Charles Holland is an Architect, writer and teacher. He is the principal of Charles Holland Architects, a multi-disciplinary architecture, design and research practice based in Dover. His work includes architecture, art, writing and research and ranges in scale from the urban masterplan to the domestic interior.

Charles is a former director of FAT. His completed projects include residential, civic and educational buildings as well as exhibitions, interiors and public art. His work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Venice Biennale. While at FAT, he was the co-designer of A House For Essex, the practice’s collaborative project with the artist Grayson Perry.

Charles is currently a Professor of Architecture at the University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury where his research focuses on the development of rural housing and new settlements. He lectures about architecture and design regularly and his book – How To Enjoy Architecture – was published by Yale University Press in April 2024.

In December 2020 he became a DAD Guardian and in January 2024 a DAD Director.