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Williams designed his buildings as functional structures sheathed in decorative facades. More an engineer than an architect, he produced a series of reinforced concrete buildings during the period between the wars. After World War II he worked on developing the first plan for
Britain's motorway
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Williams was more of an engineer than an architect, the Express Building in Manchester was lauded for its architecture and demonstrated his proficiency as an architect. Owen Williams' grandson, Richard Williams, was chief executive of the Owen Williams Group until its acquisition by
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The building was listed in 1997 in recognition of this but was delisted in 2004 after an appeal by a property developer. Williams was recognised for his achievements and received a
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and excelled in mathematics. He was apprenticed to the
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In the 1940s, the company expanded and became Sir Owen
Williams and Partners. This followed the building of the
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1913–14 – Resident engineer for
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which Williams designed – the others in Glasgow and
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606:The Times
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