Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (also known as Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners) are a husband-and-wife architectural firm founded in 1986, based in New York. Tod and Billie began working together in 1977.[1] Their studio focuses on work for institutions: museums, schools, and not-for-profits—organizations and people who share their belief that architecture is the coming together of art and use. A sense of rootedness, light, texture, and most of all experience, lay at the heart of what they design.[2] Outside the studio, Tod and Billie are active participants in the cultural community and have longstanding associations with numerous organizations devoted to the arts. They maintain active academic careers and lecture worldwide. As both educators and practitioners, they are committed to making a better world through architecture.

Tod Williams

Tod Williams (born 1943, Detroit, Michigan) received his undergraduate, MFA, and Master of Architecture degrees from Princeton University, New Jersey after graduating from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills. He is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome[3] and serves as a Trustee of the Cranbrook Educational Community.[4] He has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[5] National Academy, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Billie Tsien

Billie Tsien (born 1949, Ithaca, New York) received her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from Yale University and her M. Arch. from UCLA. She has worked with Williams since 1977 and they have been in partnership since 1986.[6] Tsien is currently President of the Architectural League of New York[7] and Director of the Public Art Fund.[8] She has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Academy, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Teaching

Williams and Tsien have taught at the Cooper Union, Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Texas, City College of New York, and Yale University.

Recognition

Williams and Tsien are the recipients of more than two dozen awards from the American Institute of Architects. They received a 2014 International Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the 2013 Firm of the Year Award from the American Institute of Architects. In 2013, each were awarded a National Medal of Arts from President Obama.[9] They have also received the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Brunner Award, the New York City AIA Medal of Honor, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, the Municipal Art Society’s Brendan Gill Prize, and the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design.

A selection of works

References

  1. "Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects". Architect. 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. United, Brooklyn. "Tod Williams & Billie Tsien - Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects". twbta.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  3. "Board of Trustees | American Academy in Rome". www.aarome.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  4. "Board of Trustees 2015-2016". Cranbrook. 2013-10-18. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. "American Academy of Arts and Letters - Current Members". www.artsandletters.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  6. Executive Profile: Billie Tsien Businessweek. Accessed on January 09, 2014.
  7. "The Architectural League of New York | Board of Directors". archleague.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  8. www.tendercreative.com, TENDER -. "Public Art Fund : Board & Staff". www.publicartfund.org. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  9. "National Medal of Arts | NEA". www.arts.gov. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  10. Edward J. Sozanski (September 10, 2007). "Barnes chooses its design team". Philly.com. PhilaPhiladelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-13.

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