Williams Architects

Williams Architects is an architectural firm in New Orleans, LA, that provides architecture and interior design services across historic preservation, historic restoration, renovation, adaptive reuse, and new construction. Led by senior professionals and founded in 1983, the firm serves clients throughout the region, working on projects that range from small renovations to large-scale community revitalizations. It holds a rating of 4.50 from its customers.

The firm is led by principal architect John C. Williams, AIA, NCARB, who holds a Master of Architecture and two bachelor's degrees from Tulane University and is a registered architect in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and North Carolina. His service includes a past presidency of the American Institute of Architects New Orleans Chapter and committee roles with the Vieux Carré Commission. The New Orleans-based studio is structured around a team of roughly a dozen professionals spanning administration, project management, architectural registration, and design, including an office manager, project managers, architects, and several designers. Williams Architects has cultivated long-standing working relationships with local, state, and federal agencies, from departments within New Orleans City Hall to the State Fire Marshal and the National Park Service, and has engaged with nonprofit organizations throughout the region on community-centered work. A featured project, the ONE11 Hotel, converted a 19th-century sugar warehouse in the city's Sugar District into a hospitality property, balancing the industrial history of the structure with the French Quarter's architectural character and the broader context of Southeast Louisiana.

The office sits on Baronne Street, about 0.1 miles from Howard Avenue, Rabouin Career Magnet High School, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience, and the New Orleans Second District Chief Office and Flying Squad Fire Station. Loyola Avenue is roughly 0.2 miles away and the Pontchartrain Expressway lies about 0.2 miles from the address. With four decades of practice in New Orleans and a portfolio that includes preservation, adaptive reuse, and new construction, Williams Architects draws on deep ties to city, state, and federal regulators and a team rooted in local architectural tradition.