Dennis Sharp

Who was Dennis Sharp?

Dennis Sharp was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor.

Dennis Sharp studied at Bedford Modern School and at Luton School of Art. From 1954 to 1957, he studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and was Leverhulme Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool from 1960 to 1963.

In 1963, he was appointed senior research architect, Civic Trust for the North West, Manchester. In the following year he was Lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Manchester.

In 1962, he became a correspondent for Architectural Design and editor of Architecture North West.

Appointed Head of History studies at the AA school in 1968, he was later a senior lecturer. He was AA General Editor and founder Editor of AA Quarterly, and member of the AA school's council and an AA Vice president.

In 1969, he set up in practice as part of Atelier St. Albans until 1974. In 1988, he became editor of the journal World Architecture: Journal of the International Academy of Architecture of the IAA - International Academy of Architecture in Sofia, Bulgaria.