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William Price

Bill Prices career has spanned three decades, during which time he has practiced and produced work in eleven different countries. He has practiced professionally in Switzerland and in the Netherlands where he spent four years with OMA/Rem Koolhaas. There he acted as Research and Development Director and saw the Villa Bordeaux (Time Magazine called this house the most important private residence of the twentieth century”) through to completion. Recently Bill collaborated with Ai WeiWei in China. Ai WeiWei also picked Bills work to be included in Phaidons 10 by 10_3 Monograph. He is founding principal of three companies and is based in Houston, Texas USA. Bill has taught, lectured, given workshops and juried work all over the world, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Sci-Arc, Columbia and PVAMU, where he currently holds the Brown Endowed Chair in Architecture. His work has been included in numerous exhibits and museums. Wall Paper Magazine chose him as one of the “Ten Who Will Change The Way We Live.” His work has been in publications such as Architectural Record, Domus, AIT, the Wilson Quarterly, De Architect, Metropolis Magazine and others. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio for his work on Natural and Cultural Disasters, Next TV and HGTV for his work on Translucent Concrete which is included in the Nation Building Museum in Washington D.C.. He has won numerous grants and awards, this includes 1st place with “White Stadium” for the Seoul Design Olympiad which resulted in the design and fabrication of the world’s largest inflatable performance hall.