Portsmouth School of Architecture (ARCH)

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Professor Hodson has been teaching the Classical orders at England's Portsmouth School of Architecture for more than 30 years, during a time when the language has been virtually abandoned by most other architecture schools. His courses on the history of Western architecture and the Classical language of design are well known, as are his projects at the Prince's Foundation at the Royal College of Art and a summer program in Richmond, VA. He also worked on the Robert Chitham book, The Classical Orders of Architecture.

American- born Peter Hodson received his Bachelors and Masters Degree in Architectural History from the School of Architecture, University of Virginia, U.S.A. After further postgraduate study at King’s College, Cambridge, England, under the supervision of Dr. David Watkin, Professor of the History of Art and Architecture in the University of Cambridge, he was appointed to teach the History of Architecture at the Portsmouth School of Architecture, from which post, he has recently retired. (He also taught at the former Prince of Wale’s Institute of Architecture, London, and the Royal College of Art.)

In 2007, Peter Hodson received the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in Education (see photo caption above) from the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, and is a visiting Professor at the School of Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. In March 2009, he joined the Master of Historic Building Conservation degree programme to teach, as well as establish new links with the Historic Preservation of communities of the U.S. and England through his extensive personal and professional contacts. Professor Hodson also acts as a specialist liaison and information officer for prospective North American candidates. (Contact details from CCi Admissions).