The Architect

"We design buildings for our clients...not monuments to the architect. We believe a building is only as good as the client is happy."

In the past thirty years, Bill Phillips has achieved a reputation as one of the most notable architects in America.

His abilities as a restoration architect, directing the renovation of much of the West Wing of the White House, and as staff architect and consultant for Colonial Williamsburg, have given him national recognition.

Yet Phillips is just as comfortable with commercial buildings, including restaurants, retail and office spaces, and both multi-family and single family residences. His hugely popular portfolios of homes, published regularly by Southern Living Magazine, attest to that!

Phillips has also been involved in the master planning of several retirement and destination resort developments.

 

"One of the reasons we enjoy our practice so much is that we can't be put in any niche. One week we'll be designing a contemporary office building, the next week we'll be working on the restoration of a two-hundred year old home."

A native of Mobile, Alabama and a graduate of Auburn University, Phillips spent 18 years in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was associated with the historic village for 10 years, was a lecturer at the College of William and Mary, opened his own practice and then in 1979, moved his offices to his hometown of Mobile.

In 1992, Bill relocated his practice to Dauphin Island, Alabama (his studio is attached to his residence overlooking the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi Sound) where his practice thrives today.