TVA Architects is a Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 based architecture and planning firm founded in 1984 by Robert Thompson, FAIA

FAIA

Fellow of the American Institute of Architects is a postnomial, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects...

. Current principals are Robert Thompson, FAIA, Marc Labadie, CSI, Montgomery Hill, AIA, John Heili, AIA, Tim Wybenga, and Roderick Ashley, 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," which illustrates 23 projects by the practice.

Awards

TVA Architects received a national honor award from the General Services Administration for Design Excellence, and has more than 55 awards for excellence in design including 42 local, regional and national awards from the American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architects

The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...

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Recent Projects

TVA Architects is the design architect for the 12,500 seat Matthew Knight Arena and the Ford Alumni Center Building on the University of Oregon campus.

Notable buildings

• Matthew Knight Arena, University of Oregon
  University of Oregon
  -Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
  
  , Eugene, Oregon
• Ford Alumni Center Building, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
• Park Avenue West Tower
  Park Avenue West Tower
  Park Avenue West, nicknamed PAW, is a high-rise building currently under construction in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. When completed it will stand at a height of 476 feet and become the third tallest building in Portland behind the Wells Fargo Center and the US Bancorp Tower.Park...
  
  , Portland, Oregon
• Fox Tower, Portland, Oregon
• EVO Condominium Tower, Los Angeles, California
• John Ross Tower
  John Ross Tower
  John Ross Tower is a condominium skyscraper in the South Waterfront neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. It stands at a height of , the first building in the district to reach the maximum height allowed for development and Portland's seventh-tallest building. It is also the largest residential...
  
   condominiums, Portland, Oregon
• Hayward Field
  Hayward Field
  Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, is one of the best-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. Nearly a century in age, it was the home of the University of Oregon's football team from 1919 through 1966, and has been the home to the Ducks' track and field teams since 1921...
  
   Renovation, Eugene, Oregon
• Laika Film Animation Campus, Tualatin, Oregon
• Sony Ericsson North American Headquarters, Plano, Texas
• Nike World Headquarters, Beaverton, Oregon
• Marilyn Moyer Meditation Chapel, Portland, Oregon
• Metro Headquarters, Portland, Oregon

External links

• TVA Architects
• EVO Condominium Tower
• The John Ross
• A Natural Dialogue, Architectural Digest, October 2010