Architecture Design Identity

Stephen Williams (* in Port Talbot, Wales) studied Architecture at Birmingham Polytechnic from 1983 to 1986, graduating with Diploma from Canterbury College of Art in 1988. After working for London based Architects such as Piers Gough and Elia Zehngelis at OMA he located to Hamburg Germany in 1994. He collaborated with Architectural offices such as Christoph Ingenhoven, Bothe Richter Teherani and as design architect with William Alsop und Jan Störmer culminating with the award winning ‘Side Hotel’ in 1999. Stephen Williams architects was founded in 2000 in Hamburg on the strength of projects such as Malcolm McLarens Casino of Karaoke and Authenticity and the commission to design the German Headquarters of Universal Music in Berlin. Stephen Williams Associates was established in 2009 with Julia Erdmann as Associates partner allowing clients to benefit from this creative collaboration. The office based in Hamburg has always worked internationally and the majority of projects are located outside of Hamburg mainly within Europe and Asia.

Julia Erdmann (* in Hamburg) studied Architecture and Urban Planning at the School of Fine Arts in Hamburg. The studies were completed at other institutions such as Columbia University in New York at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  Joining Stephen Williams Architects in 2004 she worked as design project leader with responsibility for projects at all scales: urban design, architecture, refurbishment, interior design and product design honored in 2011 with the reddot design award. Julia has lectured widely in Europe showing the projects of Stephen Williams Associates as thematic overview for conceptual architectural design.