David Jenkins

David Jenkins began his career as an architect before transferring his skills to writing and publishing.

In 1991 he joined Phaidon Press, where he established one of the world’s leading architectural publishing programs, reinvigorated the design list and initiated the fashion list. In 1996 he assumed responsibility for Phaidon’s entire editorial team, helping to refocus the company’s publishing activity across the spectrum.

At the invitation of Norman Foster, he left Phaidon to set up an independent publishing unit within the Foster studio. There, he conceived and directed the Norman Foster Works series, which provides a comprehensive history of the practice, and created an unprecedented range of books on one of the world’s most respected contemporary architects.

In 2014 he founded Circa Press, where he combines a passion for subject matter with a zeal for quality, underpinned by a willingness to challenge conventions, to experiment and to explore new ideas. Just a year after the company was established, two of Circa’s architecture titles won the prestigious DAM Architectural Book Award – a first for a new publisher.