{"80591":{"#nid":"80591","#data":{"type":"event","title":"School of Architecture Lecture Series: Maryann Thompson, 2012 Portman Visiting Critic","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EView this lecture in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartech.gatech.edu\/xmlui\/handle\/1853\/42357\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESmarTech.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EMARYANN THOMPSON, FAIA\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFounder and Principal\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaryann Thompson Architects\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaryann Thompson, FAIA, was educated at Princeton University and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where she is a member of the Architecture faculty.\u0026nbsp; She founded Maryann Thompson Architects in 2000, following her tenure as a founding partner of Thompson and Rose Architects.\u0026nbsp; She specializes in architecture that is sustainable, regionally driven, and which heightens one\u2019s sense of site and landscape.\u0026nbsp; Her architectural investigations revolve around ideas like the creation of a rich and thoughtful edge between inside and outside; the utilization of light as a material; and strategies for employing warm, natural materials to accentuate a sense of place.\u0026nbsp; Thompson carries degrees in both architecture and landscape architecture, bringing to her practice an interdisciplinary approach where issues of site and landscape are central to design thinking.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThompson\u2019s work has garnered some 60 design awards, including two AIA National Honor Awards and numerous AIA New England Design Honor Awards and BSA Honor Awards for Design Excellence. Her projects have been widely published in magazines including \u003Cem\u003EArchitectural Record\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EArchitectural Digest\u003C\/em\u003E, the \u003Cem\u003EBoston Globe\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EDesign New England\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EBoston Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ENew England Home\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003ELandscape Architecture Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EArt New England\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EProgressive Architecture\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EArchitecture, \u003C\/em\u003Eand in various architectural books, including Norton\u0027s \u003Cem\u003EA Guide to 250 Key Twentieth-Century American Buildings\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E40 Under 40\u003C\/em\u003E, and \u003Cem\u003EContemporary American Architects\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E2012 Portman Visiting Critic Maryann Thompson is recognized for accomplishments in design excellence, site-integration, and sustainability.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Thompson is recognized for accomplishments in design excellence, site-integration, and sustainability."}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-01-20 17:30:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:57:11","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-01-30T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-01-30T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-01-30T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-01-30 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-01-30 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-01-30 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"80761":{"id":"80761","type":"image","title":"Maryann Thompson","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894352","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:12","alt":"Maryann Thompson","file":{"fid":"192310","name":"thompson2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thompson2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/thompson2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":345570,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/thompson2_0.jpg?itok=xA7VqcQA"}}},"media_ids":["80761"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3371","name":"Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"3370","name":"Golden Shoe"},{"id":"54981","name":"hasvideo"},{"id":"14983","name":"newsletter"},{"id":"3369","name":"pedestrian safety"},{"id":"3368","name":"PEDS"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lucie.andre@coa.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELucie Andre\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech School of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}