Frank Williams, FAIA TOP: Trump Palace (1992); ABOVE: 515 Park Avenue (2000) Usually “famous” accompanies “successful” when we talk about architects with a substantial body of work in their portfolios. Frank Williams, FAIA, who died from esophageal cancer February 25, in New York City, was definitely successful. At 73, he could claim credit as the lead architect or the collaborating one for at least 20 high-rises in New York City. In Moscow, his 70-story Mercury City tower is nearing completion, while towers in Dubai,  Seoul, are in the works. Yet Williams was hardly a household name. Fame—even notoriety—eluded the architect

Photo courtesy Therese Bisell George Bissell George Bissell, FAIA, a Newport Beach, California architect who, in 2000, received the American Institute of Architects California Council Lifetime Achievement Award, died at 82 on January 2 of complications from lymphoma. Born in Los Angeles, Bissell was a 1953 graduate of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, where he later sat on the Dean’s Board of Councilors. He also served as president of AIA Orange County and of the AIA California Council, and was a director of the AIA National Board.  A Fellow of the AIA since 1974, Bissell received over

Ateliers Jean Nouvel devises an ethereal container for the Copenhagen Concert Hall.

Project Specs Copenhagen Concert Hall Copenhagen, Denmark Ateliers Jean Nouvel << Return to article the People Architect   the Products

Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden discusses her ambitious blueprint for America’s largest city. Photo © NYC Department of City Planning Amanda Burden Now that New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is remaining in office for a third term, presumably the agenda set out by Amanda Burden, director of the Department of City Planning and chair of the planning commission, will stay its course. Appointed head of city planning in 2002, and a planning commissioner since 1990, Burden approaches the future from a position of perceptible strength. In October she was named the 2009 laureate for the J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries

What vitamins does he take? That might be your first question if you encounter Bjarke Ingels, founder of the four-year-old Copenhagen-based firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

Project Specs New Acropolis Museum Athens, Greece Bernard Tschumi Architects << Return to article the People Architect Bernard Tschumi Architects 227 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 Ph 212.807.6340 Fx 212.242.3693 www.tschumi.com Architect and Lead Designer:  Bernard Tschumi Project Architect: Joel Rutten Design Team: Adam Dayem, Aristotelis Dimitrakopoulos, Jane Kim, Eva Sopeoglou, Kim Starr, Anne Save de Beaurecueil, Jonathan Chace, Robert Holton, Valentin Bontjes van Beek, Liz Kim, Daniel Holguin, Kriti Siderakis, Michaela Metcalfe, Justin Moore, Joel Aviles, Georgia Papadavid, Allis Chee, Thomas Goodwill, Véronique Descharrières, Christina Devizzi Associate architect: Michael Photiadis, ARSY Project Team: Michael Photiadis, Principal, with