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Dennis Sharp (1933-) is a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor.
Life Dennis Sharp studied at Bedford Modern School (1945-1951) and at Luton School of Art (1951-1954). From 1954 to 1957 he studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. In the beginning of the 1960s he became Assistant Professor at the University of London. In 1962 he became a correspondent for Architectural Digest. Since 1988 he has been editor of the journal World Architecture: Journal of the International Academy of Architecture of the IAA - International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 2000 Dennis Sharp has been a co-correspondent for "L'Architettura" Rome/ London, founded by Bruno Zevi. From 1962 to 1982 Sharp was Professor at AA in London and from 1968 to 1972 AA-Chair of History of Architecture and Design. He continues as a member of the AA school's council. Sharp has been a guest lecturer at Liverpool University (1959-1968), Manchester University (1959-1968), Columbia University New York (1980), Adelaide University (1984), University of Malta (1968-1970), Helsinki University of Technology (1998), University of Nottingham (1996-1999) and UCL, RCA, North London Polytechnic, Oxford Brookes University, Cambridge University, and Sheffield University. In 1991 Sharp became a professor at the International Academy of Architecture (IAA) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Sharp participated in the international architecture symposium "Mensch und Raum" (Man and Space) at the Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universität Wien) in 1984, which received much international attention. Other participants included Justus Dahinden, Pierre Vago, Bruno Zevi, Jorge Glusberg, Otto Kapfinger, Frei Otto, Paolo Soleri, Ernst Gisel, and Ionel Schein. Since 1977 Sharp has been Chairman of the International Committee of Architectural Critics. From 1991 to 1993 he was Vice President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1992 he was co-founder of the RIBA Architecture Centre and served as its president from 1996 to 1999. Sharp is a partner in Dennis Sharp Architects in London. He is also Co-Chair of DOCOMOMO in UK. Sharp is the author and editor of several books, including "Twentieth Century Architecture. A Visual History" (2004) and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture (1991). Publications | ||||||||
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