When he was fourteen, Bill Harrison began working as a draftsperson in an architect's office every summer and on Saturdays. By the time he entered Georgia Tech, he was already more than familiar with the first year's architecture curriculum.

After graduation Bill continued his education touring the architecture of the masters in Europe and the Americas. It was particularly in Italy where he focused his attention, visiting every palace and villa designed by Andrea Palladio.

The tenets of classical architecture remain evident in his eponymous firm, Harrison Design, which continues today. Even modern design must function, endure, and delight. LIke Palladio, his predecessors and those who followed, Bill's practice encouraged the architect to explore new ideas, to add and augment the old with new concepts, and contribute to furthering the art by drawing on a wellspring of great ideas built on the foundations of the past.

Coming of age in the decades when suburbanization drew neighborhoods away from urban centers, Bill was determined to continue advancing the creation of better places for people to live and gather. He believed it is a better society when people interact to enjoy their environments and exchange ideas.

To Bill, architecture was more than a career. It is many lifetimes rolled into a lifelong passion meant to be lived and breathed.