weber kristen scott scott thompson retired amanda keating jeff reibman elizabeth holland founders scott thompson blaine weber jeffrey hamlett founded 1987 number of employees 70 location seattle washington united states coordinates 47 37 14 n 122 20 15 w 47.62055556 n 122.33750000 w 47.62055556 ; 122.33750000 coordinates 47 37 14 n 122 20 15 w 47.62055556 n 122.33750000 w 47.62055556 ; 122.33750000 significant works and honors buildings cirrus fifteen twenty one second avenue premiere on pine website weberthompson.com weber thompson is an architecture firm based in seattle washington . the firm which comprises over 70 architects and primarily works with high rise buildings interior design and landscape architecture . weber thompson also specializes in affordable housing and sustainable design with 16 projects earning leed certification . 1 contents 1 history 2 notable projects 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links history edit the firm was founded by scott thompson blaine weber and jeffrey hamlett in 1987 as weber thompson hamlett architects . thompson and weber had met in hawaii sharing an interest in surfing and graduated from the architecture program together at the university of hawaii . 2 hamlett who was also an attorney later moved away from the company to establish a law practice for architectural contracts . 3 kristen scott became the firm s third principal in 1996 three years after joining the firm as an associate . 4 in april 2008 weber thompson moved its headquarters to the terry thomas building in seattle s south lake union neighborhood ; 5 the building designed in house by the firm is leed platinum certified and was planned with sustainable design features . 6 7 during the late 2000s recession the number of employees at weber thompson dropped from 94 in early 2007 to 54 by late 2008 8 following similar trends that affected other architecture firms in the region . 9 scott thompson retired in 2015 2 and was replaced by new promoted partners amanda keating aia leed ap bd c jeff reibman aia leed ap bd c and elizabeth holland mba leed ap . 10 11 notable projects edit fifteen twenty one second avenue a residential skyscraper in seattle designed by weber thompson completed high rise buildings cirrus completed 2015 12 fifteen twenty one second avenue completed 2008 13 premiere on pine completed 2014 14 other competed projects the terry thomas building completed 2008 under construction planned or proposed projects 970 denny way 2nd & pine ava luma nexus potala tower stratus yesler terrace redevelopment for seattle housing authority 15 awards and recognition edit weber thompson was named one of the top 100 u.s. firms designing residential projects in 2015 by interior design magazine . 16 references edit sustainabiliteam . weber thompson . retrieved february 21 2016 . a b stiles marc june 16 2015 . weber thompson bids aloha to co founder scott thompson . puget sound business journal . retrieved february 21 2016 . a toast to scott thompson . weber thompson blog . weber thompson . september 24 2015 . retrieved february 21 2016 . smith rob september 16 2001 . accidentally following in father s footsteps not such a bad thing . puget sound business journal . retrieved february 21 2016 . gamache shawna april 17 2008 . weber thompson s new office light air and sometimes shorts . seattle daily journal of commerce . retrieved february 21 2016 . terry thomas encourages tenants to cut energy use . seattle daily journal of commerce . march 5 2014 . retrieved february 21 2016 . weber thompson s office receives rare honor leed platinum certification press release . weber thompson . march 17 2009 . retrieved february 21 2016 . dietrich heidi january 28 2007 . weber thompson adds 9 principals due to growth . puget sound business journal . retrieved february 21 2016 . pryne eric november 29 2008 . stalled economy may idle seattle area architects . the seattle times . retrieved february 21 2016 . weber thompson bids aloha to co founder scott thompson puget sound business journal . puget sound business journal . retrieved 2016 04 01 . weber thompson . seattle daily journal of commerce . february 3 2016 . retrieved february 21 2016 . cheek lawrence w. september 10 2015 . very vertical seattle the city builds up to create more homes downtown . the seattle times . retrieved february 21 2016 . cheek lawrence april 24 2006 . on architecture the problem with most high rises is how well they reach the street . seattle post intelligencer . retrieved february 21 2016 . stiles marc december 16 2014 . curtain rises on 40 story premiere on pine luxury apartment tower in seattle . puget sound business journal . retrieved february 21 2016 . sha opens 83 more apartments and a hillclimb at yesler terrace . seattle daily journal of commerce . february 2 2016 . retrieved february 21 2016 . weber thompson in id s top 100 . seattle daily journal of commerce . january 27 2016 . retrieved february 21 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weber thompson & oldid 737201678 categories 1987 establishments in the united statesarchitecture firms based in washington state companies based in seattlecompanies established in 1987hidden categories coordinates not on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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