Firm Description

Founded in 1984, TVA Architects is a Portland, Oregon based architecture firm of 38 architects, designers, and staff. The practice has four leading principals, including, founding principal Robert Thompson, FAIA; Tim Wybenga, LEED AP; Pam Saftler, AIA, IIDA; and Mandy Butler, RA, AIA, NCARB. With a portfolio that includes projects ranging from designing the Nike World Headquarters to several of Portland’s most recognizable towers to residential, higher education, corporate, retail, and healthcare/lab projects, TVA’s depth of influence expands to both public and private clients. TVA is a studio that is fueled by a passion for built form in the modernist style and has evolved into a leading design firm in the Pacific Northwest, garnering major architectural design commissions throughout the United States and Asia. Known for award-winning design excellence and the dependability to deliver efficiency well-within budget, TVA’s integrated project team is able to collaborate from the earliest stages, to communicate fluidly and keep each project on schedule, working within the given budget. Keen to each client’s needs and wishes, listening and responding to challenges are among the firm’s top strengths, allowing TVA to offer a truly cooperative work style. With a diverse portfolio and numerous LEED Gold and higher projects, TVA has vast experience with issues of jurisdiction, zoning, and code as well as the landscape, climate, and context for site-specific design.