His work has been published in several books, including, Nice House by Samuel G. He has lectured at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art in New York, Denver, Atlanta, and San Francisco and at the Legends LCDQ Los Angeles, Theta Design Week, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston Design Center Fall Market, and at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. His work has received Palladio Awards and multiple John Staub Awards by the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. In 1999, he and Russell Windham received the organization’s Arthur Ross Award, which honors architects working in the classical tradition. Curtis is a founding board member of the Texas Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and currently serves on its Board of Directors. Returning to his native Texas, he began his collaboration with Russell Windham in 1992. Formative years in Washington DC and abroad in Australia provided experience with large-scale institutional work and crafting classically literate buildings. Curtis, a successful design is the sensitive and articulate response to a given context, exercised with control, restraint, and modesty. Drawing upon the wealth of traditional architectural precedent, he finds appropriate architectural expression while solving the architectural problems of modern life. His dedication to the study of the historical and physical context of his buildings produces work that is both beautiful and articulate. William Curtis, a founding principal of Curtis & Windham Architects, has a deep respect and knowledge of architectural history.
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