Résumé

Draftsman, I.M. Pei, Architect, New York, NY, 1972- .

Designer, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), Architects, New York, NY. c. 1977-1980. Fentress traveled to Denver, CO, to work on KPF's Amoco's Rocky Mountain Headquarters Building (later known as 1670 Broadway)between 1977 and 1980. He liked the region so much he decided to set up his own practice here.

Partner, Fentress [James Henry] Bradburn Architects, Limited, Denver, CO, 1980-2007. This firm gained an international reputation with the opening of the Denver International Airport on 02/28/1995.

Principal, Fentress Architects, Denver, CO, 2007-present.

Professional Activities

Member, Royal Institute of British Architects.

Member, American Institute of Architects.

Member, Urban Land Institute.

Professional Awards

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

The firm Fentress Architects was given the Thomas Jefferson Award from the American Institute of Architects, its highest award for public architecture in 2010.

Member, Colorado Business Hall of Fame, Junior Achievement, Rocky Mountain / Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Denver, CO, 2017.

College

B.Arch., North Carolina State University, College of Design, School of Architecture, Raleigh, NC, 1972.

College Awards

Honors, North Carolina State University, College of Design, School of Architecture, Raleigh, NC, 1972.

Born in NC, Fentress attended school in Raleigh, NC, at North Carolina State University; he worked for I.M. Pei and Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) in New York, NY; as a project architect, KPF sent him to work on the 36-story Amoco Building in Denver, CO, where he decided to settle.

Fentress is known for a design method he has called his "patient search."

• Greensboro, NC (Architect's Birth)
  Greensboro, NC

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