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Title // CEO / Principal
Education // Master of Architecture Advanced Studies, Urban Design and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1972; Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture Tulane University 1970
Mr. Billes established Billes Partners to reflect his unified vision and values.
As an owner and principal of architectural and planning firms since 1975, Mr. Billes has extensive educational training and experience in architecture, urban design, and master planning. He is a licensed architect in three states and has managed numerous architectural and planning projects for clients in the public and private sectors. His work has included architectural design, master planning, interior design, land use and zoning, project feasibility studies, and transportation planning.
Mr. Billes has served as an associate professor and adjunct professor at Tulane University‘s School of Architecture, and as an adjunct professor at Southern University’s School of Architecture. He has written articles and lectured to professional, academic and community organizations about the value of design and about specific aspects of the design profession.
Mr. Billes has overseen the development of major projects, including the Hilton Hotel Master Plan, Phase II of the Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans International Airport Concourse “C” Expansion, the French Market Revitalization Plan and the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. As one of three principals-in-charge of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Phase III Expansion, Mr. Billes contributed to the management of the $205,000,000 project.
Mr. Billes has directed scores of other projects including the Repairs and Renovations to the Louisiana Superdome, the City of Opelousas Comprehensive Land Use and Zoning Ordinance, the Lambert Advisory Neighborhoods Rebuilding Plan, and Brad Pitt’s Make It Right project in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.