Fentress Architects Presentation
Please join Fentress Architects founder and principal, Curtis Fentress, for a presentation on the firm's work, culture, and hiring practices on Thursday, January 28 at 11am. The event will be held in Goldsmith Hall 2.308. Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis courtesy of Fentress Architects.
From www.fentressarchitects.com, "Fentress Architects is an international design firm with studios in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; San Jose, California; Washington, D.C.; London, U.K.; and Shanghai, China. Founded by Curtis Fentress in 1980, the firm passionately pursues the creation of iconic public architecture. Known for his “patient search,” Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, has designed $38 billion of architectural landmarks worldwide, visited by more than 450 million people each year. Fentress Architects ranks among the Top 10 Green Design Firms in the U.S. and has been pioneering sustainable design since the early 1990s — creating the world’s largest daylit structure and the largest LEED Gold building (which later achieved LEED EB Platinum) in its era. The majority of the firm’s licensed architects are LEED Accredited Professionals. As a testament to the firm’s solution-driven and creative design approach, projects designed by Fentress have been honored with over 500 awards for innovation and excellence. Fentress is internationally known for innovative, award-winning design of airports, museums, convention centers, laboratories, higher education, civic and government buildings. Additionally, the firm designs office, mixed-use, religious and residential buildings."
SPEAKER BIO:
Curtis Fentress was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and graduated with honors from the College of Design at North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. There, he won the Alpha Rho Chi Medal, the highest honor bestowed on a designer by an architectural school.
After graduation he headed to New York City and landed a job with I.M. Pei. Fentress later joined the newly formed firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox to continue his pursuit of large-scale public projects while striving to bring humanism to civic buildings. In the late 1970s, KPF led him to Denver, Colorado, as project designer for the 36-story Amoco Building. He was soon named “Young Professional of the Year” by Building Design and Construction magazine.
Inspired by opportunities in the west, in 1980 Fentress opened his own studio in Denver and later was awarded the opportunity to design Denver International Airport, which propelled him into the international realm. DIA, Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, and numerous other airports, courthouses, government buildings, city halls, museums, high rises, convention centers and laboratories have been honored with nearly 500 awards for innovation and design excellence. Fentress is internationally recognized for his innovative design portfolio, featured in over 1,200 national and international articles and books.
Curtis Fentress was the 2010 winner of the American Institute of Architects’ Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest honor in public architecture worldwide, and received the Architect of the Year award from AIA Colorado in 2012.