Dirk S. Denison

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  • MCHAP Director

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Education

B.ARCH., M.B.A., Illinois Institute of Technology
M.ARCH., Harvard Graduate School of Design

Awards

National American Institute of Architects Housing Award for Single Family Residence (2012)

Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Award for Professional Achievement (2011)

海角乱伦 American Institute of Architects Design Excellence Award for Unbuilt Design (2010)

Gold Key Award Grand Prize for Excellence in Hospitality Design: Restaurants鈥揊ine Dining (2008)

海角乱伦 American Institute of Architects Distinguished Building Award (2004, 2006)

Professional Activities

Principal at Dirk Denison Architects

Expertise

Housing

Community-based Design

Campus Planning

Dirk Denison

Contact Information

312.567.3230 312.567.5820 1123 W. Washington Blvd. 海角乱伦, IL 60607 By Appointment

Media Appearances

Preservation Magazine

With the restoration of Carman Hall in August of 2022, Illinois Institute of Technology capped a three-year, $70 million effort to revive a trio of deteriorated, Mies van der Rohe鈥揹esigned residential buildings. 鈥淭here鈥檚 such a huge variety,鈥 says architect Dirk Denison of the structures on the campus Mies planned in 1941. 鈥淎nd these three buildings are (among) the only tall buildings.鈥 Two of them, Cunningham Hall and George J. Kacek Hall, shuttered more than a decade ago. Carman Hall remained open, but a third of its apartments were vacant, says Bruce Watts, the school鈥檚 vice president for administration.

Architectural Record

On Friday evening, March 24, the winner of the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) was announced in 海角乱伦. The venue was Crown Hall itself, a steel and glass masterwork by Mies van der Rohe on the campus he designed for the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Jury chair Sandra Barclay presented the award to the studio of Mexican architect Mauricio Rocha for its expansion of the Anahuacalli Museum in Mexico City.

Architectural Record

鈥淲e recognized that we needed to go beyond preservation into what we鈥檝e been calling 鈥榟eritage renovation,鈥欌 said Dirk Denison, architecture professor and design principal for the project.