images/profile/OfficePhoto.jpg The New York Times, The Architectural Review, Metropolis , Texas Architect, Elle Decor and Metropolitan Home. The work of Stern and Bucek Architects is known for the clarity of its planning and exacting attention to detail. Responding to the specific needs of its clients, each project is customized for the client’s program and vision. Views, orientation, light, quality of space and the relationship of indoor to outdoor spaces are considered from design inception to completion. Projects are designed to interface with their specific environmental conditions using “green” methods and technologies to conserve energy consumption and material resources. In fulfilling this mission, the firm has developed an approach that is equally applicable to its projects for new construction and renovations. With its high standards of documentation, team coordination and close involvement throughout construction, Stern and Bucek Architects has gained a reputation for producing work that is economical, well-built and lasting.]]> FAIA Principal cum laude, in 1969 from Harvard College where he concentrated in art history and was editor of the Harvard Art Review. After working in the office of New York architect Edward L. Barnes, Mr. Stern moved to Houston in 1976 and formed his own practice in 1979 as William F. Stern, Architect and in 1999 he formed a new company with his long time associate, David C. Bucek, Jr., named Stern and Bucek Architects. Mr. Stern is licensed to practice architecture and interior design in the state of Texas, is a LEED accredited professional and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Stern teaches as an adjunct associate professor at the University of Houston's College of Architecture. He has served successive terms as a board member of the Rice Design Alliance, and is a founding editor and frequent contributor to Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston . He is co-author of Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston , and in 1994 the Texas Society of Architects awarded William Stern the John Flowers Award for Excellence in Architectural Journalism.]]> 420 Principal AIA 110 Associate 260