Kay Hyde

Architect BA(hons) DIP(arch) CAPP RIBA

Biography
Before embarking on higher education she took up work with a small
practice in Boston, and went on to graduate with a first class honours
degree in Architecture from the University of Portsmouth in 1999. During this time she was nominated for best portfolio and the best project award.

After graduating she joined Hampshire County Council, where she worked
as project architect on several large school projects. She then
travelled to the United States and Canada studying dance, painting and
architecture at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and went on to work
for Anshen + Allen in San Francisco.

In 2001 she returned to Europe and learnt that she had won the Lyceum
national competition in the united states to design a peace institute in
Washington DC. Beating entries from The Boston Architectural centre,
Southern California Institute of Architecture and Rhode Island School of
Design. The award included a travelling fellowship, with this she spent
time travelling and visiting some of the most important buildings of
the modern movement in Europe.

She then returned to the UK and worked for the renowned London practice
Anshen Dyer. She then returned to Portsmouth School of Architecture to
complete her Diploma where she graduated with distinction with a Design
Thesis focused on re-affirming the relationship between architecture and nature. At this time she was nominated for the 2002 RIBA presidents silver medal.

In 2002 she Joined John Pardey Architects; an award winning practice in
the south and was project architect on numerous contemporary high
quality public and private projects.

She obtained her Certificate of Architectural Practice from Plymouth
University and is now a chartered architect registered with the ARB and
RIBA.

In 2006 Kay along with her husband Kristian set up Hyde + Hyde Architects; a progressive award winning architecture practice based in South Wales,
with work across the UK.