Description
Book SynopsisRobert 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.
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.
He founded TVA Architects in 1984 and built an internationally recognised 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.
His 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-colour photography and detailed plans, forms a compilation of select work that celebrates Thompson’s influence across architecture over several decades.
Table of Contents8 PREFACE
Robert L. Thompson
10 THE AGILE ARCHITECT
Randy Gragg
16 AN ARCHITECTURE OF BALANCE
Michael J. Crosbie
WORKPLACE, CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL
20 Ford Alumni Center
30 Banfield Corporate Headquarters
44 GSA / SSA Call Center
52 Metro Headquarters
60 Murphy Corporate Offices
72 Nike Asian Corporate Headquarters
86 Sony Ericsson Headquarters
98 Park Avenue West Tower
108 Fox Tower
118 Vancouver Office Tower
124 Ochoco Air Hangar
138 Nike Air Hangar
146 Fort Dalles Training Center
156 Nike Retail Stores
ARTS, SPORTS & CULTURE
184 SOU Performing Arts Center
194 Moyer Mausoleum
200 Ankeny Plaza Pavilion
206 Director Park Pavilions
214 Matthew Knight Arena
230 Coaches Office MKA
240 Nike World Headquarters
264 Bo Jackson Fitness Center
272 Nolan Ryan Building
284 Jerry Rice Building
292 Nike Gatehouse
298 The Park
302 Mia Hamm Design Center
314 Tiger Woods Conference Center
322 Nike Sports Performance Center
RESIDENTIAL, HOUSING & HOSPITALITY
334 Alden/Drummond Residence
342 Crabbe Residence
352 Frankel Residence
362 Fritz Residence
374 West Hills Residence
384 Pearl Apartments
390 John Ross Tower
400 Goose Hollow Lofts
408 EVO Tower
414 The Aniva Apartments
420 The Caring Cabin
428 Greve Residence
436 Vancouver Waterfront Condominium Tower
442 Alder 9 Apartments
APPENDIX
448 Biography
450 TVA Employees & Collaborators
452 Selected Publications
454 Awards & Contributions
456 Project Credits
462 Acknowledgments
