Clive Wilkinson

Clive Wilkinson is an architect, designer, writer and strategist with over thirty years of experience working at the intersection of urban design, architecture and interior design. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a Fellow of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Clive was inducted into the Interior Design magazine’s ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2005. He was named a ‘Master of Design’ by Fast Company magazine in 2006, a ‘Pioneer of Design’ by the IIDA in 2011, and a ‘Design Legend’ by Contract magazine in 2019. In 2010, Clive was formally inducted into the GSA National Peer Registry as an advisor to the U.S. Government on architecture and design and has served as a keynote speaker at various global media, advertising and design conferences.

Clive is the Founder and Design Director of Clive Wilkinson Architects, a bespoke architecture and interior design firm based in Los Angeles. Established in 1991, the practice is an acknowledged global leader in workplace design whose large-scale projects for clients such as Disney, Google, Macquarie Group, and Microsoft have established new paradigms for building creative and educational communities. In 2012, his practice was awarded the prestigious National Design Award for Excellence in Interior Design by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Clive’s first book, "The Theatre of Work", is part theoretical investigation and part monograph, and proposes a sociological evolution of the relationship between office users and the workplace. The ideas illustrated in the book build on his experience with some extraordinary clients, and the lessons of building community within a new environmental framework that leverages lessons from historic city planning and urban design. Extending the author’s historical research explorations, the new publication features fourteen of his practice’s most significant projects as case studies.

The European book release is June 2019. The North America release is Fall 2019.