Ian Liddell

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William Ian Liddell
Personal information
Name William Ian Liddell
Nationality British
Birth date 1938
Education Cambridge University, UK and
Imperial College, London, UK
Work
Engineering Discipline Structural engineer, Engineering design
Institution memberships Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Honourary Fellow of the Royal Institution of British Architects
Practice name Buro Happold
Significant projects Sydney Opera House
Timber Gridshell, Mannheim, Germany
Millennium Dome, London
The Globe Theatre, London
The State Mosque, Sarawak
Significant Awards CBE, IStructE Gold Medal, Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award

Professor William Ian Liddell CBE FREng MA DEng DIC FIStructE MICE Hon FRIBA is a structural engineer and the designer of London's Millennium Dome. He was one of the founding partners of Buro Happold and is a Royal Academy Visiting Professor of Engineering Design at Cambridge University School of Engineering. He is now a consultant for Buro Happold.

He studied mechanical sciences (the precursor to engineering) at Cambridge University followed by a diploma in concrete structures at Imperial College, London.

He was project engineer on the Sydney Opera House, playing a significant role in the formfinding of the iconic roofs. He received the IStructE Gold Medal in 1999.


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IStructE Gold Medal Winners

Henry Adams (1922) • John Baker (1953) • Eugene Freyssinet (1957) • Hardy Cross (1958) • Félix Candela (1960) • William Glanville (1962) • John Guthrie Brown (1964) • Pier Luigi Nervi (1967) • Alfred Pugsley (1968) • Knud Johansen (1971) • Yves Guyon (1972) • Ove Arup (1973) • Henry Husband (1973) • Ing Fritz Leonhardt (1975) • Oleg Kerensky (1977) • Nathan M. Newmark (1979) • Riccardo Morandi (1980) • Alex Skempton (1981) • Alan Harris (1984) • Frank Newby (1985) • Michael Horne (1986) • Alan Davenport (1987) • Anthony Flint (1988) • Gerhard Jack Zunz (1988) • Jörg Schlaich (1990) • Edmund Happold (1991) • Olgierd Zienkiewicz (1991) • Santiago Calatrava (1992) • Anthony Hunt (1994) • Michel Virlogeux (1996) • John Burland (1997) • Frederick Burdekin (1997) • William Ian Liddell (1999) • Duncan Michael (2000) • Cheng Hon Kwan (2001) • Sam Thorburn (2003) • Leslie E. Robertson (2004) • John Roberts (2005) • Roger Johnson (2006) • Joseph Locke (2007) • Mike Glover (2008) •
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