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  • Duo Dickinson FAIA | Beauty Is Style Blind
    7/20/23

    Duo Dickinson FAIA | Beauty Is Style Blind

    Please join us as discuss the connectivity and disconnect between Beauty and Style. Duo Dickinson, FAIA graduated from Cornell in 1977, Duo Dickinson opened his own architectural practice in 1987. His work has received more than 30 awards and is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. Twenty to thirty percent of his ongoing work is dedicated to pro bono or at-cost work for not-for-profits, totaling over 75 projects for over 30 organizations over the last 30 years. His work has been published in more than 70 publications, he is the architecture writer for Connecticut Hearst Media Corp. and a staff feature writer for The Common Edge Collaborative and Mockingbird Ministries. He is a regular contributor to Arch Daily and has written for Archinect and many of other publications. His blog, Saved By Design has received over 100,000 hits in the last few years.

    Dickinson has written eight books. His latest book, A Home Called New England, published by Pequot Globe was nominated for a 2018 CT Book Award and he is active in radio and media. He hosts the radio series “Home Page” on WPKN Radio. Dickinson has taught at Yale College and Roger Williams University. He is now on the faculty of the Building Beauty program at the Sant’Anna Institute, Sorrento, Italy as well as co-chair of their American Advisor Board and is teaching at the University of Hartford. He has served on numerous design juries and has lectured at numerous universities, associations and groups.

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  • Sarah Susanka FAIA | Sarah Susanka | Build Better, Not Bigger, Design Matters
    6/2/23

    Sarah Susanka FAIA | Sarah Susanka | Build Better, Not Bigger, Design Matters

    Sarah Susanka has been leading a movement that is redefining the American home and lifestyle through her “build better, not bigger” approach to residential design

  • Steve Mouzon | Rediscovering The Original Green!
    4/19/23

    Steve Mouzon | Rediscovering The Original Green!

    Please join us as Steve Mouzon challenges us all to consider a different green, much older than the new green that is being commercialized today, based on beauty, livability, and resilience.

  • Catherine Connelly | The Moral Importance Of Craft
    12/15/22

    Catherine Connelly | The Moral Importance Of Craft

    Catherine Forster Connolly is the owner and CEO of Merida | Natural Rugs. Their mission is to be a counter-cultural company that reimagines textiles as art.

  • Jeffrey Dungan | A Search For Vernacular Modernity
    10/27/22

    Jeffrey Dungan | A Search For Vernacular Modernity

    Jeffrey Dungan is recognized for a clean, elegant, and modern approach to traditional and vernacular architecture.

  • Thomas A. Kligerman | Great Traditional Design and Modernity
    9/7/22

    Thomas A. Kligerman | Great Traditional Design and Modernity

    Many of the greatest traditional and classical architects embraced invention.

  • Patrick Ahearn FAIA | Our Responsibility To Respect And Relate
    8/5/22

    Patrick Ahearn FAIA | Our Responsibility To Respect And Relate

    It is not about style, it's about the sense of place we will leave to those who come after us.

  • Michael Imber | Culture & Context over Fashion
    4/15/22

    Michael Imber | Culture & Context over Fashion

    Renowned architect and artist Michael Imber to discuss our responsibility to the future of the built environments. It starts with place and people.