Billie Tsien


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Birth City: Ithaca

Birth State/Province: New York

Birth Country: United States

Resident State/Province: New York

Resident Country: United States


Specialties


No specialties on record


Jobs


Employer: Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates

Title: Partner

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: 1986

Notes: http://www.twbta.com/


Employer: Yale University

Title: Teacher

City: New Haven

State: Connecticut

Country: United States


Employer: Parsons School of Design

Title: Teacher

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Employer: Southern California Institute of Architecture

Title: Teacher

City: Los Angeles

State: California

Country: United States


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design


Name: American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Award

Description: for the Neurosciences Institute


Name: AIA New York Chapter Medal of Honor Award


Name: Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize

Description: American Academy of Arts & Letters


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: Rifkind House

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Museum of American Folk Art

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: New York City House

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Education


Institution: Yale

Degree: Undergraduate Degree in Fine Arts

End Date: 1971


Institution: UCLA

Degree: Master of Architecture

End Date: 1977


Licensing


License: Registered Architect (015068)

Organization: State of New York

Date Awarded: March 20, 1981


Professional Affiliations


Organization: Public Art Fund


Publications By


Title: Tod Williams, Billie Tsien: Domestic Arrangements

Co-author: Tod Williams

Publication: Domus

Issue: 717

Page: 58-65

Notes: June 1990


Title: Tod Williams, Billie Tsien: The New College, University Virginia, Spiegel Pool, the World Upside Down

Co-author: Tod Williams

Publication: A + U: Architecture and Urbanism

Volume: 8(275)

Page: 93-132

Notes: August 1993


Title: From the Corner of Your Eye

Co-author: Tod Williams

Publication: Harvard Architecture Review

Volume: 9

Page: 150-157

Notes: 1993


Title: Peas and Carrots

Co-author: Tod Williams

Publication: Oz/ College of Architecture and Design Kansas State University

Volume: 18

Page: 4-9

Notes: 1996


Title: Todd Williams & Billie Tsien: Museum of American Folk Art

Co-author: Todd Williams

Publication: Abitare

Issue: 384

Page: 148-151

Notes: May 1999


Publications About


Title: The Architect: Women in Contemporary Architecture

Author: Maggie Toy ed.

Page: 162-167

Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publishing

Notes: 2001