A director of the Stirling Prize-winning practice Witherford Watson Mann Architects, William Mann is the second member of this years juryWilliam Mann is a director of Witherford Watson Mann Architects (WWM), an award-winning practice noted for their work with existing buildings.Based in London, WWMs work focuses on the physical continuity of buildings through the social evolution of cities and institutions. Their projects of transformation include the Stirling Prize-winning Astley Castle, a house built from within the ruins of a 12th-century castle; a new theatre for Nevill Holt Opera within a 17th-century stable block; and the transformation of the Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House.WWM is a thinking practice, collaborating with artists, writers and sociologists as well as engineers and contractors. Mann himself has contributed chapters to a number of architectural journals and books, and written for Casabella, Drawing Matter and Archis on the sometimes awkward relations of buildings to cities and old to new. His writing in The Architectural Review includes a Retrospective on Belgian architects Robbrecht en Daem and a reflective essay on drawing in the design process: sketching lets you think with the handbrake off, he writes.Enter the AR New into Old awards today: deadline 7 MarchA view of WWMs Stirling Prize-winning Astley Castle. The practice has been lauded for its inventive yet sensitive transformations of existing buildingsCredit:Hlne BinetAs the need for sustainable alternatives to building anew becomes increasingly urgent, the AR New into Old awards celebrate the creative ways buildings are adapted and remodelled to welcome new contemporary uses. Launched in 2017, the awards recognise the imaginative appropriation of existing structures, from innovative insertions to ambitious adaptations, that offer buildings a new lease of life.For more information and to enter the AR New into Old awards, please clickhere.Deadline: 7 March 20252025-02-12AR Editors Share 2025