diseño de Interiores – México, No. 8, May 2000; ATK ArquiTK, No4, Jan./Feb. 2002; Obras, No. 370, Oct. 2003; Primera Muestra de Interiorismo Contemporáneo México, 2001; Periódico Reforma, Suplemento Especial “Entre Muros”, 1997. AAUWF and AIA Scholarship Awards
Member of the Dallas Theatre Center Advisory Board for the Master Plan and Renovation of the Kalita Humphrey Theatre (2019-Present)
Member of the Board of Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity, 2017-Present
Member of the Oak Lawn Committee, 2013-Present, currently serving in the Executive Committee, President (2018, 2019, 2020), Vice President (2015, 2016, 2017).
Member of Salón México, 2021.
Past Roles:
Member of the Board of the Trinity Commons Foundation, 2013-2018
Member of the Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance Board of Directors, Founding Board Member, 2014-2016
Member of the Lee Park & Arlington Hall Conservancy Board of Directors, 2011-2016. Secretary 2011-13, Enhance Committee Co-Chair, 2014-15, Governance Chair, 2016.
Member of the Harvard College School Committee, 2010-2016
Member of the American Institute of Architects, 2010-Present. Women in Architecture Committee Chair, 2011-13. Also served on YAF and TSA Committees.
Member of the American Society of Interior Designers
