Maryann Thompson

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Education

  • Harvard Graduate School of Design
  • Princeton University

Affiliations/Firms

  • Maryann Thompson Architects
  • Thompson and Rose Architects

Related websites

Keywords

Cambridge, Massachusetts, landscape

Biography

Career in Architecture

Maryann Thompson Architects was founded by Maryann Thompson in October of 2000. Prior to that Maryann had been a senior/founding partner in the firm Thompson and Rose Architects.

Maryann Thompson Architects is a Cambridge-based architecture firm that offers a wide range of services to public and private clients. We specialize in architecture that is sustainable, regionally driven and that attempts to heighten the phenomenological qualities of the site in which we work. Our architectural investigations revolve around such concerns as the creation of a rich and thoughtful edge between inside and outside, utilizing light as a medium, and employing warm, natural materials in order to accentuate a sense of place. Maryann received a 1998 AIA Young Architects Award, which states that although Maryann has been “…in practice for less than a decade, she has made a significant contribution to architecture. Her work reconnects architecture with the landscape and celebrates tectonics, materials and a poetic approach to design.”

The firm’s staff of 15 comes from diverse backgrounds, including architecture, landscape architecture, green architecture, planning, interior design and the visual arts. Maryann Thompson Architects has LEED Accredited professionals on staff, and Maryann carries degrees in both architecture and landscape architecture, bringing to the practice an interdisciplinary approach where issues of the landscape are central to our design thinking. We believe in integrating planning, programming and design in a holistic, consensus-building approach to projects. Our projects range in scale from large institutional buildings to small-scale residential work.

Maryann’s work has received three AIA National Honor Awards and numerous AIA New England Design Honor Awards and BSA Honor Awards for Design Excellence. Her work has been published in Landscape Architecture Magazine, Insite, Art in New England, Progressive Architecture, Architecture, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, A+U and in various architectural books, including Norton’s A Guide to 250 Key Twentieth-Century American Buildings, 40 Under 40, and Contemporary American Architects. Maryann has taught design as a visiting faculty member at MIT, RISD, UVA, Michigan and Rice and is currently a faculty member at Harvard’s GSD.

Press and Awards

2010 American Institute of Architects New England Design Honor Award, Outdoor Classroom and Vine Trellises at the Arnold Arboretum.

2008 IDID Excellence in Sustainable Design Award, Atrium School, American Institute of Architects New Hampshire

2008 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Atrium School, Honor Awards for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects

2008 Honor Award for Design Excellence, The Children’s School, Honor Awards for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects

2007 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Westport Meadow House, Honor Awards for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects

2007 Award of Excellence, Leventritt Shrub and Vine Garden at Arnold Arboretum, American Society of Landscape Architects

2007, 2004 Finalist, The Harleston Parker Medal, honoring “the most beautiful piece of architecture in Boston”, The Outdoor Classroom at Arnold Arboretum

2007 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Atrium School, K-12 Facilities Design Awards, Boston Society of Architects

2007 R&D Magazine Lab of the Year Competition, High Honors, Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute

2006 Citation for Residential Design, Geothermal House, Honor Awards for Design Excellence, Boston Society of Architects

2006 Honor Award for Design Excellence, Westport Meadow House, Housing Design Awards, Boston Society of Architects

2006 Design Citation, Geothermal House, Housing Design Awards, Boston Society of Architects

2005 Women in Design Award of Excellence, Boston Society of Architects

2002 American Institute of Architects New England Design Award, Acton Amphitheater and Bath House.

2002 American Institute of Architects New England Design Award, Paint Rock Camp.

2002 American Institute of Architects Connecticut Design Award, The Foote School.

2002 American Wood Council Wood Design Honor Award, Paint Rock Camp.

2002 American Institute of Architects New England Design Citation Award, Chilmark Meadow House.

2002 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Design Excellence, Straitsview Barn.

2002 Boston Society of Architects/American Institute of Architects New York Housing Design Award, Urban Gallery/Residence on West 22nd Street.

2002 Boston Society of Architects Citation Award, Outdoor Classroom and Vine Trellises at the Arnold Arboretum.

2002 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Chilmark Meadow House.

2001 American Institute of Architects New England Merit Award, Polly Hill Arboretum Visitor’s Center.

2001 American Institute of Architects New England Honor Award for Design Excellence, Gulf Coast Museum of Art.

2001 Boston Society of Architects Design Award, Vineyard Sound Residence.

2001 Boston Society of Architects Design Award, Polly Hill Arboretum Visitor’s Center.

2001 Boston Society of Architects Design Award, Urban Gallery/Residence on West 22nd Street.

2001 I.D. Annual Design Review Design Distinction Award, Paint Rock Camp.

2001 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Paint Rock Camp.

2000 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Acton Amphitheater and Bath House.

2000 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Gulf Coast Art Center.

1999 Boston Society of Landscape Architects Unbuilt Honor Award, Outdoor Classroom and Vine Trellises at the Arnold Arboretum.

1998 American Institute of Architects National Design Honor Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1998 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Straitsview Barn.

1998 Tucker Award of Excellence, Building Stone Institute, Columbus Veterans’ Memorial.

1997 American Institute of Architects New England Design Honor Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1997 American Wood Council Wood Design Honor Award, Straitsview Barn.

1997 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Columbus Veterans’ Memorial.

1997 I.D. Annual Design Review Design Distinction Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1997 American Institute of Architects: Business Week/Architectural Record, Business Design Award, Gemini Consulting, Global Offices.

1996 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award, Gulf Coast Art Center.

1996 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award, Columbus Veterans’ Memorial.

1996 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1996 Tucker Award of Excellence, Building Stone Institute, Woodland Dormitories at Kenyon College.

1996 Boston Society of Architects Design Award, Witchbrook Meadow House.

1995 American Wood Council Wood Design Honor Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1995 American Institute of Architects New England Design Honor Award, Woodland Dormitories at Kenyon College.

1995 Progressive Architecture Citation Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1994 Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for Design, Woodland Dormitories at Kenyon College.

1993 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Award, Atlantic Center for the Arts.

1990 American Wood Council Wood Design Honor Award, Hartsbrook School.

1988 The Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University.

1987 The Aga Khan Travel Grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

1983 Shanley Prize for Architecture, Finalist, Princeton University.

Writings

Rose, Charles and Thompson, Maryann, “Designer’s Diary: Imagining Art in the Florida Jungle.” INSITE March 1994.