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Our project Portrack House in Scotland has been granted unconditional planning approval and listed building consent.

We’re excited to announce that our project for the Jencks family at Portrack House in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, has been granted unconditional planning approval and listed building consent. ...

4/10/22

East London Grade II* Residence Highly Commended for British Homes Awards

We are delighted that our East London Grade II* Residence has been Highly Commended for the British Homes Award this year.

29/9/22

CDA project Maison Colbert featured in the Financial Times HTSI

"The project got under way in 2019, after the former shophouses had been sensitively remodelled and opened up by Chris Dyson Architects, an international practice with a specialism in history and r...

21/9/22

Triumphal Arch to celebrate Queen’s Elizabeth II service

A Triumphal Arch designed by Chris Dyson Architects, winner of an ideas competition organised by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects (WCCA) in 2015. The competition celebrates The Queen’...

2/9/22

Our Cooperage project features in RIBA book

We are very pleased and proud to have our Cooperage project, RIBA Award winning home, published in this new book out by RIBA publishing written by Dominic Bradbury: Twenty First Century Homes. Book...

12/8/22

Exciting news at CDA

We are pleased to announce new promotions within our team, as follows: Maria Louise Long - Design Director Clara Carnot - Senior Associate Diana Raican - Associate Yashin Kemal - Assoc...

8/8/22

Chris Dyson interviewed by Ben Flatman | Building Design

'For me the joy of being an architect is being able to actually construct and deliver and see people enjoying it – for example Crystal Palace Park, where [we’ve] worked closely with the council for...

1/8/22

My kind of town: Chris Dyson and his passion for Spitalfields featured on Architecture Today

" As architects, we all want to leave a legacy of beautiful architecture for people and place. What keeps me engaged here is not just the people and the work we do as a practice, but this sense of ...

5/4/22

Chris Dyson visits Clifford’s Tower at York. Read about his impressions here.

" This once rather gloomy green and moldy corner of York that I visited from Dewsbury in my youth has been transformed by a gentle Midas-like touch. Clifford’s Tower is a Norman motte-and-bailey ca...

24/2/22

Crystal Palace Park Café featured in AJ Specification – Facades and Cladding edition

"The most important material decision was with respect to the skin of the building. We knew early in the design process that we wanted the building to reference the park’s dinosaur sculptures. Ceda...

19/1/22

Sandys Row features in World of Interiors

Sandy's Row synagogue received a Covid-19 emergency grant at the end of 2020 for repair works to the roof. Chris Dyson Architects was appointed to carry out the investigative works and secure all p...

6/1/22

Our project at Folgate Street gets planning permission and listed building consent

We are delighted to announce that our proposals to sensitively renovate and refurbish a Grade II listed Georgian house in Folgate Street, Spitalfields has been granted planning permission and liste...

8/11/21

CDA features in Archello’s 25 best architecture practices in London

We are delighted to be featured in Archello's 25 best architectural practices in London. See the full list here.

27/9/21

Crystal Palace Park Café, an award winning project from Chris Dyson Architects, featured in Global Design News.

“We are thrilled to have been chosen to design this key social amenity in the heart of Crystal Palace Park. I am delighted that the café is already proving to be such a popular destination with the...

7/6/21

In practice portrait by Timothy Soar’s captures Chris Dyson and his interest in the impact of the pandemic on transport

Chris is working on a project to encourage cycling as a safe and secure way to move around the city: "We all make our own choices about getting to work, much as we did before the lockd...

31/3/21

Chris Dyson Architects featured in Vogue Magazine blog by Jo Rodgers

'The agent for the property warned us that its historical listing and conservation zone would mean some hoop jumping, even to do things like update the plumbing, or change the color of the front do...

8/2/21

OUR AWARD WINNING PROJECT IS FOR SALE

CDA were invited to prepare a scheme for the extension and complete renovation of this former brewery cooperage in Central London, built in the early 1900s. Click the link to enjoy exploring each ...

4/12/20

Mayor approves Bishopsgate Goodsyard Masterplan

The Mayor of London has approved Hammerson and Ballymore’s plans to transform the Bishopsgate Goodsyard site into an exemplary mixed-use urban quarter that will help drive the recovery and growth o...

16/11/20

Artists in Residence, People, Building, Places

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16/10/20

Chris Dyson talks about the importance of cycling in a recovering city

“Our group came together not only because we are all keen cyclists but because we care about our environment. Those who design and build our city have an important role in helping to shape a hea...

