Williamson Williamson (WWInc.) is an award-winning, internationally recognized architecture practice founded by Betsy and Shane Williamson in Toronto. The practice is centered on residential and private institutional projects, with a carefully curated body of commercial work, exhibitions, furniture and speculative projects. The work is defined by precision, craft, and design excellence at every scale and budget, valuing close collaboration with clients, consultants, and builders.
Multi-generational housing has become a central focus of the practice, responding to both affordability pressures in Toronto’s urban core and evolving models of family life. Their houses are designed to be readily adaptable, supporting multiple and changing living arrangements while engaging the latent potential for gentle intensification embedded in the city’s fabric. In parallel, they have begun working with affordable housing partners to extend these principles of flexibility, density, and social responsibility beyond the single-family house.
The practice was founded on research that situates digital fabrication and wood construction within a broader cultural context, using advanced digital tools to critically engage traditional modes of construction and tectonic expression. More recently they have adopted virtual reality as a primary medium for design exploration and client engagement.
The partners have strong ties to both professional practice and academia. Betsy is Vice Chair of the Waterfront Design Review Panel and co-founder of Building Equality in Architecture (BEA). Shane is a tenured Associate Professor and former Director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto’s Daniels Faculty. Both are Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
WWInc.’s work has been widely published and exhibited internationally. Recent recognition includes a Governor General’s Medal for the Garden Laneway House, along with numerous awards from the OAA, RAIC, Canadian Architect, Architect Magazine, and others, including the Professional Prix de Rome for Architecture and the Emerging Voices Award from the Architectural League of New York.