Chris J. K. Williams

Christopher John Kenneth Williams is a British structural engineer and researcher who has specialised in the relationship between geometry and structural action.

[1] While at Arup, he was involved with the Mannheim Multihalle (de), a pioneering timber gridshell designed by Frei Otto (1975).

[1][2] He has since devoted most of his career to academia, conducting research and teaching at the University of Bath (from 1976)[2] and at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden (since 2016).

While at Bath, in collaboration with Deborah Greaves, he researched the effect of wind on fabric,[2] and he continues to work on the effect of wind on flexible structures.

[3] Some of Williams' most notable subsequent contributions include: He has collaborated with architects and engineers including Foster + Partners, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Branson Coates Architecture, Shigeru Ban Architects, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Edward Cullinan Architects, Arup, Atelier One and Buro Happold.