16/10/20

Our project the old pump house is for sale

For sale on The Modern House Chris Dyson Architects have developed a beautiful renovation scheme for the neglected building, transforming the grand Edwardian industrial proportions into an entirel...

16/6/20

Our Italian project is taking shape

29/5/20

AVR London creates video of our crystal palace park cafe

We are so pleased to receive this amazing video of our project at Crystal Palace Park made by AVR London based in Shad Thames, London. Head over to our Instagram account here to view it with the...

28/5/20

Chris Dyson wins photo competition

Chris wins Architecture Club's Photography Competition! Looking Out: The World Outside - Chris Dyson 'Chris' image illustrates the challenges of communicating 3-dimensional space on a 2-dimensi...

1/5/20

An insight into Chris Dyson’s work from home life

We were set up for this and are managing quite well as a team, but I worry that some of the younger members of the office have lost their ‘buddies’/mentors and may feel a little less connected and ...

16/4/20

Crystal palace park cafe featured in the plan

"We are thrilled to have been chosen to design this key social amenity in the heart of Crystal Palace Park. I am delighted that the café is already proving to be such a popular destination with the...

16/4/20

Crystal palace park cafe features in World Architecture News

"The new building’s orientation is perpendicular to the park’s central axis, located at a key point that allows, for the first time, an accessible-for-all connection between the central axis and th...

16/4/20

COVID-19 update

To all our clients, colleagues & friends, Like you, we at Chris Dyson Architects have been following the rapid developments of the COVID-19 pandemic closely. We are committed as a nationa...

10/3/20

Aucoot: meet the architects feature

Follow this link to read this beautiful Aucoot case study, featuring our recently completed project at Durham Row.

20/2/20

Crystal palace wins surface design awards 2020

We are thrilled to have been awarded the Surface Design Award 2020 for Sustainable Surface Exterior for our project Crystal Palace Park Cafe!

20/2/20

Crystal Palace features in Architecture Magazine

Crystal palace features in architecture magazine

20/2/20

11 Spitalfields features in Luxury London

Eleven Spitalfields features in Luxury London Magazine. See our lovely full spread on pages 22-23. You can also read through the magazine at this link.

3/1/20

Crystal palace cafe praised in Riba Journal

‘We looked at ceramic and metal options. Given the setting and amount of foliage, we felt that timber was the most sympathetic and would bed in the best,’ says CDA partner Matthew Witts. These ...

3/1/20

Sekforde features on Archello

See more pictures of our lovely pub restoration on this feature on Archello.

2/1/20

Safron Walden as case study on Barbour product search

Our Safron Walden project was used as a case study 'Chris Dyson Architects were commissioned to transform the 1960s house from being drab and box-like into a fresh and contemporary looking home. ...

2/1/20

Crystal palace cafe featured in architecture today

Our lovely Crystal Palace Cafe has been featured on the Architecture Today Website Funded by the Mayor of London, the project forms part of a package of upgrades and conservation works proposed fo...

2/1/20

Albion Works gate are complete

Our bespoke gates are finally installed! 'BANDAGE THE KNIFE, NOT THE WOUND' references the artist Broomberg & Chanarin's ongoing series of photographic 'visual exchange' - to read more about t...

6/11/19

Crystal Palace cafe featured in BDonline

Chris Dyson Architects has completed a new café in south London’s Crystal Palace Park that references recreation space’s famous grade I-listed dinosaur statues. The two-storey lakeside building is wrapped in half-round cedar shingles, t...

21/10/19

Lunch and learn with Chris Dyson

Join us for lunch and a talk An afternoon for architecture and interior enthusiasts, join us at Benk + Bo on the 9th November for a day of lunching and learning in collaboration with the Modern Ho...

18/10/19

We are fifteen!

Fifteen Years of Chris Dyson Architects We have grown! From two people in a garret on the top floor of our old house in Princelet Street to this wonderful building where again I live above the ...

26/7/19

Bishopsgate Goodsyard plans lodged

We have worked alongside Faulkner Browns Architects, Buckley Gray Yeoman and Spacehub on Bishopsgate Goodsyard, which has now been submitted. It also provides 1.4m sq ft of workspace in five build...

26/7/19

Bishopsgate Goodsyard featured in Homes & Property

"We are excited to bring forward these revisions to our plans, which promote a more sensitive scale of development for this strategically important site. Our revised proposals will generate thousan...

