James Dicker, Adjunct Associate Professor

Bio
James Dicker is a studio design professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His graduate studio focuses on Building Information Modeling and Integrated Practice methods of design. This studio is funded and partnered with the local Milwaukee firm Epstein Uhen Architects. The studio recently produced work which took first place in the 2009-2010 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition and also won the 2010 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Prize for Creative Integration of Practice and Education in the Academy. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Education
Columbia University, M.Arch, 1976
Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1970

Research Focus
Urban Design
Visual Literacy

Courses
Arch 320 Fundamentals of Arch Design II
Arch 420 Arch Design II
Arch 790 EUA Revit/BIM Workshop
Arch 825 BIM Studio

Selected Work
"Learning the Language," Archimage.
Cohen, U., and G. Weisman, Holding on to Home: Environments for People with Dementia, Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press. (Design Architect).
Cohen, U., Weisman, G., Dicker, J., Day, K., Robinson, W., and G. Meyer, Environments for People with Dementia: Illustrative Designs, Milwaukee, WI: Center for the Architecture and Urban Planning Research.

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