Dirk S. Denison

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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)

Chicago American Institute of Architects Design Excellence Award for Unbuilt Design (2010)

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

Chicago 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. Chicago, IL 60607 By Appointment

Media Appearances

Modernist Magic: A Mies-Designed Residence Hall Comes Back to Life at Illinois Tech

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–designed residential buildings. “There’s such a huge variety,” says architect Dirk Denison of the structures on the campus Mies planned in 1941. “And these three buildings are (among) the only tall buildings.” 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’s vice president for administration.

College of Architecture Awards 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize

Architectural Record

On Friday evening, March 24, the winner of the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) was announced in Chicago. 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.