17/7/19

Albion works shortlisted for AJ Retrofit Awards 2019

Delighted to be part of the finalists with our, recently completed, Albion Works. 'The yearly AJ Retrofit Awards programme is one of the most highly regarded in UK architecture and celebrates the ...

20/6/19

Crystal palace park café officially open

Our cafe was officially open on Monday, by deputy mayor for planning, regeneration and skills Jules Pipe CBE, and Councillor Peter Morgan. Mr Pipe, said: “I am really pleased to see this new café ...

10/6/19

The Modern House interviews Chris Dyson on Cooperage

Historic architectural conservation “It’s that which I try to find in a project, a sort of inner calm which allows people to feel rested and rewarded for being in the space. It’s a quality that ta...

22/5/19

CDA takes part in HD5K

Hayes Davidson 5K Run We participated in a five-kilometre race in London's Hyde Park, raising £60,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, alongside other UK-based practices. Check the fu...

20/5/19

We made it into the RA summer exhibition

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2019 We are extremely happy that two of our physical models have been selected for this year's Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. See below a previ...

9/4/19

Chris Dyson on Peter Wylie

Peter Wylie's 'News and Views' features Chris Dyson Chris and Sarah Dyson had a gallery, and it was through one of their many interesting exhibitions that I met them. It was a fantastically intere...

9/4/19

Chris Dyson – London Festival of Architecture

LFA 2019 Theme: Boundaries In this essay, Chris shares his thoughts on London Festival of Architecture's 2019 theme of boundaries. "Like so much of central London, Spitalfields is a palimpsest ...

26/3/19

CDA features in Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke

Back on Thursday nights at 8PM on Channel 4 Watch episode number 4 to see our project come to life.

26/3/19

Albion Works features in World Architecture News

Ultra-smooth concrete contrasts rough-cast ceilings created using sandblasted Douglas fir. Read the full feature here.

26/3/19

Albion Works features in Domus

The design experiment is challenging and far from simple: transforming service facilities into apartment buildings while respecting the privacy of neighbouring properties. Read the rest of the f...

18/3/19

Albion Works shortlisted for an Riba London 2019 award

See the full list here.

27/2/19

Albion works features on Archello

Check our feature on Archello here.

21/2/19

The cooperage named one of the best London apartments for rent

The Cooperage features in The Spaces' top apartments to rent in London. Read the whole list here.

14/2/19

Historic England features our Whites Row project

Faulkner Residence (Whites Row property) featured in Historic England. Historic England and the conservation department at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets were very supportive of the approach ...

8/2/19

Albion works features in wallpaper

Chris Dyson transforms neglected east London workshop into modern loft apartments. 'This project is simultaneously contemporary and rooted in the 19th century'. [caption id="attachmen...

8/2/19

Chris Dyson in conversation with my Modern House

My Modern House: Architect Chris Dyson on restoring listed buildings at his Huguenot House in Spitalfields [caption id="attachment_1095" align="alignnone" width="564"] Chris Dyson in conversation ...

7/11/18

Gasworks named as a finalist in the surface design awards

CDA's Gasworks has been named as a finalist in the 2019 Surface Design Awards. Link below to see 2019 finalists: 2019 finalists.

15/10/18

Chris Dyson features in Architecture Today magazine

Chris Dyson has contributed to the October 2018 additional of Architecture Today Magazine. Click link below to view: Architecture Today.

5/10/18

The Orangery features in BD magazine CPD 19

Link to article: here

21/8/18

Bishopsgate Goodsyard undergoes radical redesign

We are continuing work on the 4.2ha City Fringe Masterplan in Shoreditch. Read the full article on Architects' Journal.

6/8/18

The Sekforde shortlisted for the brick awards refurbishment category

25/7/18

The RIBA awards process means we all need to be sustainability experts

A very interesting coverage and mention of our project Sekforde, as winner of the RIBA Sustainability Award. 'The emphasis of this year’s regional sustainability winners is on simple and smart pas...

14/6/18

Sekforde features in BBC

Sekforde was named one of the 7 Architectural Wonders by BBC's Natalie Bushe. Check the article and the other honoured architectural projects here. 'The owner has the community at heart and a p...

25/5/18

The Sekforde wins RIBA London awards

We are thrilled to announce that our project, The Sekforde, won two Awards this month: RIBA London Award & RIBA London Sustainability Award. You can read the judges summary of the project, her...

