William Ian Liddell (born 1938) CBE

FREng Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and Scholarship, fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK a ...

FIStructE Hon FRIBA is a

structural engineer Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants. Their work takes account mainly of safety, technical, economi ...

and the designer of London's

Millennium Dome The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. As of 2022, it is the ni ...

. He was one of the founding partners of

Buro Happold Buro Happold (previously ''BuroHappold Engineering'') is a British professional services firm that provides engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management, and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure, and the environment ...

and is a Royal Academy Visiting Professor of Engineering Design at

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School of Engineering. He is now a consultant for Buro Happold. He studied mechanical sciences at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corporation established by a charter dated 9 April 1511. The ...

followed by a diploma in

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structures at

Imperial College Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. He was project engineer on the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

, playing a significant role in the formfinding of the iconic roofs. He received the

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Gold Medal in 1999. For his work as Chief Design Engineer on London's Millennium Dome project, he was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours.''New Years Honours: DBE, KBE, CBE civil''
BBC News, 31 December 1999. Retrieved 2011-11-22. He is a trustee of the

Arkwright Scholarships Trust The Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is an engineering award given to engineering students within the United Kingdom and Channel Islands. It has been running since 1991 and, as part of The Smallpeice Trust, has awarded over 6,000 scholarships to ...

and the Smallpeice Trust.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liddell, Ian 1938 births Living people Alumni of Imperial College London Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge IStructE Gold Medal winners British structural engineers Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects