Homes That Last 1000 Years

Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: October 2024

For Theodore Dial – artist, builder, and designer – college classes were samplers for all his interests.

But in his late twenties, things shifted. He went to France. The glorious architecture nailed him and continued to do so – 41 times! With so many visits, his romance with historic stonework blossomed.

Throughout college and travels, Dial wove a network of philosophers, builders, designers, architects, thinkers, and psychologists. With their input, he began fabricating a life plan. He visualized modern-day structures that incorporated the look and feel of the stone structures from Middle Ages to Beaux-Arts.

Builders, their materials, and tricks of the trade were long gone, so it was time to weave-in some of Dial’s contemporary savvy. At his core is a one-man-think-tank. His tank contains wells of contributions from the world’s best experts whom he tapped along the way.

He says, “Based on my studies, I believed I could build amazing, comfortable structures that can last a thousand years.”

It could work. Some cathedrals, as old as 1,000 years, are still functioning.
What’s Dial’s concept?

Clearly, building with tremendous blocks of stone isn’t realistic. But, what about concrete? By 200 B.C. Romans were building most everything with concrete. Like stone, a lot of those structures still exist.

Dial created a mould system (with built-in shaped molding, cornices, baseboards, etc.) into which he’d pour concrete, creating ornamented, completed walls that had internal conduits to contain electrical wires and water pipes. Concrete walls (DAC-ARTTM Stone) would be super strong, contain no air pockets inviting mildew, etc., and they’d last, well, 1,000 years easy. He started constructing dramatic work-of-art homes with his DAC-ARTTM. The result: mind-blowing success.

There is something else that sets Dial above the ordinary. He’s a proud micro-manager. He works with every team member, from surveyor to glazier. He makes sure everyone does the job to the precise requirements of the client and himself.

His workers get so excited about his unique approach to building, they are passionate about and loyal to the company. That’s important as Dial adapts the structure/natural materials of his creations to the environs and leaves a joyful impression on the building site.

There is so much more to know about Theodore Dial. He is truly one-of-a-kind, an artist and designer above all. That is what makes his homes more than merely a dwelling. They are works of art – think of it as ART-chitecture.

Visit dac-art.com; or email [email protected]; or call (251) 490-1954.