Bice C. Wilson, AIA
Education:
Bachelor of Architecture, Pratt Institute, 1978
Registration:
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland
Michigan
Bice has been described as a “practical visionary.” On one hand, he has an unusual ability to articulate the visionary possibilities in the projects he takes on. On the other hand, architecture is about making new structures happen, and Bice has a long track record of skillfully managing the realization of challenging undertakings.
One key role Bice plays on many projects is to assist his clients in finding the simple and powerful concepts which express the synthesis of their needs, abilities and the places they seek to adapt for their use. With these concepts in hand, the process of making architecture can be much easier than many expect, and will serve the client’s interests in the most comprehensive possible way.
Bice possesses a broad range of design experience, including single and multi-family housing, adaptive re-use of existing buildings, community planning, office buildings, restaurants, retail complexes and public art projects. His most recent residential projects are The Prime, a luxury condominium located in the Meat Packing district of Manhattan, and Horton’s Mill Village, a work-force housing community on a historically significant and environ- mentally sensitive site in White Plains.
He is also recognized for his expertise in the design of the Creative Economy workplace, having served clients such as CBS, Martha Stewart, WWE and many others.
Bice represents the firm in its mem- bership on the Implementation Sub- committee of the Advanced Television Systems Committee and in the National Association of Broadcasters. He is also an active member of the American Institute of Architects. He is a member of the Westchester County Advisory Committee on Technology and Public Access and an Associate of the Westchester Land Trust.
Bice was a leader in devising the Mianus River Watershed project and other practical applications of bioregionalism. His work in this area has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design. He was awarded an Urban Design Award of Excellence by the American Institute of Architects for his achievements in this field.
At the 1996 NAB Conference he presented a paper entitled "A Broadcaster's Guide to Managing Facility Design and Construction,” co-authored by his partner Antonio Argibay.
His sculpture "Sun, Radiants and Shadows" has been exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Bice has also built several site-specific sculptures throughout the country in the traditions of geomancy and archeo-astronomy.
His paper "Archeo-Astronomy as a Living Aesthetic in Western Art and Architecture" was presented at a conference at the National Academy of Sciences in 1983.