Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Phillip James Dodd is an alumnus of the Prince of Wales’ Institute of Architecture in London. He moved to America more than twenty years ago, and after training with some of the most recognized classical architecture firms in the country founded his eponymous design firm Phillip James Dodd: Bespoke Residential Design LLC in 2015. Phillip’s designs can be found in New York, Greenwich, The Hudson Valley, Palm Beach, and as far as away as Bangalore, India. In 2022 he was the recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth L. and John H. Schuler Architectural Award, and for the last two years has been named as one of the Top 50 Coastal Architects in the country by Ocean Home magazine.

Phillip has a Masters in architecture from the University of Notre Dame, and an undergraduate Degree in Architecture from the Manchester School of Architecture. He is a Fellow Emeritus of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and serves as a commissioner on The Town of Greenwich Historic District Commission. In 2013 Phillip was elected by his peers as an Honorary Fellow of the INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners, an invited international body for practitioners in traditional architecture, under the auspices of the former Prince of Wales.

With a rich academic and practice-based background, Phillip is recognized as an international authority on classical and traditional architecture. His designs are always specific to the property, and are rooted in a thorough understanding of the architectural history and details that create a unique Sense of Place. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States on the subject of classical, vernacular, and Beaux-Arts architecture, and has appeared on C-Span and their American History TV lecture series. In 2023 he presented the John G. Winslow Lecture for the Historic Preservation Society of Newport County, and was engaged by Cunard as one of their Guest Insight Program Speakers – where he gives a series of talks onboard The Queen Mary 2.

Phillip is also the author of several best-selling books – The Art of Classical Details: Theory, Design & Craftsmanship (2013); An Ideal Collaboration (2015); and The Classical American House (2017). His most recent volume, An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture on New York City (2021), includes a foreword by Julian Fellowes (the acclaimed creator of Downton Abbey and the HBO series The Gilded Age), and has been featured in Architectural Digest, The Associated Press, The New Criterion, Washington Post, and World of Interiors. He is currently working on a new book, due to be released in the Fall 2005, on The Mansions of The Gilded Age.

Photo: Courtesy of The Preservation Society of Newport County