Keith Williams
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Keith Williams (born 21 April 1958) is a British architect.
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[edit] Education and career
He studied architecture at Kingston and Greenwich Schools of Architecture before co-founding Pawson Williams Architects in 1987. In 2001 he established his own solo firm Keith Williams Architects.
Whilst much of Williams' early work was conceptual, he nevertheless realised major galleries at the Natural History Museum in London, and carried out a significant re-modelling of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
His oeuvre has expanded enormously since independence in 2001, and following notable competition wins he and his London based studio team are working on numerous high profile projects across a wide variety of building types in many geographic locations.
[edit] Style
Williams works from the premise that architecture is primarily concerned with simple components such as light, form, space, scale, and material. Coupled with due consideration for scale history and context, this results in buildings that achieve a stark aesthetic balance between his contemporary, visionary designs and that which exists whether sensitive and historic, or brownfield A passionate believer in the capacity for architecture and the public realm to enhance the lives of citizens, he has devoted much of his career to designing major projects including Theatres, Concert Halls and Opera Houses, Civic Buildings, Museums, Galleries and Libraries.
Much awarded, he has lectured widely on his work and his projects have been published worldwide.
[edit] Principal works
- 2005–2008 Wexford Opera House, Ireland
- 2004–2007 Clones Libraby & County HQ, Ireland
- 2001–2006 Private house, London, England
- 2001–2005 Unicorn Theatre, London, England
- 2001–2004 Athlone Civic Centre, Athlone, Ireland
[edit] Key competition projects
- 2005 Moesgard Museum, Arhus Denmark
- 2005 Kunstenshus Herning, Denmark
- 2005 Centro de la Justicia de Madrid, Spain
- 2002 Schiller Museum, Marbach am Neckar, Germany
- 2001 Centro Culturale Di Torino, Italy
[edit] Selected prizes for completed work
- 2006 Building Design (UK), Public Building Architect of the Year
- 2006 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Prize, RIAI Overseas Award, RIBA Award, Irish Concrete Society Overall Winner
- 2005 RIAI Special Award Best Sustainable Project, RIBA European Award, OPUS Architecture and Construction Award, Lighting Design Award
