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| | Name | Fentress Architects |
| Architects | Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA |
| City | Denver, Colorado |
| Branches | Washington, D.C., San Jose, California |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Awards | Over 300 for innovation and design excellence |
| Significant Buildings | Denver International Airport, Incheon International Airport, Colorado Convention Center, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Arraya Tower, National Museum of Wildlife Art |
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Fentress Architects is an international design studio known for sustainable and iconic public architecture. Founded in 1980 by Curtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, the firm is internationally recognized for innovative designs of international airports, national museums, convention centers, high-rise office towers, government buildings, laboratories, and other cultural buildings. Fentress Architects is an architecture firm based in Denver, Colorado, with studios in Los Angeles, CA, San Jose, CA, and Washington, D.C.
Curtis Fentress will be honored in 2010 by the American Institute of Architects website with the highest award for public architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Award .
World’s 4th tallest building completed in 2009: Fentress Architects is the designer of the world’s 4th tallest building completed in 2009 -- Arraya Tower in Kuwait City, which is also the tallest in Kuwait.
"I don’t begin with a preconceived notion of what a building should be � it is not a 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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