Fentress Architects

An Expression of Movement: Fentress Architects’ Design for U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 10:00:00 -0500

The cylindrical building will include a ride by Virgin Hyperloop One.

Fentress Architects to Design U.S. Pavilion at 2020 World Expo in Dubai

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0400

Working under a compressed timeline, Curtis Fentress expects the endeavor to finish “in the nick of time.”

Denver Art Museum Announces $150 Million Upgrade and Addition to Gio Ponti Building

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 08:00:00 -0500

Fentress Architects and Machado Silvetti lead the renovation project that reintroduces aspects of Ponti’s original design that were never realized.

Four Teams Shortlisted for LaGuardia Terminal Building Replacement

Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:00:00 -0400

This story originally appeared on ENRNewYork.com. Four teams have been selected to compete for a $2.4-billion project to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building (CBT), says a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) spokesman. PANYNJ will conduct $1.2 billion in infrastructure upgrades in addition to the project, he says. The four teams—which include architecture firms Gensler and Kohn Pedersen Fox, contractors, equity members, and other key firms—were selected out of 16 that responded to the authority's RFQs last October:Aerostar New York Holdings LLC, New York, which includes Fentress Architects, and a

Newsmaker: Curtis Fentress

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Curtis Fentress with a model of his 2001 design for the Incheon International Airport in Seoul. Curtis Fentress had just three weeks to come up with a design for Denver International Airport. Completed in 1995, the airport—with its distinctive peaked white-fabric roof—helped put Fentress and his Denver-based firm in the architectural spotlight. Since then, the 64-year-old North Carolina native has built a reputation as a forward-thinking designer of airports and other civic buildings. His airports, including South Korea’s Incheon International, are consistently top-rated in passenger surveys. Currently under construction is a $1.4 billion expansion of Los Angeles International Airport, the

Curtis Fentress Receives AIA Jefferson Award

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -0400

Photo © Jason A. Knowles/Fentress Architects Curtis Fentress, FAIA Related Links: Seattle-Tacome International Airport Incheon International Airport Curtis Fentress, FAIA, has received this year’s AIA Thomas Jefferson Award, which recognizes architects who have made significant contributions to the public realm. Fentress, founding principal of the 30-year-old Fentress Architects, has designed more than a dozen airport projects, including the Denver International Airport in Colorado and the Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. Most recently, he developed a modernization scheme for the Los Angeles International Airport—a $1.5-billion project that broke ground in February. In addition to his airport work, Fentress has