Owen Williams (engineer)
British engineer and architect / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Evan Owen Williams (20 March 1890 – 23 May 1969) was an English engineer and architect, known for being the principal engineer for the original Wembley Stadium, and later Gravelly Hill Interchange (known popularly as Spaghetti Junction)[2] as well as a number of key modernist buildings, including the Express Building in Manchester and the D10 and D6 Buildings at the Boots Factory Site in Nottingham.[citation needed]
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Sir Owen Williams | |
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![]() Owen Williams, circa 1960s | |
Born | Evan Owen Williams 20 March 1890 Tottenham, London, England |
Died | 23 May 1969(1969-05-23) (aged 79) Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
Occupation | Engineer |
Spouse | Dorothy Elizabeth Baker (married 1947)[1] |
Children | Owen Tudor Williams |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Architecture, engineering |
Institutions | University of London |
Practice name | Sir Owen Williams & Partners |
Projects | Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham |
Significant design | Daily Express Building, Manchester Boots Factory Site Buildings, Nottingham |
Significant advance | Concrete engineering |
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