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The
AIA Board of Directors on December 6 named the Atlanta firm Thompson,
Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc., as recipient of the 2002
AIA Architecture Firm Award. The annual award, the highest honor the AIA
confers on an architecture firm, recognizes a practice that has produced
distinguished architecture consistently for at least 10 years.
"We're so thrilled! I'm overwhelmed,"
exclaimed TVS President Roger L. Neuenschwander, AIA, when notified by
AIA President John D. Anderson, FAIA, that his firm had won the award.
"This is fantastic. You have made us extremely happy."
In
nominating the firm, Lugean L. Chilcote, FAIA, and Thompson E. Penney,
FAIA, write: "We have observed at TVS a corporate culture that emphasizes
collaboration, continuity and depth and breadth of achievement and expertise.
The focus on TVS is its emphasis on people; the human scale and human
experience are the base on which every building is conceived." Over
the past three decades, wrote Chilcote and Penney, TVS has been committed
to excellence in design, insistence on client satisfaction and concern
for all human aspects of architecture.
Founded
in 1968, Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates quickly established
itself as a leading architectural firm in the Atlanta area by designing
the Omni/CNN Center and the Georgia World Congress Center. Recognizing
the advantages of having a diverse practice, TVS expanded into the markets
of hotels, retail complexes and interior design. While rooted in its southern
origins, TVS has expanded its business to other regions of the United
States, establishing a national reputation for the firm's enlightened
and effective design concepts.
The
firm is organized around a system of largely autonomous design studios,
which are largely responsible for overseeing a project from conception
all the way through completion. This practice allows clients contact with
the architects throughout the design process.
Throughout its existence, TVS has strived to bring
to the local Atlanta community something that exceeds design and business
excellence. The firm has dedicated itself to adding value to the community
by participating in pro bono work ranging from acting as a leader in annual
United Way drives to building Habitat for Humanity homes. The firm is
also considered among the world's leaders in the integration of sustainable
design practices. TVS has the capacity to design any facility according
to the client's desired level of environmental sensitivity, and has institutionalized
the practice of proposing to the client additional means by which the
environmental impact of the facility's use and construction can be minimized.
The
innovation in design that characterizes TVS has been recognized by the
nearly 200 design awards that the firm has won throughout its three decades
of practice. Past awards have included four AIA National Honor Awards,
multiple AIA Georgia Sustainable Design, Honor, and Design Awards, and
AIA Atlanta's Silver Medal Award. The firm's portfolio of award-winning
projects includes the Woodruff Arts Center Renovation, Philadelphia Convention
Center, McCormick Place Expansion, Salt Palace Convention Center, and
United Parcel Service World Headquarters.
Previous
recipients include I.M. Pei & Partners, Cesar Pelli & Associates,
Skidmore Owings and Merrill, and Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck, the 2001
winner. TVS will receive its award at the the 2002 American Architectural
Foundation Accent on Architecture gala, March 1, 2002, in Washington,
D.C.
Copyright 2001 The American Institute of Architects.
All rights reserved.
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Phots by Brian Gassel/Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates.
Courtesy of the architect.
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