William Mann | RIBA

William Mann was born in 1966 and studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and Harvard University, completing his diploma in 1991. He worked in a number of offices in London and Europe, including Tim Ronalds Architects, where he worked with Chris Watson on the 480 seat Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe. At Robbrecht en Daem Architecten in Gent, William was joint project architect for the new Concert Hall in Bruges, a 1200 seat auditorium for opera and concert use, with a 300 seat chamber music hall.

Since establishing Witherford Watson Mann Architects in 2001, William has worked as project director on proposals for uniting the Whitechapel Art Gallery and adjacent Passmore Edwards Library, converting the Grade II listed former library building for exhibition, archive and education use (construction commenced June 2007). William curated the 1997 deSingel exhibition entitled 'In Search of Public Space' in the Netherlands and was part of the Flemish Architectural Yearbook editorial board from 1998 – 2004. William has lectured and written extensively in Europe, with articles published in Archis, Scroope, Architecture and Urbanism, Architecture Today, Blueprint and Oase. William is currently a Visiting Fellow in Urban Design on the London School of Economics Cities Programme.