BACKGROUND
Established in 1991, the firm of Jane Thompson Architect has completed a wide range of
projects concentrated in the residential, cultural, commercial and
institutional sectors. Residential projects have included new single family and
multiple housing as well as renovations and additions to existing facilities.
Commercial and institutional project types include a meditation centre, museum
and accommodation studies, exhibits and facility development, offices, library
renovations, restaurants, mixed use retail and residential
developments, a community centre and a wilderness retreat. In addition to
providing a full range of architectural services, the firm has developed
expertise in the related fields of environmentally sustainable design,
feasibility studies, exhibit design, site installations, interiors and
furnishings.
PHILOSOPHY
It is
the philosophy of the firm that each project should reflect the aspirations,
program requirements and means of its client, should enhance its surrounding
built and natural environment, and should explore enduring architectural
qualities of form, proportion, space, colour, light and material.