23/4/18

The Sekforde features in Archdaily

CDA's design for The Sekforde has been featured on Archdaily, click here to view the feature on the Archdaily website. The project was completed in December and has since been shortlisted for the ...

27/3/18

Sekforde and Gasworks shortlisted in RIBA Regional Awards

CDA are delighted to announce that The Sekforde and Gasworks have been shortlisted for the RIBA Regional awards. This is the first time that CDA have had two separate projects shortlisted in the s...

8/2/18

CDA’s Cooperage features in Hiscox article

CDA's Clerkenwell Cooperage has featured in an article for Hiscox by Dominic Lutyens. The author, a London based arts journalist who also writes regular columns for The Guardian, Elle Decoration a...

29/1/18

CDA Office Party Opening

Our Office renovation has finished, and we had to celebrate!

17/1/18

Chris Dyson interviewed in building design article

Chris Dyson has been interviewed in the latest edition of Building Design, on the theme of his greatest inspiration as an architect. In the interview, Chris goes into detail about Louis Kahn's Phi...

9/1/18

CDA take part in bowwow haus London

Chris Dyson Architects are taking part in BowWow Haus London, the first ever public auction of artistic dog kennels in Britain. The event is organised by the charity Blue Cross for Pets who are ...

4/12/17

CDA accepted as members of East End Trades Guild

CDA have been accepted as members of the East End Trades Guild (EETG). The EETG is a community of small independent businesses, offering goods and services and providing social spaces, sustaining ...

29/11/17

CDA feature in new RIBA publication: new design for old buildings

Three CDA projects have featured in RIBA's New Design for Old Buildings publication. The book features a range of homes, churches, commercial and industrial buildings from across the UK that showc...

10/11/17

CDA feature on Channel 4’s ‘From Ugly to Lovely’

3/10/17

Gideon purser features in short film about the planned refurbishments at the grade II* listed bell house, Dulwich

CDA are currently involved in an extensive renovation at Bell House in Dulwich, London. The Grade II* listed building originally acted as the home for the headmaster of the nearby Dulwich College,...

1/12/16

CDA’s Gasworks features in Self Build & Design

CDA's Gasworks project features as a case study in this months edition Self Build & Design. The article details CDA's role in resurrecting the existing derelict cottages, gaining planning for ...

11/11/16

CDA’s Huguenot Physicians House commended at Brick Awards 2016

CDA have been commended for the "Huguenot Physicians House" project at last night's Brick Awards, in the "Best Refurbishment Project" category. The project saw this early Georgian house's facade r...

17/10/16

CDA wins at Sunday Times British Homes Awards

Clerkenwell Cooperage and Gasworks were announced as winners on Friday night at the Sunday Times British Homes Awards in the "Small Scale Conversion, Restoration or Refurbishment", and "One-Off Hou...

4/10/16

Gasworks makes shortlist for Manser medal award for the British homes awards

The Manser Medal was set up in 2001 by the late Michael Manser to inspire innovation in house design, and we are delighted to announce that CDA's Gasworks project has made the shortlist. Click her...

14/9/16

CDA’s Gasworks for sale

CDA's Gasworks is now available to buy. If you are interested in viewing the property please click here. The design involves the conversion of an existing redundant Grade II listed Gasworks in ...

10/6/16

Promotions at CDA

Maria Louise Long is now a Senior Associate. Maria Louise joined the Spitalfields office in October 2011 and has led the design team on a variety of projects including Spencer House and Hatoum s...

21/3/16

Chris Dyson Interviewed in Telegraph Magazine

The Telegraph Magazine's latest publication features an interview with Chris Dyson, in which he reveals his home, gallery, and talks about his new studio which is currently under construction. The...

17/3/16

CDA receives commendation – AR future projects awards

CDA's cafe at Crystal Palace has received a commendation from the AR Future Projects Awards. The cafe design is part of a package of improvement and conservation works proposed for the wider park....

11/2/16

Chris Dyson Charity Cycle for Coram Foundation

Chris Dyson will be taking part in a 1,500km cycle from London to Cannes with 100 people from the construction industry as part of Club Peleton to raise funds for Coram, the UK's first-ever childre...

10/2/16

AJ Small Projects Nomination | Worthy Ken House

CDA's extension for Worthy Ken House has been nominated for the AJ Small Projects Awards 2016. \This residential project extends and converts a compact 3 bedroom Victorian end terrace house into a...

