Nature of Order Webinar: The Exquisite Humanity of Homes, Duo Dickinson, Architect
This session will be on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 16:00 UTC. Write to natureoforder@buildingbeauty.org to be included.
Architects obsess about judging built products - including our most intimate buildings: Homes. In The Nature of Order, the full duality of the home - its singularity as a building and universality as a human characteristic is described as integral with each home's design.. Christopher Alexander describes how three homes were conceived and created with the site and the client fully integrated into designs. My 45 year practice has largely been based in homes: and I, in turn, describe a few first in process, then in outcome.
Graduating from Cornell in 1977, Duo Dickinson opened his own architectural practice in 1987. His work has received more than 60 awards and is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. He has built over 1,000 things. His design work has been published in more than 70 publications. He has written 8 books and is a staff columnist for several publications, including the Common Edge Collaborative as well as a writer for a variety of national and local publications. He is a creator and host of the “Our Buildings, Our Selves” podcast sponsored by the Connecticut Society of Architects. He also hosts the radio series “Home Page” on WPKN Radio and lectures widely.
Dickinson is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Hartford and is on the faculty and board of the Building Beauty program where he is the co-chair of their American Advisor Board . He has also taught at Yale College and Roger Williams University.
