Phillip James Dodd (born 1972) is an author, educator, and architect who works in the New Classical architectural style.

Born in 1972 to a working-class family,[1] Phillip James Dodd grew up in Bury, Greater Manchester, in North-West England.

He went on to train at the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture in London, which had just recently opened,[3][4] where he studied classical and traditional design.

[2][8] In 1999 he obtained a Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana,[9] before returning to work at the office of Fairfax & Sammons.

In 2003 he relocated to the architectural firm Wadia Associates in New Canaan, Connecticut where he served as Senior Designer and head of marketing until 2015.

[2] His company has designed homes in California, Connecticut, New York, and most recently, a Mediterranean-style, ocean-front house in Palm Beach, Florida.

[16][17] Dodd's work overseas includes a villa in Bangalore, India, where he collaborated with renown decorator Alexa Hampton in designing a home for Manasi Kirloskar-Tata.

[27] The book has been featured in periodicals and news papers such as Architectural Digest, the Associated Press, Interior Design (magazine), The New Criterion, Traditional Building,[28] The Washington Post, and The World of Interiors.The foreword of the book was written by Julian Fellowes, [29][30] the acclaimed creator of Downton Abbey and the HBO series The Gilded Age (TV series).