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Chris Williamson
Director · WestonWilliamson+Partners
Co-founder and Chairman of WW+P Architects (Weston Williamson + Partners).
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- WestonWilliamson+Partners
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2023
The story so far
The path behind Chris's work.
Chris Williamson is co-founder and Chairman of WW+P Architects (Weston Williamson + Partners), the practice he established in 1985 with Andrew Weston. The two met as architecture students at Leicester Polytechnic and started out working together from a front bedroom. Today WW+P is an award-winning architecture, planning and urban design practice of around 260 people, with studios across four continents.
The practice is best known for transport architecture and city-shaping infrastructure, including London Bridge station, the Crossrail stations and the Melbourne Metro Tunnel, alongside residential, commercial and cultural work. A focus on sustainability, and on getting people out of cars and onto safe, efficient public transport, has run through the studio since its earliest days.
Episode 0167 · Architecture Social · 34:03
What it is like to work at Weston Williamson + Partners, ft. Chris Williamson
Practice culture, transport expertise, sustainability and delegation all shape what it feels like to work at an architecture studio over the long term.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction to Weston Williamson + Partners
- 02
05:00 · Transport, sustainability and changing architectural priorities
- 03
10:00 · Office culture, inclusion and sharing design responsibility
- 04
15:00 · Delegation, authority and letting teams lead
- 05
20:00 · Enthusiasm, honesty and what candidates should show
- 06
25:00 · Lifelong learning and staying ahead in practice
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Chris's conversation.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- WestonWilliamson+Partners
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Weston Williamson is an award-winning architecture & urban design practice.
- Greater London
- Residential
- Commercial
- Transport
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 05:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 05:00 in the full episode.
Transport, sustainability and changing architectural priorities
- 10:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 10:00 in the full episode.
Office culture, inclusion and sharing design responsibility
- 15:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Delegation, authority and letting teams lead
- 20:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Enthusiasm, honesty and what candidates should show
- 25:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Lifelong learning and staying ahead in practice
- 30:00Chris Williamson · Audio onlyListen from 30:00 in the full episode.
Writing, illustration and Chris's children's book
Selected work from WestonWilliamson+Partners
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Paddington Elizabeth Line Station
A new Elizabeth line station uses daylight, natural ventilation and generous civic space to transform movement through historic Paddington.
View project →Woolwich Elizabeth Line Station
A robust new Elizabeth line station anchors the regeneration of the Royal Arsenal and reconnects it with Woolwich town centre.
View project →Barking Riverside Station
A light, accessible London Overground terminus connects a growing riverside neighbourhood of 10,800 homes to the wider city.
View project →