Edward Denison

Edward Denison is a heritage consultant, writer and photographer, who is undertaking a PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. His books include Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City (Merrell, 2003/2007); Building Shanghai – The Story of China's Gateway (Wiley, 2006/2007); Modernism in China (Wiley, 2008); and the Bradt Travel Guide to Eritrea (4th edition, 2007)

Edward Denison's next book is McMorran & Whitby (RIBA Publishers, September 2009)

Recent articles

A professional outing in west London finds Edward Denison detained as a terror suspect, and with a new sense of fear about his country.

The combined effects of dogmatic communism and rampant capitalism over the last fifty years have devastated much of China's unique architectural heritage. Edward Denison records in words and images the efforts to preserve what is left for future generations.

Five years after international arbitration over the Eritrea-Ethiopia border, the world remains dangerously indifferent to the still-unresolved issue, says Edward Denison.

The seizure of British diplomats near the unforgiving Ethiopia-Eritrea border has a bloody precedent, says Edward Denison.

Edward Denison, author of "Asmara: Africa's Secret Modernist City", reports on the architecture and politics of a nation on its knees.