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Thomas Bosworth

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99:. Bosworth drew on the rustic architecture of the American West as a source for his design of the Hot Shop for kilns for glass blowing (1973), Flat Shop for smaller glass projects (1976), Lodge (1977), and a series of other structures. By 1986 he was responsible for fifteen structures at Pilchuck. He also served as Director of the school from 1977 to 1980. 121:
in 1980. He was awarded the AIA Seattle Chapter Medal and an honorary doctorate from Kobe University, Japan in 2003. In 2012 Bosworth was awarded the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Medal of Honor Award, which is the highest honor presented by the AIA NW&P Region. He is also a member of the
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Bosworth's residential practice flowered in the 1980s and has continued to the present. Between 1980 and 2004, Bosworth was responsible for the design of approximately 60 single-family residences across the Northwest, many of them vacation homes in rural settings. With their symmetries, axial
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composition, and studied proportions, Bosworth's designs often show the influence of his classical background. Over the years, Bosworth's work was recognized with numerous design awards.
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During his years at the University of Washington, he was instrumental in initiating the Architecture Department's Rome Program. And an exchange program with Kobe University, Japan.
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graduate school studying art and archaeology, but returned to Oberlin after a year and earned his M.A in 1954. After military service, he studied briefly at
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Bosworth's architectural practice was carried on as Bosworth Hoedemaker Architecture in Seattle, Washington; the successor firm is Hoedemaker Pfeiffer.
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between 1971 and 1986, but his primary focus in his thirty-five year professional career has been the design of single-family residences across the
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Building with Light in the Pacific Northwest: The Houses of Thomas L. Bosworth, Architect
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as a Ph.D. student, then entered the four-year professional program in architecture at
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and architectural educator. His best-known structures are those he designed for the
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in 1979. He received a mid-career fellowship (Rome Prize) from the
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Department of Architecture at the University of Washington
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Bosworth came to Seattle in 1968 to serve as Chair of the
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architect
Pilchuck Glass School
Pacific Northwest
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin College
Princeton University
Harvard University
Yale University
M.Arch.
Eero Saarinen
Rhode Island School of Design
Pacific Northwest
Department of Architecture at the University of Washington
Anne Gould Hauberg
Pilchuck Glass School
Fellow
American Institute of Architects
American Academy in Rome
Bohemian Grove
University of Washington Press
ISBN
0-295-97559-8
ISBN
0-9774672-6-0
2012 Medal of Honor Award, AIA NW&P Region
AIA Seattle Chapter Medalist Thomas L. Bosworth
Bosworth Hoedemaker Architecture
Categories
1930 births
Living people

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