12 Facts About Tristram Carfrae

Tristram George Allen Carfrae RDI FREng FTSE FRSA was born on 1 April 1959 and is a British and Australian structural engineer and designer.

Tristram Carfrae is currently Deputy Chair of Arup and an Arup Fellow.

Tristram Carfrae became the fourth Briton to be awarded the International Award of Merit in Structural Engineering by the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering in 2018.

Tristram Carfrae joined Arup in 1981 and started developing computer software for the design of fabric lightweight structures, most notably the Schlumberger Research Centre at West Cambridge completed in 1985.

Tristram Carfrae spent the rest of the nineties designing notable projects such as Sydney Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, Cairns Convention Centre and Singapore Expo, Munich Airport Centre, with American architect Helmut Jahn and Aurora Place with Renzo Piano.

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Tristram Carfrae concluded the nineties with three projects for the 2000 Summer Olympics – Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre and Sydney Showground Dome and Exhibition.

In 1999 Tristram Carfrae returned to London for two years and helped lead the Arup architectural practice, Arup Associates and designed the City of Manchester Stadium for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Just before returning to London, Tristram Carfrae designed the world's largest dome for the Singapore Sports Hub.

Back in London in 2011, Tristram Carfrae led the design team for the never-built and controversial London Garden Bridge with Thomas Heatherwick – they continued to design Coal Drops Yard.

Since 2015, Tristram Carfrae has been working with the Sagrada Familia Foundation to help complete the design of Antoni Gaudi's church in Barcelona.

Tristram Carfrae was awarded the title of Royal Designer for Industry in 2006 by the Royal Society of Arts.

Tristram Carfrae was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2014.