Dennis Sharp

Dennis Sharp (30 November 1933 – 6 May 2010) was a British architect, professor, curator, historian, author and editor. His obituary in The Guardian stated that he 'was well-known as an architectural historian, teacher and active defender of the environment. However, his reputation in those fields rather overshadowed his considerable success as a working architect and his long-term commitment to environmentally friendly building'. 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.

The Dennis Sharp Archive is held at the Paul Mellon Centre and contains research materials compiled by Sharp during the process of writing the publication Connell, Ward and Lucas: Modern movement architects in England 1929–1939 with Sally Rendel. As well as Sharp's own research notes the archive collection includes original records from the Connell, Ward and Lucas architectural practice including correspondence, photographs, drawings and plans.

He married architect, Yasmin Shariff, in 1983.

Publications Dennis Sharp: "Architektur im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert", Praeger, Munich 1973, Dennis Sharp, Jim Richards, Nikolaus Pevsner: "Anti-Rationalists and the Rationalists", Architectural Press, London, 2000, Dennis Sharp: "Architecture in Detail – Bauhaus, Dessau, Walter Gropius", Phaidon London, Berlin 2002, Dennis Sharp: "Twentieth Century Architecture: A Visual History", 4th edn, Images Publishing Group, London, 2004, Dennis Sharp: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture, Whitney Library of Design, New York, 1991. Dennis Sharp, Catherine Cooke, DOCOMOMO: The Modern Movement in Architecture, Uitgeverij, 010 Publishers, 2000. Dennis Sharp, Sources of Modern Architecture: A Critical Bibliography. Granada, London, 1981.3rd edn, Dennis Sharp (ed.), Planning and Architecture. Essays presented to Arthur Korn by the Architectural Association, Barrie and Rockliff, London,1967. Dennis Sharp (ed.), Santiago Calatrava (Architectural Monographs). Wiley Academy, Chicester, 1996. Dennis Sharp (ed.),Santiago Calatrava, Spon Press, London, 1994. Dennis Sharp, Organic Architecture. London, Architectural Press, Dennis Sharp & Sally Rendel: Connell, Ward and Lucas: Modern movement architects in England 1929–1939, Frances Lincoln, 2008.