PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, AND MEDIA

The first monograph on the work of Arthur Dyson was prepared in conjunction with an exhibition held in 1994 at the Fresno Museum of Art.  This book includes an essay on the nature of organic awareness in architecture and the expression of these understandings in Dyson buildings, together with a list and illustrations of more than fifty projects designed between 1965 and 1993.   Although the hardback second edition sold out, a paperback version remains available through bookstores and Amazon.com (click here for referral that opens new browser window).

WRITINGS BY ARTHUR DYSON

• Drawings for an Alternative Architecture, Introduction by Arthur Dyson, Unicorn Farm Books, 1998
• Frank Lloyd Wright: The Western Work, by Dixie Legler, Introduction by Arthur Dyson, Chronicle Books
• Goff On Goff, by Philip Welch, Foreword by Arthur Dyson, University of Oklahoma Press, 1996
• Guide to Frank Lloyd Wright's California, Introduction by Arthur Dyson, Peregrine Smith Publisher, 1992

WRITINGS ABOUT ARTHUR DYSON

  MONOGRAPHS

• A Taliesin Legacy, by Tobias Guggenheimer, Van Norstrand Reinhold,  New York, 1995
• AC Architecture Contemporaine, 89-90 (An anthology of World Architecture, Vol. 11), Published by Anthony Kraft Editions, 1989, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland
• Architecture in the Twentieth Century, by Udo Kultermann, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1997
• Beginnings of Interior Environment, Seventh Edition, by Mariam Stimpson, Macmillian Publishing Co., 1993
• Cagdas Mimarlar, by Yem Yayin, Istanbul, 1995
• Dictionnaire De l'Architecture, DU XX siecle, by Jean-Paul Midant, Institut Francais D’architecture, Editions Hazan, France
• Elements of Architectural Design, by Ernest Burden, Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers,1994,
• Earth to Spirit, by David Pearson, Chronicle Books Publishers, San Francisco, 1995
• Energy Efficient Homes, Taunton Press, Newton, Connecticutt, 1993
• Linguaggi Dell' Architecttura Contemporanea, by Bruno Zevi, Estaslibri, Italy, 1993
• Organic Architecture, Architecture Design Profile No. 106, Academy Group Ltd., London
• Ten California Architects, by Scot Zimmerman, Peregrine Smith Publisher, Fall 2000
• The Breaking Wave; New Organic Architecture, by David Pearson, 2001, University of California Press, Berkeley and Gaia Books, London
• The Natural House Catalog, by David Pearson, Simon & Schuster Publishers, 1996
• The Wright Style, by Carla Lind, Simon & Schuster Publishers, 1992

  PERIODICALS

• "Dyson," by Mark Hammons.  Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, Summer 2000 (#26).
• "A Taliesin Legacy," by Jayne Merkel.  Inland Architect, May/June 1992.
• "An Arc in the Woods," by Charles Miller.  Fine Homebuilding, Spring 1992 (#73).
• "In Time to the Rhythm: Architectural Lyrics of Arthur Dyson" by Mark Hammons.  YAPI-Endustri Merkeziadina [Istanbul, Turkey], November 1991.  Text in Turkish.
• Award of Merit.   SUNSET Magazine, October 1991.
• "Down-to-Earth Architecture," by Sanford Wilk.  Fine Homebuilding, November 1990.
• "Arthur Dyson, un'architettura "del luogo e del tempo" ("of site and time"), by Bruno Zevi.  L'architettura, October 1990.
• "An Architectonic Vocation/ Una vocazione architettonica," by Bruno Zevi.  L'architettura, September 1990.
• "Arthur Dyson: Architect of the American Spirit," by Ashley Smith.  Architecture and Urbanism, July, 1990 (#238).  Text in English and Japanese.
• "Arthur Dyson, Architect."  Architecture and Urbanism, March 1985.

EXHIBITIONS

The first scholarly treatment of architectural design by Arthur Dyson at the Fresno Art Museum in 1994 presented a significant selection of projects, both built and unbuilt.  Gallery contents included drawings, models, and architectural fragments for nearly forty houses, office buildings, churches, and other structures.  In addition to the Fresno museum, designs by Arthur Dyson have also appeared in many other architectural exhibitions and venues in the United States and abroad over the past decade.  Asterisks indicate one man shows.  

• AIA CA Council, Monterey Design Conference, 1987
• AIA Design Conference, 1988
• Arizona State University, 1979 & 1992*
• Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia 1994
• Auraria Higher Education Center, 1983
• Bakersfield Museum of Art, 1995*
• Ball State University, 1996*
• California Council Society of American Registered Architects 1990-91, 1993, 1994
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1986*
• California State University, Fresno, 1975, 1986, 1990-1996
• Carnegie Mellon University, 1999
• Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, 1999
• College of the Sequoias, 1983*
• East Bay Gallery, Oakland AIA, 1991
• Florida Southern College, 1993
• Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1992
• Fresno Art Museum, 1993*
• Fresno City College, 1985*
• Fresno City Hall, 1997
• Graham Foundation, Chicago, 1995*
• Kings River College, 1984*
• Longwood Fine Arts Center, Farmville, Virginia, 1995
• Louisiana State University, 1998
• Michigan City Museum of Art, 1996*
• Midland Art Center, Michigan, 1993
• Mill Valley Art Center, 1991
• New York Institute of Technology, 1992
• Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, 1991
• Portsmouth Art Museum, Portsmouth, Virginia 1995
• Pratt Institute, New York, New York, 1992
• Royal Institute of British Architect's Museum, London, 1985, 1992
• San Francisco Institute of Architecture, 1990, 1995, 1996*
• Schaffer Gallery, New York, New York, 1992
• Society of American Registered Architects National Conventions, 1989-1995
• Statesville Art & Science Center, 1988
• Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1992
• Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1987, 1999*
• University of Colorado, 1983
• University of Minnesota, 1988*
• University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 1985*
• University of Oklahoma, 1981
• University of Wisconsin, 1979, 1996
• William King Regional Arts Center, Abington, Virginia, 1995
• Woodland Plantation, 1992

TELEVISION

• Public Television Documentary, Arthur Dyson, Philosopher in Stone, Wood, and Brick, by Leigh Hess, KMTF-TV Timeline, August 1, 1985 (50 Min.)
• The Chris Terence Show, KAIL-TV, Fresno, Dec. 7, 1994, Arthur Dyson- The Politics of Space & Arthur Dyson, Creative Environments (15 Min.)
• Sun-Up, Lucy Ruiz, Interview with Arthur Dyson, KJEO-TV, Fresno, 1995 (15 Min.)
• Public Television Documentary, Arthur Dyson, Architect, by David Hatfield, San Bernardino Valley Public Television, filmed December 1, 1997, (30 Min.)