Williamson Chong, the architecture firm founded by Daniels Associate Professor Shane Williamson, his partner Betsy Williamson, and Daniels Alumnus Donald Chong (BArch 1994), was featured earlier this month in Architectural Record. The firm, which was established in 2011, has developed a design strategy that involves identitfying the latent value in less desirable urban spaces. Called "incremental urbanism," they use it as a guiding principle in many of their projects. In another unique approach contemporary urban living, the firm is exploring multigenerational living in a number of their residential projects.

Williamson Chong is further investigating innovative urban solutions by exploring wood technologies and computational design.

“Our architectural projects reflect the changing trajectories of cities,” Chong tells Architectural Record. “Toronto makes it easy for us, because people here are willing to try out new ways of living.”

Related:

• Williamson Chong Architects featured in the June issue of Metropolis Magazine
• Williamson Chong Architect's Howland Avenue Residence featured in Design Lines
• Williamson Chong Architects receives a 2014 Emerging Voices Award
• Williamson Chong Architects wins the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture
• Professor Shane Williamson and Williamson Chong Architects receive a 2011 Wood WORKS! Award for House in Frogs Hollow
• Shane Williamson featured in the Globe and Mail