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.
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.
[3] " Fentress Architects has studios in Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles; San Jose, California; Washington, D.C.; London; and Shanghai.
Fentress Architects' fortunes rebounded in 1987 when the firm won a design competition for the Colorado Convention Center.
Subsequently, DIA has been voted the "Best Airport in North America" [12] and the fourth "Favorite American Architecture" completed in the last fifteen years.
[15] The firm designs a range of large scale projects (see listing below) from museums and convention centers, to stadiums and commercial office buildings.
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[22][23] LEED certified projects include, but are not limited to:[29] Airports Civic Commercial Office & Mixed-Use Cultural Laboratory Public Assembly Education Hotel & Residential Newspaper/Magazine articles