Royal
Designers

Chris Wise graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in Civil engineering. He co-founded Expedition in 1999. Working with leading architects including Rogers, Foster, Hopkins and Piano, Chris has led the engineering of projects including the 2012 Olympic Velodrome; the American Air Museum, Duxford; London Millennium Bridge; and Channel 4 HQ and the SNF National Opera House and Library, Athens. Chris was Design Professor at Imperial College, London, where he co-founded the Constructionarium, later at Yale, and from 2012-15 at UCL, London. He is an 1851 Royal Commissioner, and Visiting Professor at Cambridge’s School of Architecture. From 2007-09 Chris was Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA. In October 2012 he was awarded an unprecedented double, winning Gold Medals for his outstanding contribution to the engineering profession from both the IStructE and the ICE.