Robert L. Thompson, FAIA, is the founder and lead design principal of the Portland-based firm TVA Architects, a firm that has built a foundation of collaboration, innovation, and conservation through beautiful design. He is responsible for the design of many of the most prominent buildings throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. TVA Architects creatively transforms their clients’ needs and aspirations into elegantly understated works of meaningful architecture, meticulously detailed and impeccably crafted.<\/p>\n
The projects documented in this book coincide with the fortieth anniversary of this celebrated architect and his body of work as a designer and innovator.<\/p>\n
He founded TVA Architects in 1984 and built an internationally recognized practice, starting in the Pacific Northwest. In 1993, at the age of thirty-nine, Thompson was the youngest architect in America to be inducted into the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows for his contribution to the profession. Thompson and TVA Architects have been honored with scores of local, national, and international awards for excellence in design.
\nHis projects have ranged from major corporate campuses, high-rise office towers and condominium towers, sports and recreational facilities, retail and cultural projects as well as multi- and single-family residences. This lavishly illustrated monograph, filled with full-color photography and detailed plans, forms a compilation of select work that celebrates Thompson’s influence across architecture over several decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lavishly illustrated monograph on the architecture and design work of renowned architect Robert L Thompson, founding Design Principal of TVA Architects, a Portland-based firm that focuses on building a foundation of collaboration, innovation, and conservation through beautiful design.<\/p>\n
8 PREFACE
\nRobert L. Thompson
\n10 THE AGILE ARCHITECT
\nRandy Gragg
\n16 AN ARCHITECTURE OF BALANCE
\nMichael J. Crosbie<\/p>\n
WORKPLACE, CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL
\n20 Ford Alumni Center
\n30 Banfield Corporate Headquarters
\n44 GSA \/ SSA Call Center
\n52 Metro Headquarters
\n60 Murphy Corporate Offices
\n72 Nike Asian Corporate Headquarters
\n86 Sony Ericsson Headquarters
\n98 Park Avenue West Tower
\n108 Fox Tower
\n118 Vancouver Office Tower
\n124 Ochoco Air Hangar
\n138 Nike Air Hangar
\n146 Fort Dalles Training Center
\n156 Nike Retail Stores<\/p>\n
ARTS, SPORTS & CULTURE
\n184 SOU Performing Arts Center
\n194 Moyer Mausoleum
\n200 Ankeny Plaza Pavilion
\n206 Director Park Pavilions
\n214 Matthew Knight Arena
\n230 Coaches Office MKA
\n240 Nike World Headquarters
\n264 Bo Jackson Fitness Center
\n272 Nolan Ryan Building
\n284 Jerry Rice Building
\n292 Nike Gatehouse
\n298 The Park
\n302 Mia Hamm Design Center
\n314 Tiger Woods Conference Center
\n322 Nike Sports Performance Center<\/p>\n
RESIDENTIAL, HOUSING & HOSPITALITY
\n334 Alden\/Drummond Residence
\n342 Crabbe Residence
\n352 Frankel Residence
\n362 Fritz Residence
\n374 West Hills Residence
\n384 Pearl Apartments
\n390 John Ross Tower
\n400 Goose Hollow Lofts
\n408 EVO Tower
\n414 The Aniva Apartments
\n420 The Caring Cabin
\n428 Greve Residence
\n436 Vancouver Waterfront Condominium Tower
\n442 Alder 9 Apartments<\/p>\n
APPENDIX
\n448 Biography
\n450 TVA Employees & Collaborators
\n452 Selected Publications
\n454 Awards & Contributions
\n456 Project Credits
\n462 Acknowledgments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5601],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22998","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-landscape-design","7":"author-by-author-robert-l-thompson","8":"publisher-the-images-publishing-group","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n