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Modern ice skating rink with expansive glazing overlooking autumn trees, featuring dramatic ceiling details and multiple skaters casting long shadows across the blue ice surface by Billie Tsien.
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Billie Tsien

ArchitectCultural & CivicHealthcare & Education

Founding Partner at Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Billie Tsien is a founding partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the New York firm she established with Tod Williams in 1986 after they began working together in 1977. Born in Ithaca, New York, she holds a Fine Arts degree from Yale University and a Master of Architecture from UCLA. The firm's institutional work includes the American Folk Art Museum, additions to the Phoenix Art Museum, and the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center. In 2013 Tsien received the National Medal of Arts, and the firm has received the AIA Architecture Firm Award.

Experience

  1. Founding Partner

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

    1986 – present

    Current

  2. Founding Partner

    Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners

    Current

Past projects

  1. The Obama Presidential Center

    Cultural · Jackson Park, Chicago, IL

  2. The Barnes Foundation

    Cultural · Philadelphia, PA

  3. David Geffen Hall

    Cultural · New York, NY

  4. American Folk Art Museum

    Cultural · New York, NY

  5. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

    Healthcare-Education · Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

  6. Logan Center for the Arts

    Healthcare-Education · University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

  7. Hood Museum of Art

    Cultural · Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

  8. LeFrak Center at Lakeside

    Cultural · Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Education

  • Yale University

    BA

  • UCLA

    M.Arch

Selected work

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