Higher Education

Fentress Architects is guided by the ideal that a building must work well for its users and speak of and to its culture and community. Given our humanistic mission and collaborative approach, it is natural for Fentress to excel in the creation of architecture for academic institutions where complex client teams and user groups are driven by both pedagogical and economic objectives.

Indeed, every year tens of thousands of students, faculty, researchers, and staff utilize academic institutions designed by Fentress Architects.

The firm’s portfolio of higher education projects has won over 30 honors and awards including:

• Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum, 2016
• University of California, Irvine – Humanities Gateway, 1st Place, Best Public Building $25-50M, Design Build Institute of America, 2010
• University of Colorado Mathematics Building including the Gemmill Engineering Library, Citation Award, AIA National & American Association of School Administrators and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 1993
• University of Colorado Denver, Research 2, Honorable Mention Award in Design/Delivery Process Innovation Using Building Information Modeling (BIM), AIA National, 2009

Moreover at Fentress Architects, we are experts at staying focused on client objectives, collaborating with complex project teams, and developing efficient, effective, flexible and innovative spaces for learning, research and teaching. Our education portfolio is both deep and diverse, and comprises:

• Classrooms
• Lecture Halls
• Auditoriums
• Faculty + Administration Offices
• Teaching + Research Laboratories
• Performance Venues
• Libraries
• Academic Success Buildings

Furthermore, Fentress has designed over 50 USGBC LEED-certified projects, including:

• Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine LEED Gold
• Humanities Gateway at UC Irvine LEED Platinum

Karen Gilbert
Director of Business Development
kgilbert@fentressarchitects.com
+1.303.282.6120