David Evelyn Nye

David Evelyn Nye
Designed by David Evelyn Nye, Cinema architect, 1906-1986, for Shipman & King 1938
Blue plaque on the Berkhamsted Rex commemorating Nye's work
Born1906
Died1986
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
Known forCinema architect

David Evelyn Nye MBE was a British architect, born in 1906, who practised in Surrey, England.[1] He was best known as a cinema architect, having designed many picture houses in the 1930s for the Shipman and King cinema circuit. He was a committed Christian, abstainer and vegetarian.[2]

  1. ^ "Nye, David Evelyn". The Incorporated Church Building Society. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. ^ McInnes, Ian. "The Architecture of St Faith's and its Architect David Nye". The Dulwich Society. Retrieved 23 January 2011.