Bio::
Architect and Artist
Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada
Masters of Architecture (pass without revision), Dalhousie University, Canada
Registered Architect with the province of Nova Scotia.
For three years acted as Visiting Critic at The Bartlett, London
Previously a Visiting Critic at Oxford Brookes (Oxford) and Dalhousie University (Halifax,Canada).
Exhibited works in Halifax, New York and London.
Since 2009, mentor to a student, now graduate, of Architecture program in Bhopal, India.
Lynden@LyndenGiles.com
lyndengiles.com

 

Awards::
Chobham Farm Zone 2, Design/Development Competition- Pollard Thomas Edwards:
Selected to take project to planning, 2015, London, UK
Alma Estate Regeneration, Design/Development Competition- Pollard Thomas Edwards:
Selected to take project to planning, 2013, London, UK
Through House – Dubbeldam Design Architects:
OAA Design Excellence Award – 2014
OAA People Choice Winner – 2014
Canadian Green Building Award – 2013
Azure award short list – 2014
Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning – KPMB:
2012 Civic Trust Award
2011 American Institute of Architects/Committee on Architecture for Education, Educational Facility Design Award
2010 United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Architecture Honor Award
2010 Ontario Association of Architects Award of Excellence
2010 Governor General’s Award
2010 Pug Awards, Best in Show
2010 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award
2010 Canadian Interiors Best of Canada, Project Winner
2010 Heritage Toronto Award
2010 RAIC National Urban Design Award
2009 Wood Design & Building Award
2009 Wood Works! Awards
2005 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
The Cloud Project:
Community Recreation Capital GrantMasters
Thesis:
Featured in Future_City_Past_Forward exhibit – 2009, D3 Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Shortlist eVolo Future Housing Design Competition – 2008, International Competition
L.E.A.P. National Design Competition – Team
1st, Social Housing in Montreal’s City Centre – 2007
Le Théâtre Petit-Cercle – Collaborative:
Gold, National Post Design Exchange Awards – 2005
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award – 2006
Parade of Lights – Collaborative:
Best Commercial Float entry, 2005, Halifax

 

Press::
Fryerns (Beechwood West) – Pollard Thomas Edwards:
http://www.beechwood-nuliving.co.uk/
http://custombuildhomes.co.uk/property/craylands-fryerns-basildon/
Lewisham Infill Housing – Pollard Thomas Edwards:
https://www.lewishamhomes.org.uk/new-homes-map/longfield-crescent-sydenham-se26/
https://www.lewishamhomes.org.uk/new-homes-map/dacre-south-lee-se13/
Through House – Dubbeldam Design Architects:
National Post: http://life.nationalpost.com/2014/04/26/house-call-his-home-is-one-doctors-remedy-against-his-hectic-life/?__lsa=d9a1-fc8b
Toronto Life: “Cover” [Toronto Life Real Estate, 2014]
Canadian Interiors: [http://www.canadianinteriors.com/news/go-with-the-flow/1002930142/?&er=NA)
Varthnyahus, Sweden: [http://www.vartnyahus.se/renovera/husreportage-bygga-om/modernt-stadshus-med-anor/
The Globe and Mail: [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/architecture/an-1886-house-thats-ultra-modern-through-and-through/article13302068/]
SAB MAgazine: [http://www.sabmagazine.com/index.php?module=CMS&func=view&id=32]
DWELL.com: [Alex Bozikovic, “Through House in Toronto, Canada”, Dwell.com, 26 April 2013]
No Mean City: [http://www.nomeancity.net/dubbeldam-architecture/]
Globe and Mail: [Matthew Hague, “A Feel for Felt”, 21 February 2013, p. L4]
Azure Design Lines: [Leslie Smith, “Inner Glow”, Azure Design Lines, Spring 2013, p. 69-73 + cover]
123 Bethnal Green Road – Chris Dyson Architects:
http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/05/11/at-123-bethnal-green-road/Il Ciocco – Conran and Partners:
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/conran-and-partners-to-turn-tuscan-hill-village-into-%C2%A383m-resort/5033332.article
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/conran-and-partners-heads-to-italian-hills/8627655.article
90 Long Acre – Conran and Partners:
http://www.90longacrewc2.com/TR_90_Long_Acre_%28Print_version%29.pdf
Royal Conservatory TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning:
Canadian Architect – December 2005
Design City Toronto – 2007
Emerging: Toronto’s Contemporary Architectural Renaissance – September 2007
Ourtopias: cities and the role of design – August 2008
Azure Magazine – October 2009
Canadian Architect – October 2009
Celebrating Excellence in Wood Structure – October 2010
Architectural Record – July 2011
The Grid – March 20, 2014
Alma:
BD online: [http://www.bdonline.co.uk/pollard-thomas-edwards-seals-enfield-deal/5063003.article]
http://www.building.co.uk/countryside-bags-%C2%A3150m-alma-regeneration-project/5062818.article
Specification Magazine [read.uberflip.com/i/214614/7]
Enfield Council: [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/improving_enfield/info/38/improving_enfield/8/regeneration/4]
Boundary Rooftop:
Elle UK: [http://www.elleuk.com/travel/holiday-inspiration/london-s-best-winter-terraces]
http://nineconcierge.com/luxxo/article/londons-finest-rooftop-bars/
http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/going-out/london-restaurants/londons-best-rooftop-restaurants.html
http://www.lastminute.com/blog/london-rooftop-bars/Kersfield House – Chris Dyson Architects:
http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/chris-dyson-bags-planning-for-revamp-of-1960s-block/8603763.article
http://www.kfh.co.uk/residential-properties/new-houses-for-sale-london/houses-in-putney-sw15-kersfield-road/2001004/
Thesis:
http://farfromequilibrium.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/fadarch-to-appear-in.html
Phonebook house:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/old-phone-books-find-a-new-home-1.561101http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/richard-kroekerhttp://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/recycled-shelters-on-recyclicitynet.html http://junkitechture.com/2012/04/16/7000-phone-book-house/http://inhabitat.com/amazing-building-made-from-7000-recycled-phone-books/phonebookbuilding/
LEAP:
http://www.ccc.umontreal.ca/fiche_laureat.php?lang=en&pId=1670Le Theatre Petit Cercle:
http://nsmasterworks.ca/le-theatre-petit-cercle-2006/JAE (Journal of Architectural Education): http://architectureandplanning.dal.ca/architecture/visitors/design-build/cheticamp_2005.pdf

Other:
http://alumni.dal.ca/alumni-story/lynden-giles-beds05-march07/

http://twentyandchange.org/overview-2009.html

http://www.studio1-1.co.uk/galit-seligmann-pilgrimage/

https://www.artrabbit.com/events/pilgrimage-british-standard-time