1951 – 2026
23rd October 2026
Christopher (Kit) read Architecture at Queens’ from 1969.
His early employers were RMJM architects and Milton Keynes development Corporation where he worked on a number of projects including the Winter Garden.
Whilst at Building Design Partnership his London HQ projects included Morgan Bank and Henrietta House. His projects attracted attention and won a number of Design Awards including the City of Westminster Design for Excellence Award, RSA Art in Architecture. Chris was selected as one of the RIBA Forty under 40 architects.
He set up his own London practice in 1991 and was later joined by two ex colleagues to form Haddon Few Montuschi Architects (HFM). Chris played an important role in establishing the practice and the values that continue to guide it today.
In addition to being an accomplished architect, he was also a highly skilled craftsman. Clients valued his design abilities which were underpinned by a deep technical understanding of the building process.
He had a great appreciation for the natural world and a deep interest in space and the night sky having been initially admitted to Queens’ to study Astronomy.
The favourite family activity with his 4 children was his annual birthday summer punting picnic in Cambridge. A family rite of passage was learning to punt under his expert tuition.
In 2014, Chris retired from HFM and embarked on an 8 month rather belated “gap year” trip with his wife Helen and their then 10 year old daughter.
On return to the UK in 2015, the family moved to Bath. Chris planned to continue with consultancy work with a particular interest in sustainable building but his diagnosis Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) in 2016 put an end to his career.
Chris lived with LBD for 10 years. Ever keen for the advancement of science, he donated his brain tissue to Bristol University for LBD research as despite being 2nd most common form of dementia it is not as widely understood and has no drugs.
Donations in memory of Chris can be made to The Lewy Body Society UK using this link
www.justgiving.com/page/christopher-haddon
Written by Helen Haddon.
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