Stanton Williams
| Stanton Williams | |
|---|---|
| Key architects | Alan Stanton Paul Williams Gavin Henderson Patrick Richard |
| Founded | 1985 |
| Location | London |
| Projects | University of the Arts London campus at King’s Cross; the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University; the Britten Pears Archive in Aldeburgh; Hackney Marshes Centre; Eton Manor London 2012 Olympic, Paralympic and Legacy venue; King’s Cross Square; transformation of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes |
Stanton Williams is an English architectural design practice based in Islington, London.
The studio was founded by Alan Stanton and Paul Williams in 1985 and now has a team of over 85 people with four directors, two associate directors and eight associates. Stanton Williams has completed over 350 architectural, urban design, masterplanning, exhibition and interior design projects, winning more than 100 awards. In 2012 their Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge was awarded the Stirling Prize.
Paul Williams is the first design-trained architect to be registered with ARB and received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Arts London in 2012. Alan Stanton was elected a Royal Academician in 2009 and both Alan and Paul are both Royal Designers of Industry, They each received an OBE for their services to architecture in 2014.
The practice has developed its portfolio from an initial focus on museums and galleries towards a wide variety of projects, all of which demonstrate its overarching objective of putting the user’s experience of space, light and materials at the forefront of the agenda, as well as creating places that sensitively respond to their cultural, social and physical context.
Recently completed projects include: The new campus for the University of the Arts London at King’s Cross; the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University; the Britten Pears Archive in Aldeburgh; Hackney Marshes Centre; Eton Manor London 2012 Olympic, Paralympic and Legacy venue; and King’s Cross Square.
Current projects include: The transformation of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes; an art centre for Lincoln College, Oxford; transformation of the Cambridge Judge Business School; a research building for Great Ormond Street Hospital; the Royal Opera House ‘Open Up’ project; a student residential building at King’s Cross and a number of high-end residential projects in Central London.
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