Austin Williams
director, Future Cities Project; honorary research fellow, XJTLU, Suzhou, China; author, China’s Urban Revolution

Austin Williams is the author of several books, including Enemies of Progress: The Dangers of Sustainability, New Chinese Architecture: 20 Women Building the Future, and co-author of The Lure of the City: From Slums to Suburbs. He co-founded the mantownhuman manifesto and hosts the Professional Practice Podcasts.

Austin is currently a Visiting Scholar at XJTLU university in Suzhou. He previously convened Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Urban Design summer school, and judged the World Architecture Festival China in Luzhou.

Follow Austin on X: @Future_Cities

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