Dugdale, Michael Arthur Stratford 1905 - 1970

Michael Arthur Stratford Dugdale [commonly known as Michael Dugdale] was born in Leicester, England on 24 September 1905. By 1911 he had moved with his family to London. He studied at Oxford University and trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1933.

In 1932, with Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990), Godfrey Samuel (1904-1982), Valentine (Val) Harding (1905-1940), Anthony Merlott Chitty (1907-1976), Francis Skinner (1908-1998.) and Lindsay Drake (1909-1980), he formed the architectural partnership Tecton. Dugdale left Tecton in 1935 and from 1936 to 1946 he was in partnership with Friedrich (Fritz) Abraham Ruhemann (1891-1982). Notable among the houses designed by the partnership was 2 South Parade, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London in 1938-39.

During World War Two Dugdale served as a Captain in the Royal Engineers. He resumed his work as an architect after the war. The partnership with Ruhemann was dissolved in 1946 and he was later in partnership with Geoffrey Whitaker as Dugdale & Whitaker.

Dugdale was a member of the MARS (Modern Architectural Research) Group

Dugdale's address was given as 57 Haymarket, London in 1934; 18a Elizabeth Street, London in 1935 and 1939; 63 Pall Mall, London in 1939; and The Manor House, Fifehead Neville, Sturminster Newton, Dorset in 1950. During the late 1930s and early 1960s, Dugdale visited the USA. He died on 31 October 1970. His address at the time of his death was 39 Smith Terrace, London.