Chris Dyson Architects

Heritage and Modernity

Dominic Bradbury, Owen Hopkins, Chris Dyson

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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
08 September 2023

Individual architects & architectural firms

"'We build ""new into old""': since Chris Dyson set up his own practice in 2004, he has gained a reputation as one of the foremost historic conservation architects, poetically adapting listed buildings for the 21st century. Yet the vigour and originality he brings to his work is far from a conventional conservation approach. Dyson’s is an architecture seemingly with no rules, yet at the same time marked by a recurring interest in the interactions between people and city, culture and community.

Dyson’s work is indelibly associated with Spitalfields, having lived and worked there since 1990, and it’s a place that provides a fitting metaphor for his architecture. Over its history Spitalfields has been subject to recurring waves of new people and cultures, which has created somewhere defined by its rich cultural and material layers. And so with Dyson’s architecture, in which, even with new-build projects, there’s an overriding sense of different elements – be they material, temporal or cultural – coming together into coherent wholes. Dyson’s is that rare thing: architecture that feels old and new at the same time.

This volume is the first sustained critical analysis of Chris Dyson Architect’s philosophy, approach and body of work, focusing on their particular expertise in being sensitive to a sense of place, history and heritage."

By: Dominic Bradbury
Foreword by: Owen Hopkins
Other: Chris Dyson
Imprint: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 210mm, Spine: 22mm
ISBN: 9781848225862
ISBN 10: 1848225865
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 08 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Writer and journalist Dominic Bradbury has produced more than a dozen books on design, architecture and interiors, also works for many leading newspapers and magazines around the world, including The Financial Times/How To Spend It, The Times, The Telegraph, World of Interiors, House & Garden, Vogue Living and many international editions of Architectural Digest and Elle Decoration.

Reviews for Chris Dyson Architects: Heritage and Modernity

‘It is a fine record of the work and approach of one of the most interesting architects of our time, beautifully designed and produced: go out and buy it now!’ – Building Design Online 'Chris is best known for his extensive work in Spitalfields, with numerous sensitively renovated and reimagined houses under his belt. However, this monograph looks beyond east London, with exciting glimpses of the practice's projects in country settings, which are every bit as appealing.' – David Nicholls, House & Garden