9/12/15

The London Phoenix | CDA feature in HBD Magazine

CDA project Huguenot Physicians House has feature in the October-November issue of HBD magazine. Hailed as 'the London phoenix', the feature tells the story of the transformation made to this 'vac...

5/11/15

Anthony Coleman Town Hall Series | Architects Journal

Town Hall Series: A London Typology, is an ongoing project by architecture and landscape photographer Anthony Coleman. Inspired by the civic confidence and architectural ambition of London’s town ...

23/10/15

Wapping Pierhead – Ecola 2015

CDA award-winning project Wapping Pierhead has been selected for publication in ECOLA (European Conference of Leading Architects) 2015 Award for the use of render/plaster in Architecture. For more...

14/10/15

No House Style: The Drawings of Stirling & Wilford | Architects Journal

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Stirling Prize, Chris Dyson has shared some memories and reflections on his time working at James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates in the Architec...

27/8/15

Gasworks | Blueprint Awards 2015

Gasworks has been shortlisted for a Blueprint Award, in the category 'BEST NON-PUBLIC USE PROJECT - RESIDENTIAL' The winners will be revealed on 22nd October at the awards ceremony at Village Unde...

12/8/15

Worthy Ken House Extension Complete

Here is a preview of CDA's recently completed extension on Worthy Ken House, Hackney. The project successfully extended and converted a compact 3 bedroom Victorian end terrace house into a bright ...

3/8/15

Roger Street nears completion

The part-conversion, part refurbishment of this 1970’s office block at Roger Street is nearing completion. The building comprises 6 luxury residential units with a rooftop zinc-clad extension and ...

29/7/15

Harry Whittaker: RIBA Accredited Conservation Architect

CDA are thrilled to announce that Harry Whittaker, Principal Partner of the Bath office, is now a RIBA accredited Conservation architect. Over the last twenty years Harry has designed and built a ...

29/7/15

Gasworks featured in RIBA

CDA project Gasworks has been featured by Jan-Carlos Kucharek in the RIBA Journal. Kucharek highlights the use of corten-coated corrugated sheeting as being 'part of the final language of this agr...

23/7/15

Progress at Albion Drive

Concrete pour has started at Albion Drive. CDA is working with concrete specialist David Bennet in order to achieve an ultra-smooth, high-quality finish to the exposed internal concrete for this e...

19/6/15

Calvin Street awarded Schueco Excellence Award

Chris Dyson Architects have been awarded the Schueco Excellence Award in the category of Residential Development for the Calvin Street apartments in Shoreditch, London. Judges enjoyed the 'Tardis-...

3/6/15

Calvin Street feature in Architects Choice Magazine

Calvin Street has been featured in May's edition of Architects Choice magazine. Under the heading 'Sensitive Restoration', the article praises the copper clad rooftop extension and how its additio...

15/5/15

CDA and Chisel and Mouse – Exciting New Commission

This summer Chris Dyson Architects and Chisel and Mouse are launching a series of architectural models, of the six complete London churches designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor Architect. The series wil...

28/4/15

Gasworks – The Spaces

CDA Principal Partner and lead architect Harry Whittaker chatted with online magazine The Spaces about the recently completed project Gasworks. The renovation of the existing 19th Century gas work...

28/4/15

Gasworks – Architects Journal

CDA's eco-friendly transformation of a redundant Gas Works in rural Gloucestershire has been featured in the Architects Journal. Built-in 1877 as a private acetylene gas works to provide gas for l...

21/4/15

Shoreditch Penthouse featured on Adelto

CDA are thrilled to have this recently completed penthouse project in Shoreditch featured on Adelto. The duplex apartment has been converted from a Victorian warehouse into a luxury penthouse. ...

16/3/15

Gasworks featured in Dezeen

CDA residential project, Gasworks has been featured in Dezeen. The property is located in rural Gloucestershire, so the majority of the annex comprises a single-storey 120-square-metre structure i...

13/2/15

Kitty Fisher reviewed in the Telegraph

CDA restaurant project, Kitty Fishers has been featured in the Telegraphs Luxury supplement. The Shepherd Market eatery is a charming new addition to Mayfair's culinary scene. Specialising in a...

13/11/14

CDA wins at brick awards 2014

House in Wapping was announced winner in last nights ceremony in the category of 'Best Housing Development 1-5 Units'. CDA were praised by the judges for having 'followed the brief flawlessly to c...

