William Murray

Wordsearch Place, Founding Partner, Director | London, United Kingdom

About

William has worked in the Wordsearch Group for 22 years and during that time has worked on some of the world’s most prestigious buildings and developments, including the Shard and Battersea Power Station in London, One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower and Hudson Yards in New York, The 78 in Chicago, Shipyard and Candlestick in San Francisco, East Harbour, Toronto and Masdar City in Abi Dhabi.
He is an expert facilitator, speaker, and writer, and has unrivalled experience in the creation of Place Vision, in articulating the critical elements of a project’s success factors, and understanding how they can be employed in both placemaking and communication strategies.

CTBUH Roles

Past Roles

Advisory Group (2016 – 2018)

Annual Conference, Presenter (Shanghai 2012; China 2016; Middle East 2018)

Annual Conference, Steering Committee (London 2013)

CTBUH Initiatives

CTBUH Canada: The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings

20 June 2017

Canada Event Considers “The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings”

20 June 2017

CTBUH 2016 Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong Conference

16–21 October 2016

Videos

21 October 2018

The End of Real Estate Development as We Know It?

The world is changing rapidly, and with it our expectations of how places function, of whom they are for and why we spend time in...

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Research

20 October 2018

Polycentric Cities: The Future of Vertical Urbanism

CTBUH 2018 Conference Speakers

As we approach the new normality of cities housing 10 million or more inhabitants, those best positioned for the future are evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal...

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Research

21 September 2012

Selling Tall: The Branding and Marketing of Tall Buildings

William Murray, Wordsearch

Tall buildings are important brands – creating both value and recognition for the cities and countries that create them. The consequent pressures and responsibilities are...

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