John Christopher Edward Dyson | |
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Born | London, England | 6 October 1964
Alma mater | School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Mackintosh School of Architecture |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Chris Dyson Architects |
Projects | The Sekforde, London, UK (2002–2018) Albion Works, London, UK (2019) Crystal Palace Park Cafe, London, UK (2019) Gasworks, Gloucestershire, UK (2006) Cooperage, London, UK (2016) Museum of African Art and Culture, Stellenbosch, South Africa (competition, 2004)Contents |
Chris Dyson RIBA RIAS FRSA (born 6 October 1964) is an English architect. He established Chris Dyson Architects. [1] in 2003. He is known for residential conservation architecture.
Chris Dyson studied architecture at Oxford Brookes University and Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow. He worked at James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates on projects including Abando International passenger exchange. [2] in Bilbao and Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore. [3]
He spent three years as a design director at Sir Terry Farrell's practice Farrells. [4]
Chris Dyson Architects was set up in 2003, by Chris Dyson in partnership with Mathew Witts. Their first major project was a design for a museum of African Art and Culture, which was not realised. [5]
Based in a restored pub in Spitalfields, London [4] for which they received an RIBA Award, Chris Dyson Architects has completed a number of refurbishment and heritage conservation projects of houses in and around London alongside civic arts projects in London.
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