DAIL DIXON, FAIA 

Dail Dixon got his Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at UNC-CH, then a Bachelor of Architecture at Clemson University.  He worked for John Latimer in Durham, Leslie Boney in Wilmington, and Cogswell Hausler in Chapel Hill before opening his own design-build firm.  In 1982, he opened a strictly architecture office as Dail Dixon and Associates.  With the addition of Ellen Weinstein, the design practice became Dixon Weinstein Architects in 1997. In 2003, his firm was honored with the Outstanding Firm Award from AIANC.  Dixon has taught studios at the NCSU School of Design, Penland School of Crafts and the Boston Architectural Center.  He is often sought out for modernist renovations, including the Styron and Blythe houses.

1991 - The Davidson Residence, Hillsborough NC.  Won an AIANC Merit Award and a South Atlantic AIA Award.  Photos by Jerry Markatos.

1992 - with Ellen Weinstein.  The Bennett Residence, Apex.  Won an AIANC Merit Award.

2002 - The Hayes Cucchiara Residence (aka The Meadow House), 81 Meadow Ridge Lane, Chapel Hill NC, owned by Michael Cucchiara and Marty Hayes.  Michael is a partner in Greenbridge, a William McDonough project under construction in Chapel Hill and Marty is an organic farmer.  Won an AIANC Honor Award.  In summer 2008 begins construction on a very-close-to-carbon-netural apartment upfit in space over the garage.  Photos by Dail Dixon.