Background
Tsien, Billie was born in 1949 in Ithaca, New York, United States.
Tsien, Billie was born in 1949 in Ithaca, New York, United States.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, 1971. Master of Architecture, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977.
Painter, teacher, 1971—1975. Teacher Southern California Institute Architecture, Parsons School Design, Harvard University Graduate School Design, University Texas, Austin. Jane and Bruce Graham co-chair University Pennsylvania, 1998.
Louis I. Kahn co-chair Yale University. Principal Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, 1986, partner. Board member Public Art Fund, Architectural League, American Academy Rome.
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member: Municipal Art Society (vice president), American Academy of Arts and Letters (Brunner award (with Tod Williams) 1996).
Married Tod Williams.