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TOD CULPAN WILLIAMS, FAIA (1943-) and BILLIE TSIEN (1949-)
Tod Williams was born in Detroit MI and received his undergraduate, MFA, and Master of Architecture degrees from Princeton after graduating from Cranbrook. He worked for Richard Meier for a few years, doing projects such as the Douglas House, and leaving in 1974 to for a partnership, Potters Williams. Later Williams was on his own.
Billie Tsien was born in Ithaca NY and received a BA degree in Fine Arts from Yale and a Masters in Architecture from UCLA. Tsien's first job was working for Williams in 1977.
They married and they became business partners. Williams and Tsien have taught at the Cooper Union, Harvard University, Cornell University, University of Texas, City College of New York, and Yale University. They have won more than 25 AIA awards, plus a 2014 International Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects, 2013 AIA Firm of the Year, a 2013 National Medal of Arts from President Obama, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Brunner Award, the New York City AIA Medal of Honor, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, the Municipal Art Society's Brendan Gill Prize, and the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design.
Among many award-winning projects, they designed David Geffen Hall in New York and the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago. They filed for divorce in 2023. Bio adapted from Wikipedia.
1978 - aka Tarlo House, 569 Daniels Lane, Sagaponack NY. Featured in GA Houses 8. Sold to Carl Hollander. Sold in 2022 to Jane M. and Brad Saltzman. Destroyed in 2023. Bottom photo by Timothy Godbold.
1985 - The Gerald (Jerry) and Rosaline Eisenberg Residence, 10 Duckwood Lane, Hampton Bays NY. Engineer, Frank Taffel; built by Kurt Andreassen; photos by Paul Warchol. Won the 1986 AIANY Architecture Award. Sold in 1999 to Jonathan Larkin. Sold in 2012 to Olivier Bottrie.
1988 - The Jerry and Emily Spiegel Pool House, 10 Broadlawn, Kings Point NY. Addition to a 1961 house. Project architect, Annie Chu. Contains an indoor swimming pool, soaking tub, changing room, and kitchenette. Won a 1989 AIANY Distinguished Architecture Honor Award; 1989 AIA National Honor Award; TIME Magazine 10 Best. Sold to Lise Wilks and Pamela Saunders. Sold in 2010 to Allen and Edmond Enayaytion.
Around 1988 - The Albert and Barrie Zesiger house, aka House in Long Island Sound, Rowayton CT. On Tavern Island. Featured in Progressive Architecture, January 1989. Unbuilt. Project architect, Rick Gooding. Landscape design, Tom Pritchard, photos by Paul Warchol. Williams and Tsien possibly did a small Japanese pavilion in the 1990s; needs verification. Includes a landing area on the mainland at 75 Bluff Avenue. Sold in 2018 to Tavern Island Holdings LLC, run out of a mailbox in Park City UT; and Bluff Avenue LLC. In 2020 they applied to have the existing house destroyed.
1996 - The Jerry Speyer Townhouse, aka New York City House, 176 East 72nd Street, New York NY. Structural, Cantor Seinuk; photos, Michael Moran; lighting, Richard Shaver; acoustical, Cerami and Associates; built by Robert Anderson, Turner Interiors. Still owned by Speyer as of 2023.
1996 - aka Weekend House, Millbrook NY. Featured in GA Houses 52. 500 acres, 2000sf. Builder, Wolcott Builders; structural, Severud; landscape, Andropogon. Status unknown, may be unbuilt.
1996 - The Gretchen Freeman and Alan Silverman House, aka Desert House, 5833 North 30th Street, Phoenix AZ. Still owners as of 2022.
1998 - The Robert and Arleen Rifkind Residence, 3 Eel Cove Road, Wainscott NY. Photos by Michael Moran. Won a 2003 AIA Honor Award. Deeded to their LLC, Greenacre.
2004 - The Robert Sloan and Alicia Rojas House, aka Shelter Island House, 171 North Ram Island Drive, Shelter Island NY. Commissioned in 2002. Won a 2005 AIANY Merit Award. Still owners as of 2022.
2008 - The Chuck and Diane Cheatham House, 1 Vanguard Way, Dallas TX. Sold in 2021 to Eric Rosaiak.
2010 - The Alexandra Chemlaw House, aka Further Lane House, 460 Further Lane, Amagansett NY.
Around 2019 - The David and Jane Walentas House, aka Meadow Lane, 1240 Meadow Lane, Southhampton NY. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 2019. Built by Forden; structural, Gilsans Murray Steficek; photos by Read McKendree.
Sources include: Progressive Architecture; Archinect.