Kristian Hyde

Architect BA(hons) DIP(arch) ARB RIBA

Biography
Kristian Alexander Hyde is Director of Hyde + Hyde Architects. Visiting design tutor at the Welsh School of Architecture, visiting critic at the University of Portsmouth and University of Bath.

He graduated with a first class honours degree in Architecture from the University of Portsmouth in 2000. During this time he was awarded 'best portfolio + design project' prize; and the Martin Harvey Award for outstanding design work.

After graduating he worked at Hampshire County Council, known for their award winning public buildings and Schools. He then travelled to the United States and Canada studying Art, Philosophy and Architecture at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio and went on to work for Anshen + Allen in San Francisco a practice that based its success on the successful extension to Louis Kahn's Salk Institute in La Jolla California.

He then returned to the UK and worked in London for Anshen Dyer before returning to Portsmouth School of Architecture to complete his Diploma where he graduated with distinction.

At this time he was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects South standard for all round excellence. He added the RIBA Skidmore Owings + Merrill travel fellowship to his design awards and was nominated for the RIBA presidents Silver Medal. It was at this time he was published in Building Design Magazine's top 100 Students in the UK.

In 2002 he Joined John Pardey Architects; an award winning practice in the south and was involved with residential, educational and commercial work, both for private and public sector clients and was project architect on numerous contemporary high quality houses.

In 2006 he set up Hyde + Hyde Architects. A passionate + progressive - award winning architecture practice, with a focus on research and environmental sustainability.

His work has been published in various journals and has been exhibited at the RIBA in London.