SHARP, Dennis

SHARP, Dennis. British, b. 1933. Genres: Architecture, Art/Art history, Design, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Bibliography. Career: Dennis Sharp Architects, London, principal 1964-. Regular contributor on architecture, Building, AJ, Building Design, etc., 1979-. International Academy of Architecture, professor, 1987-. World Architecture, executive ed., 1989-92; International Architecture, ed., 1993-; UCL, Master of Science Course, tutor, 1990-. Assistant architect, British Rail, London, 1957, Bedfordshire County Architects Dept., 1958-59, William Holford and Partners, Arnold Weisner, Graeme Shankland and Partners, and Gerald Beech and Assocs., all Liverpool, 1961-63; Civic Trust, Manchester, architect and technical officer, 1963-64; Manchester University School of Architecture, lecturer, 1964-68; sr. lecturer in charge of history course, Architectural Association School, London, and general ed., Architectural Association, 1968- 82. Recipient: Silver Medal, Academie d'Architecture, Paris 1991; Jean Tschumi Award (Special Mention) UIA, 1993. Publications: Area Rejuvenation: Rochdale, 1965; Modern Architecture and Expressionism, 1966; Sources of Modern Architecture, 1967; The Picture Palace and Other Buildings for the Movies, 1969; The Bauhaus, 1970, rev. ed., 1993; A Visual History of 20th Century Architecture, 1974; Sources of Modern Architecture (bibliography), 1981; Alfred C. Bossom's American Architecture 1903-1926, 1984; A Dictionary of Architects and Architecture, 1991; 20th Century Architecture: A Visual History, 1991, rev. ed., 2002; Santiago Calatrava, 1994; Connell, Ward and Lucas, 1994; Kisho Kurokawa: From the Age of the Machine to the Age of Life, 1998; Kisho Kurokawa: Eco-Architecture/Eco-Cities, 2002. EDITOR: Planning and Architecture, 1968; Glass in Modern Architecture, 1968; Manchester, 1969; P. Scheerbart, Glass Architecture, 1972; Henri van de Velde: Theatres 1904-14, 1974; (co) Form and Function, 1975; The Rationalists, 1978; H. Muthesius, The English House, 1979, rev. ed., 1987. Address: c/o Dennis Sharp Architects, 12 Woburn Walk, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0JL, England. Online address: sharpd@globalnet.co.uk