17/10/14

CDA exhibit at MIPIM UK

CDA exhibit project on Shoreditch High Street at MIPIM UK.

15/10/14

Crystal Palace Park Cafe shortlisted in Architect of the Year Awards

CDA are thrilled to have been shortlisted for this year's Architect of the Year Awards. Selected from hundreds of entries, we are very proud to be shortlisted in the category; Refurbishment Archit...

6/10/14

CDA in the Financial Times

CDA are pleased to announce we have been mentioned in the Financial Times. We were featured in an article entitled "Why art galleries are moving back into domestic settings" by Edwin Heathcote. ...

19/9/14

CDA book launch / Artifice books

6/8/14

CDA in Evening Standard

Hugenot Physicians House has been featured in the Evening Standard's Home and Property Section. Phillipa Stockley tells the story of how Dyson rescued the 18th Century house from ruin and injected...

1/3/14

Chris Dyson’s wapping extension wins aj small projects award

CDA’s House in Wapping was chosen ahead of 23 other finalists to win the award. The ‘subtle, thoughtful yet mischievous’ addition to a Georgian-style terrace in east London was described as ‘archi...

1/12/13

CDA on team appointed to design the public realm and landscape at Bishopsgate Goodsyard

Spacehub, Chris Dyson Architects, Studio Weave and Kinnear Landscape Architects have been appointed to design the public realm and landscape for Bishopsgate Goodsyard in east London. The 4ha site ...

1/12/13

Chris Dyson artwork sold in charity auction

Last month saw Article 25’s annual fundraising event ‘10x10: Drawing the City.’ This years 10x10 has been the most successful one yet, raising approximately £90,000. Among the works sold at auc...

1/10/13

Planning permission granted at Albion Drive

CDA are thrilled to announce full planning permission has been approved on this very exciting back land re-development in Dalston. This derelict Victorian workshop will be transformed into 4 high-...

1/10/13

New veneers in Shoreditch

We are pleased to announce we have recently submitted two new designs for projects in the south Shoreditch conservation area of Hackney. The Designs In both cases the design is to be read as a co...

1/9/13

Creative living London | Chris Dyson

This month sees the publication of a new book taking an ‘exclusive peek inside the personal spaces of the city’s most ingenious talents.’ One of the homes featured is the Dyson family home here in...

1/8/13

11 Princelet street extension

CDA are pleased to announce that they have been awarded planning and listed building consent for the excavation of a basement level under their studios at 11 Princelet Street. The ground level of ...

1/8/13

Progress at Gasworks

Gasworks will soon be alight with a lovely corten steel addition. Here in this project, new meets old in a thoroughly compelling manner embracing the local and long vistas and completing the long-...

1/8/13

Hyde park corner lodge

CDA are pleased to announce they have been awarded full planning permission for this exciting project at Hyde Park Corner Lodge. The proposal is to adapt the building for use as a cafe whilst reta...

1/8/13

Howitt road, Belsize park

CDA are pleased to announce their commission to create basement level living space with loft conversion and internal reconfiguration to this Edwardian terraced house in LB Camden.

1/8/13

Barton street, Westminster

CDA are pleased to announce their commission to create basement level living spaces with single storey ground floor pavilion at the rear of the garden and internal reconfiguration for this beautifu...

1/8/13

Kitty fisher’s a new restaurant at 10 shepherd market

We are pleased to announce we have our first restaurant project at No 10 Shepherd Market for Mrs Penelope and Mr Michael Milburn, which is located in the north eastern corner of the market square, ...

1/8/13

Practise & projects | artifice books to publish book on CDA

CDA are pleased to announce the publication of a new book exploring a diverse range of projects we have worked on over the past 8 years as a practice. ‘Practise & Projects’ features contributi...

1/8/13

Albion Drive

CDA have put forward planning permission to turn this derelict Victorian workshop in Dalston into high quality residential units with large top lit artists studios at ground floor.

1/8/13

Chestnut Road

CDA are pleased to announce they have been awarded full planning permission for this elegant extension to this large semi detached Victorian house in Dulwich.

1/8/13

Illustrator Owen Pomery | CDA series

Here are a series of images by illustrator Owen Pomery of a variety of CDA projects. They were commissioned by CDA for inclusion in our upcoming book, to be published by Artifice books this fall. ...

1/7/13

Hugenot place

This development was largely established in the 1970’s providing commercial accommodation to decant workspace from the Huguenot houses of the Fournier street conservation area and as such permittin...

