Ian Dickenson

Ian is an associate principal architect responsible for heading a diverse array of firm initiatives, including leading design teams, project and firm strategy, creative direction, and carrying out research agendas.

Ian has delivered numerous complex, award-winning projects on time and within budget, including large mixed-use developments, civic and institutional work, campus buildings and master planning, affordable housing, and community led advocacy and policy projects. This diverse range of pursuits is bound by a process that engages the deeper underlying context of a project, focused on how broader societal and cultural influences can be translated to inform the built environment.

Ian is an active member of the academic, visual arts, and design communities, having contributed to numerous exhibitions, publications, and events. He has taught design studio at the University of Southern California, Washington University in St. Louis, and Arizona State University, and has served as an invited design critic for a number of additional academic institutions. He has lectured internationally; contributed to publications, panels, and research journals for institutions such as the Getty Research Institute, the Arid Lands Institute, and the Milken Institute; and is currently a Visiting Artist at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.