The work of Kohn Pedersen Fox is international in scope, collaborative in design, and a product of individual voices focused on a single objective - making an architecture, of our time, which creates strong bonds with the the specific place it occupies. While William Pedersen founded the firm, with partners Gene Kohn and Shelley Fox, he never aspired to be a ''director of design.'' They had the components with Gene''s entrepreneurial drive, Shelley''s management and Bill''s design leadership - to be a large firm. ''Directing'' the work of a large firm was not Bill''s desire, instead he wanted to focus on a body of work which he could call his own. The example that work set would inspire others, and it did. Now there are several voices leading their design - all of them rose to their position within the office.The purpose of this book is to define the work of one of the voices - Bill Pedersen''s. Pedersen has worked with many different designers, in close collaboration, throughout his c