1/5/13

Design team appointed for the Goodsyard

Hammerson and The Ballymore Group, have appointed a professional team to bring forward the development proposals for The Goodsyard, London. The Goodsyard is one of the biggest regeneration develop...

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News & Insights

Chris Dyson wins approval for iron-clad Victorian home extension

Chris Dyson part of the RIBA Awards Jury

CDA and other practices design Truman Brewery revamp

Chris Dyson Architects part of Truman Brewery Team

Mid Century House features in Wallpaper

Chris Dyson writes about the arts cuts

Five minutes with Clara Carnot, Senior Associate

Chris Dyson reviews The Gilbert & George Centre

Chris Dyson on Architecture Today Awards 2023

A is for Architecture Podcast Episode with Chris Dyson

Chris Dyson writes about Tower Hamlets Town Hall

Velocity Magazine talks with Chris Dyson

Richard Griffiths’ review of CDA’s Heritage & Modernity book

Chris Dyson on preserving and enhancing the heritage of The Goodsyard

Maison Colbert features in BDOnline

CDA Autumn Newsletter

Publication day for our CDA book

Chris Dyson interviewed at his home by Inigo

New building by Chris Dyson Architects opens at Harrow Arts Centre

Maison Colbert featured in Vogue Magazine

UnHer Media Offices finalist for the Architect of the Year Awards

WCCA Chronicle – Summer Edition is out

Our new book Heritage & Modernity is ready to pre-order

Mr Barrow’s House & Stables features in BDonline

Chris Dyson writes about Michael and Patty Hopkins

The Old Dairy Planning Approval featured in AJ

From London to Asia. Our project Maison Colbert featured in oversea magazines

Two CDA projects shortlisted for RIBA London Awards 2023

Maison Colbert features in Wallpaper*

Maison Colbert reviewed by Recessed.Space

Maison Colbert features on Archdaily

Bookshop & Art Gallery designed by CDA featured in Design Curial

Our project Maison Colbert featured in AD Italy and China

Our project Portrack House in Scotland has been granted unconditional planning approval and listed building consent.

East London Grade II* Residence Highly Commended for British Homes Awards

CDA project Maison Colbert featured in the Financial Times HTSI

Triumphal Arch to celebrate Queen’s Elizabeth II service

Our Cooperage project features in RIBA book

Exciting news at CDA

Chris Dyson interviewed by Ben Flatman | Building Design

My kind of town: Chris Dyson and his passion for Spitalfields featured on Architecture Today

Chris Dyson visits Clifford’s Tower at York. Read about his impressions here.

Crystal Palace Park Café featured in AJ Specification – Facades and Cladding edition

Sandys Row features in World of Interiors

Our project at Folgate Street gets planning permission and listed building consent

CDA features in Archello’s 25 best architecture practices in London

Crystal Palace Park Café, an award winning project from Chris Dyson Architects, featured in Global Design News.

In practice portrait by Timothy Soar’s captures Chris Dyson and his interest in the impact of the pandemic on transport

Chris Dyson Architects featured in Vogue Magazine blog by Jo Rodgers

OUR AWARD WINNING PROJECT IS FOR SALE

Mayor approves Bishopsgate Goodsyard Masterplan

Artists in Residence, People, Building, Places

Chris Dyson talks about the importance of cycling in a recovering city

Our project the old pump house is for sale

Our Italian project is taking shape

AVR London creates video of our crystal palace park cafe

Chris Dyson wins photo competition

An insight into Chris Dyson’s work from home life

Crystal palace park cafe featured in the plan

Crystal palace park cafe features in World Architecture News

COVID-19 update

Aucoot: meet the architects feature

Crystal palace wins surface design awards 2020

Crystal Palace features in Architecture Magazine

11 Spitalfields features in Luxury London

Crystal palace cafe praised in Riba Journal

Sekforde features on Archello

Safron Walden as case study on Barbour product search

Crystal palace cafe featured in architecture today

Albion Works gate are complete

Crystal Palace cafe featured in BDonline

Lunch and learn with Chris Dyson

We are fifteen!

Bishopsgate Goodsyard plans lodged

Bishopsgate Goodsyard featured in Homes & Property

Albion works shortlisted for AJ Retrofit Awards 2019

Crystal palace park café officially open

The Modern House interviews Chris Dyson on Cooperage

CDA takes part in HD5K