TVA Architects
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| Founded 📆 | 1984 |
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| Services | Architecture and planning |
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TVA Architects, stylized as tva architects, is an American architecture and planning firm based in Portland, Oregon, and founded in 1984 by Robert Thompson, FAIA. Current principals are Robert Thompson, FAIA, Tim Wybenga, Pamela Saftler, AIA, IIDA, and Mandy Butler, AIA. The firm's projects include corporate campus buildings, recreational and training facilities, medical facilities, museums and cultural buildings, in addition to higher education and residential projects.
In March 2002 a monograph on the practice's work was published by l'Arca Edizioni entitled "Intuition of Clarity,"[1] which illustrates 23 projects by the practice.
Awards[edit]
In 2007, TVA Architects received a national honor award from the General Services Administration for Design Excellence,[2] and has received more than 55 awards for excellence in design, including 42 local, regional and national awards from the American Institute of Architects.[citation needed]
Recent projects[edit]
In 2008, TVA Architects was the design architect for the 12,500-seat Matthew Knight Arena[3] and the Ford Alumni Center Building on the University of Oregon campus.
Notable buildings[edit]
- Matthew Knight Arena,[4][5][6][7] University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- Ford Alumni Center Building, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- Park Avenue West Tower, Portland, Oregon[8]
- Fox Tower, Portland, Oregon[8]
- EVO Condominium Tower, Los Angeles, California
- John Ross Tower condominiums, Portland, Oregon[8]
- Laika Film Animation Campus,[9] Tualatin, Oregon
- Sony Ericsson North American Headquarters, Plano, Texas[8]
- Nike World Headquarters,[10][11][12][13] Beaverton, Oregon
- Marilyn Moyer Meditation Chapel,[14] Portland, Oregon
- Metro Headquarters,[15] Portland, Oregon
- Sisters, OR Residence (originally "Frankel Residence")
References[edit]
- ↑ Thompson Vaivoda & Associates: Intuition of Clarity (March 1992), Arcaedizioni publisher, introduction by Isabella Goldmann
- ↑ "GSA Design Excellence Awards Honor 18 Projects" (Press release). General Services Administration. March 29, 2007. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ↑ Hunt, John (January 22, 2008). "New-Look Arena". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
- ↑ Redden, Jim (January 6, 2011). "Architects win big with 'The Matt'; Portland's TVA guides UO's new arena through recession". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ↑ University of Oregon to unveil Matthew Knight Arena World Interior Design Network (January 5, 2011)
- ↑ UO buildings LEED the waySustainable Business Oregon (September 10, 2010)
- ↑ Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena: The Legend of "Mighty Oregon" Just Got Bigger, Eugene Register-Guard (January 4, 2011)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Manning, Jeff (January 12, 2011). "Matthew Knight Arena is latest in long list of collaborations between Phil Knight and architect Bob Thompson". The Oregonian. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ↑ And.....action! World Architecture News (March 8, 2007)
- ↑ Collaboration aided the challenge of creating a gigantic corporate campus, Architectural Record
- ↑ Alpert, Mark, "Office Buildings for the 1990s," Fortune (November 18, 1991), pp. 140-142, 150
- ↑ Gorman, Jean, "Corporate America Design Awards: A Cut Above The Rest," Interiors (May 1991), pp. 108-119
- ↑ Dietsch, Deborah K., "Competitive Edge", Architecture (June 1991), pp. 58-65
- ↑ Sheine, Judith, "Spiritual Viewpoint," Architecture (December 1992), pp. 32-35
- ↑ Nesmith, Lynn, "On the Boards: Municipal Conversion," Architecture (November 1992), p. 51
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