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Bill Gould

Bill Gould is an award-winning architct and public artist in San Jose, CA.

In 1996, Gould established his architecture firm Bill Gould Design Art & Architecture. The firm focuses on the planning and design of educational and community facilies. Unique to his firm is their dedication to integrating collaboratively created public art into planned environments through their Art in Architecture program.

With the success of the Art in Architecture program and Bill’s own artistic aspirations he established Lizard Skin Studios (LSS) in 1999. This art studio is devoted to designing, fabricating and installing art. As an artist, Bill is inspired by context, nature and the proportional systems found in nature. He has recently finished two unique public art commissions which include a sculpture in Dublin and an art fence for a retail/residential development in downtown San Jose.

The Dublin sculpture is located in Bray Commons Park and is entitled Wind, Shade, Light=Tranquility. It is a multi-stemmed cluster of larger than life plant forms that react to its changing environment. Bill’s aspiration for the canopy of leaves is to emulate the rustling of tree leaves through a soft metallic sound, create shade as a mature tree would and have the added benefit of leaves that shimmer with light and shadow, both natural and artificial, throughout day and night.

Bill’s art fence in downtown San Jose entitled Fibonacci’s Gate, also utilizes light and shadow through the inclusion of artistic glass elements and the steel fence casting patterned shadows throughout the day, in addition to providing security for the residential aspects of the mixed-use building. Motivated by his passion for art, Bill uses his architectural space as an art gallery to display and promote the work of local emerging and established artists. He further demonstrates his commitment to the arts by being involved with many local art organizations such as Works/San Jose, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose (Board Member 1998-2006), MACLA, the Art Museum of Los Gatos and the San Jose Museum of Art. In addition, Bill has been active in many community organizations including, the American Institute of Architects Santa Clara Valley, the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, the Council of Educational Facilities Planners, the San Jose Unified Education Foundation, the Lincoln High School Foundation, and is on the Board of Directors for the Pacific Autism Center for Education.

To find out more on Bill Gould and his work please visit Bill Gould Design and Lizard Skin Studios.