Positive and pragmatic, William Olmsted Antozzi Office of Architecture is based on collaboration, whose role is to listen, engage, and lead the conception and construction of meaningful spaces. Ingenuity and experience are used in crafting projects that are affordable, buildable, and sustainable, while improving the physical world for everyone.

The challenge of our time is undoubtedly about living and working sustainably. The built environment is responsible for 40% of carbon emissions, more than any other single source. For this reason, the office is dedicated to the integration and promotion of sustainable methods in its work through an educational, cost-effective, and well-designed approach where sustainability is paramount.

The founder, William Olmsted Antozzi, is a Registered Architect in the states of New York and Florida. His experience is based on 15 years of design with some of the most renowned firms in the world. As an architect at Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, William Olmsted Antozzi has employed technical rigor and design sensitivity, helping create some of the most important and acclaimed buildings in the built environment while living and working in Paris, France, Genoa, Italy, and New York City.

During his tenure with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, William collaborated on such projects as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Columbia University master plan Manhattanville campus, including the Neuroscience Center and School of the Arts, 87 Park in Miami, and the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas. With Diller Scofido + Renfro, William led a large team on a 300,000 S.F. project in New York City for a major tech company, to be opened at the end of 2021. The office has recently opened The Shed at Hudson Yards, as well as the MoMA expansion and the completion of the High Line.

He remains involved in academia by participating in studio reviews and design critiques as a guest critic at a number of universities, including Pratt University, The University of Florida, The University of Texas, Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School, Texas Tech University, The University of Virginia, The University of South Florida, and The Universidad Francisco Marroquín.

William received a Bachelor’s Degree in Design from The University of Florida and a Master’s Degree in Architecture with an Emphasis in Sustainability from The University of Texas at Austin. The University of Florida recently recognized William with the Young Architects Design Award for his work in the profession.

In addition to his professional career, William also works in the field of social and global initiatives for community and environmental design. Such initiatives include: the Solar Decathlon, Hurricane Katrina relief in Mississippi, design/build in Ladakh, India, Haiti disaster relief, and low-income primary school design/build in San Jose, Costa Rica. Through these ventures, he has collaborated closely with nonprofit organizations among others are Basic Initiative, the Design Corps, and H.E.A.R.T in order to bring socially conscious and inclusive design to those in need.