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Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners
Private Residence,  | International Design Awards Winners

Private Residence

Lead DesignersArthur Dyson
Prize(s)Honorable Mention
Entry Description

Private residence on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. Primary rooms are suspended on concrete pods at various levels within a greenhouse structure of blue-green tinted reflective glazing. A large wing-like white roof, suggestive of the adjacent sand dunes, shield the open floor plan from excessive sun exposure while rising to unobstructed views of the oceanfront during daytime and allowing stargazing at night.

Interior spaces flow freely without walls or partitions, while scale and volume are tempered through the placement of palms and other tropical flora. Level changes rhythmically establish area separations and maximize direct ocean views. The gestures of the form join harmoniously with the surrounding swell of seabirds, ocean waves, and sand dunes that embrace this exceptional building site.

The wide expanses of glass place the occupants in an environment of naturally shifting variations of illumination and express openly a pleasing freedom and independence of purpose that is at the heart of the life taking place in along the Gulf.

Bio

Studied Psychology (UW), Philosophy (UO), Planning (CSUF), Color Psychology (SFIA).
Dean, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Advisory Boards (CSUF) College of Arts and Humanities, Chair, School of Art and Design, President of AIA San Joaquin.
Designs featured in 400 plus publications and over two- dozen books, including The Architecture of Arthur Dyson by Mark Hammons and “Arthur Dyson: L’architettura meditative”, by Giuliano Chelazzi.
Lectured at over fifty major universities and art museums, and work exhibited at more than forty art museums and institutions around the world

Awards and Prize

Arthur Dyson has won over 200 major local, state, national and international design awards including the FIRM OF THE MILLENNIUM AWARD from the AIA San Joaquin, and the 1999 HORIZON AWARD for his lifetime contribution to contemporary American architecture. In 2017 he won the Association of Licensed Architects Presidential Award for Best Project of the year for his design of the Hilton Residence in Panama City Beach, Florida. In 2015 he won the Presidential Award for his design of University High School on the Fresno State campus. In 2014 Dyson was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects San Joaquin. In 2003, he was honored by the International Academy of Architecture in Sophia, Bulgaria as an Honorary Professor of Architecture. In 2001 he received the MEDALLION OF HONOR for lifetime achievement from the New York Council SARA. In 1998 he was awarded the CALIFORNIA OUTSTANDING FIRM AWARD from the California Council SARA and In 1997 he was awarded the Bruce Goff Chair of Creative Architecture by the University of Oklahoma. In 1993 he was awarded the GOLD MEDAL from the Society of American Registered Architects.

In recognition of his architectural work Dyson has received countless commendations including those from the Province of Pisa, the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, California State Governor Pete Wilson and United States President Bill Clinton, California State Assembly and the California State Senate.