Fentress Architects is an international design firm known for large-scale public architecture such as airports , museums , university buildings, convention centers , laboratories , and high-rise office towers. Some of the buildings for which the firm is best known include Denver International Airport (1995), the modernized Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX (2013), the National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico , Virginia (2005), and the Green Square Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina (2012).
20-573: Founded in 1980 by Curtis W. Fentress , FAIA, RIBA, the firm's designs, especially its airports, are often compared to the expressionist architecture of Eero Saarinen . However, architectural curator Donald Albrecht has noted that within Fentress' designs is a "stiff dose of regionalism . " Fentress Architects has studios in Denver, Colorado ; Los Angeles ; San Jose , California ; Washington, D.C. ; London ; and Shanghai . In 2010, Curtis Fentress
40-710: A design portfolio of $ 27 billion. Each year, more than 330 million people worldwide visit a project designed by Fentress Architects. In 2012, a major museum exhibition of Fentress Architects' airport designs entitled Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + the Architecture of Flight was opened at the Denver Art Museum . Curated by Donald Albrecht, architectural curator for the Museum of the City of New York whose previous exhibitions include well-received retrospectives on
60-654: A significant contribution to the quality of public architecture." Fentress was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame by Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2017. In 2022, Fentress designed Terminal C at Orlando International Airport . Eero Saarinen Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
80-592: A survey of 8.6 million international travellers. In May 2008, the City of Los Angeles selected Fentress Architects to modernize Los Angeles International Airport , the fifth busiest airport in the world. Fentress was inducted into the Denver Tourism Hall of Fame in 2009. Fentress designed the Colorado Convention Centre , winner of 18 design awards. Fentress is also the architect for the new Colorado Judicial Centre adjacent to
100-440: Is an American architect . He is currently the principal-in-charge of design at Fentress Architects , an international design studio he founded in Denver, Colorado in 1980. Fentress' work on Denver International Airport , Incheon International Airport and his modernization of Los Angeles International Airport have garnered recognition for design excellence and outstanding "airside-to-curbside" traveler experience. In 2023 he
120-653: Is the designer of the Arraya Tower in Kuwait City . The tower is the tallest in Kuwait and the 53rd tallest in the world Curtis Fentress graduated with honors from North Carolina State University 's College of Design, School of Architecture where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Following graduation, he joined the firm of I.M. Pei and Partners in New York City . As a Senior Designer, he
140-732: The State Capitol. Fentress has a design portfolio of $ 26 billion architectural projects worldwide. Designs by Fentress have been featured in more than 1,200 national and international articles and books and have been honoured with more than 400 awards and accolades for design excellence and innovation. In 2010, Fentress was given the Thomas Jefferson Award by the American Institute of Architects . The Jefferson Award recognizes Fentress for "a portfolio of accomplishments that evidences great depth while making
160-543: The World" in 2007 by passengers surveyed for the Official Airlines Guide. The firm designs a range of large scale projects (see listing below) from museums and convention centers, to stadiums and commercial office buildings. Bradburn retired, and in 2007, the firm's name was abbreviated from Fentress Bradburn Architects to Fentress Architects. To date, the firm has won 425 design and innovation awards and has
180-768: The airport typology. The unveiling of DIA was marked by a dysfunctional "state-of-the-art" baggage delivery system (the vendor at fault has since replaced the system). Subsequently, DIA has been voted the "Best Airport in North America" and the fourth "Favorite American Architecture" completed in the last fifteen years. In 2001, Fentress designed the Incheon International Airport in Seoul , South Korea , voted "Best Airport Worldwide" four consecutive years by Airport Council International's Airport Quality Survey program. Airport Council "Best Airport in
200-451: The art inside." Asked about his philosophical approach, Fentress once stated, "My philosophy is ultimately...pragmatism". LEED certified projects include, but are not limited to: Airports Civic Commercial Office & Mixed-Use Cultural Laboratory Public Assembly Education Hotel & Residential Newspaper/Magazine articles Curtis W. Fentress Curtis Worth Fentress FAIA RIBA (born 1947)
220-538: The collapse of the oil and gas industries in Colorado in the early 1980s ushered in a period of difficulty for the firm. Fentress Architects' fortunes rebounded in 1987 when the firm won a design competition for the Colorado Convention Center. The competition pitted Fentress and his partners against several better-financed and more famous opponents, including Phil Anschutz , who had partnered with
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#1732790562073240-520: The firm belonging to Curtis Fentress' former mentor, I.M. Pei. It was only in the 1990s that Fentress Architects rose to international fame by designing the Denver International Airport . The peaked roof of the terminal has become well known to travelers worldwide and ushered in a revolution in more expressionistic airport design. Curator Donald Albrecht credits the design of Denver International Airport with bringing glamor back to
260-550: The tallest in Kuwait. Arraya is one of 14 high rises in Fentress' design portfolio in the Persian Gulf. Fentress has developed a design process he calls the "Patient Search". He has said of the process; "I don't begin with a preconceived notion of what the building needs to be – it is not a sculpture. I patiently search, walk the site, study the culture, follow our process until I find a seam somewhere, crack it open and discover
280-705: The work of such architectural notables as Eero Saarinen and Charles and Ray Eames , Now Boarding ran for nearly three months. A travelling version of the exhibition appeared in Amsterdam in November 2012, and the exhibition's full version will open in at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, CA beginning in March 2013. World's Best Airports: Fentress-designed Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea
300-616: Was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree by North Carolina State University . Fentress graduated from North Carolina State University 's College of Design, School of Architecture in 1972. After graduation, Fentress early work was at I.M. Pei and Kohn Pedersen Fox in New York City . Fentress then moved to Denver, Colorado as the Kohn Pedersen Fox 's Project Designer for the Rocky Mountain Headquarters of Amoco in downtown Denver. Denver
320-672: Was awarded the highest award for public architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Award, by the American Institute of Architects AIA Awards website. Fentress was also given the Silver Medal in 2010, which is the highest award given to an architect from the AIA Western Mountain Region for the contributions made to the region. In 2012, Fentress was awarded AIA Colorado's Architect of the Year. Fentress Architects
340-608: Was chosen as the base for his new firm, C.W. Fentress and Associates with James Henry Bradburn. In 2004, Bradburn retired and in 2007 the firm's name was abbreviated from Fentress Bradburn Architects to Fentress Architects. Today, the firm maintains studios in Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles, California, Washington, D.C. and San Jose, California. Fentress Architects became internationally recognized after designing Denver International Airport (DIA), known for its unique white canvas peaked roof and streamlined "curbside to airside" design. DIA
360-522: Was responsible for the master planning of major site development plans. He became a project designer with the New York architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox . During this time, he came to Denver as the Project Designer for the Rocky Mountain Headquarters of Amoco in downtown Denver. In January 1980, Fentress formed C.W. Fentress and Associates with James Henry Bradburn. After early success,
380-500: Was voted "World's Best Airport" by Skytrax's 2009 World Airport Awards, a survey of 8.6 million international travelers. World's Most Beautiful Airports: Denver's airport features a Teflon-coated tensile fabric roof—the world's largest when the airport opened in 1995. World's 4th tallest building completed in 2009: Fentress is the designer of the world's 4th tallest building completed in 2009—Arraya Tower in Kuwait City, also
400-539: Was voted the "Best Airport in North America" for four consecutive years and the fourth "Favourite American Architecture" landmark completed in the last fifteen years, ahead of the Getty Centre , TransAmerica Building and the Guggenheim Museum . Fentress also designed Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, which was voted the World's Best Airport by Skytrax's 2009 World Airport Awards,
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