RIBA President Profile: Chris Williamson (2025 to 2027)

On 1 September 2025, Chris Williamson became as the Royal Institute of British Architect's 81st President.

Chris Williamson is a chartered architect and co-founder of WW+P (Weston Williamson + Partners). From 2017 to 2019, Chris was RIBA Vice President International, where he was responsible for setting a strategy to grow into a global membership institution and to encourage more UK architects to seek work globally.

“Architects don’t shy away from challenges or change; we rise to meet them.”  

“I take up this role at a unique moment. The challenges we face, from climate change to rapid advancements in technology, and the scope of the tasks ahead, are not something I take lightly. It is important however, to meet them head on. 

As a profession, we have the potential to turn these challenges into opportunities, to design more sustainably, to welcome and support our next generation of architects, and to shape a more inclusive, future-facing profession that works for the benefit of all of us.

Read the full blog by RIBA President, Chris Williamson.

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