fentress architects is an international design firm that passionately pursues the creation of sustainable and iconic public architecture. founded by curtis fentress in 1980, fentress architects is headquartered in denver, colorado, and maintains offices in san jose, ca; los angeles, ca; and washington d.c. known for his patient search approach, curtis fentress, faia, riba, has designed more than $22 billion of architectural landmarks worldwide, visited by 300 million people each year. fentress architects ranks among the top 25 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 more than 300 awards for innovation and design 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. curtis fentress is internationally recognized for the design of denver international airport, voted best airport in north america by business traveler magazine readers four consecutive years (2005 - 06 - 07 - 08) and the 4th favorite american architecture landmark built in the last 15 years (public poll by the american institute of architects). fentress is also known for incheon international airport, seoul, south korea, recently voted the world's best airport by the skytrax world airport awards, airports council international, the official airline guide and global traveler magazine, representing nearly 9 million international travelers, and the national museum of the marine corps, honored with over 20 awards since opening in late 2006. some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — they design from the outside like the building is a piece of sculpture. i prefer to patiently search through extensive discovery until i find a seam somewhere, crack it open and discover the art inside. curtis fentress, faia, riba
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