Edward Denison is an independent consultant specialising in architectural and urban history. Working principally for international organisations in a wide range of different cultural and geographical contexts, he is also a professional writer and photographer. His published work on subjects related to architecture, design and the environment in places as diverse as Africa, China and Europe regularly feature in print, electronic and broadcast media internationally.

Among his published works are several definitive studies, including McMorran & Whitby (RIBA, 2009), Modernism in China - Architectural Visions and Revolutions (Wiley, 2008), Building Shanghai - The Story of China's Gateway (Wiley, 2006) and Asmara ­ Africa's Secret Modernist City (Merrell, 2003)