Erik Behrens is an emerging international Architect and Creative Director at AECOM whose visionary creativity and designs have stunned high-end developers and clients around the world. His work is signified by ambitious designs, many defying traditional architectural conventions.

He has designed architectural projects for renown Middle Eastern Royalty and leading patrons of the Design World such as James Dyson and Karl Lagerfeld. Across his work, he harnesses technology as a tool to unleash creativity and to create intriguing projects.

His recent work includes the conversion of the iconic Waterloo Eurostar Terminal into a commuter rail station and new cultural hub, numerous iconic bridge structures including the Al Wahda Arches in Qatar, the Gordie Howe International Bridge in US/CAN and a confidential Vertical Mixed-Use Tower in the ‘megatall’ building category. He has also recently been leading AECOM’s design work on a series of hyper luxury Hotel and Sports projects in the Middle East and Europe.

His work has been published in various international design magazines such as Wallpaper and Azure, included in Phaidon’s World’s Best Architecture Books and won several leading industry awards including the prestigious Chicago Athenaeum, IDA, RIBA and Architizer Awards. He currently participates in a research project on the future of commercial and cultural spaces in an era of digital innovation with Prof. Aric Chen at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University.

Prior to AECOM, he worked with renowned architects such as Prof. Alex Wall (Harvard GSD), Prof. Henri Bava (AgenceTer), Ma Qingyun (Mada s.p.a.m.) and Rem Koolhaas (OMA). He has lectured and exhibited internationally including at the Venice and Shenzhen- Hong Kong Biennale and has directed research and design studios at the KIT in Germany. He is a subject matter expert for The Times Academy and a regularly invited design critic at Universities including the Bartlett School of Architecture, Harvard GSD and AA London.