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Conversation Garden with
Hodson House in background.
Talking with Dynerman, one can see why his firm
was chosen for this project. He loves conversations.
Rather than coming to clients with a design that merely
solves a programmatic problem, Dynerman says, “You
have to be willing to listen and think a lot” in order to
understand the problem fully, and only then “an
answer will emerge.”
Reflecting that attitude, Hodson House captures
the spirit of St. John’s College and the exchanges of
ideas that are so integral to its pedagogy. It is fitting
that such a building now greets prospective students,
inviting them to join the conversation.
Lobby.
50 AN ARCHITECTURAL CONVERSATION
