Thomas Gordon Smith, AIA

Education

Professional Practice

Principal

Thomas Gordon Smith Architects
South Bend, Indiana 1990 - present
Chicago, Illinois 1986-1989
San Francisco, 1980-1986

NCARB, State Licenses: AR, CA, CT, GA, IL, IN, MI, NY, NE, OK, PA, TX, VA, WI
Recent Professional Projects

Student Recreation Complex, California State University, Stanislaus; Turlock, California
Cedar Grove Cemetery Mausolea, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, Indiana
University Bookstore, California State University, Stanislaus; Turlock, California
Classical Galleries, The American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; with KRJDA
Decatur County Historical Society Museum; Greensburg, Indiana
Holy Family Cathedral Renovation; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery, Hulbert, OK; 2002
Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Laredo, Texas; 2001
Residence in Rural Wisconsin, Wisconsin; 2000
Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, Denton, Nebraska; 2001
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Dalton, Georgia; 2000
World Trade Tower, Shanghai, China; in collaboration with Shanghai Design Institute; 1996
Civic Center for Cathedral City, CA; in collaboration with MWM Architects; competition won 1995, completed 1998
Grecian House, Greensboro, NC; 1996
Bond Hall School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame; in collaboration with Ellerbe-Beckett; 1997
Residence in Central Illinois; 1996
Legatus Chapel, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 1994
Vitruvian House, South Bend, Indiana; 1990
Richmond Hill House, Richmond, California, 1982

Teaching Experience

Exhibitions of Architectural Design

    2005 Three Generations of Classical Architecture, Snite Museum of Art; Notre Dame, Indiana
    2004 Post-Modernism Revisited, Deutches Arkitekturmuseum; Frankfurt, Germany
    2004 The National Civic Art Society; Washington D.C.
    2004 The First Lady's Art Series; The Governor's Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana
    2002 A Decade of Classicism, The Institute of Classical Architecture, New York, NY
    2002 Vitruvius on Architecture, The South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
    2000 Rediscovering Tradition in Twentieth Century Liturgical Architecture,
    Rome
    2000 The Other Modern, Bologna, Italy
    1999 Reconquering Sacred Space: Designing Churches for the New Millennium, Rome, Italy
    1996 Urban Renaissance, Bologna, Italy
    1995 The Art of Building Cities, Chicago
    1991 Avery Centennial Collection, Columbia University
    1990 The History of History in American Schools of Architecture, 1865-1975, Columbia University, New York
    1987 Post Modern Visions, IBM Gallery, New York
    1984

    Opening Exhibition, Duetsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt

    1982 The California Condition, La Jolla Museum of Art
    1982 The Presence of the Past, Venice Biennale, San Francisco
    1981 Speaking a New Classicism, Smith College Art Museum
    1981 The House as Image, Louisiana Museum of Art
    1980 Venice Biennale; Exhibit & Façade on Strada Novissima
    1980 Late Entries to the Chicago Tribune Competition
    1979 Spectacular Spaces, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York
    1978 Ornament in the 20th Century, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
    1977 A View of California Architecture, 1960-1976, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Research Support

    1995 Peterson Fellowship, Philadelphia Athenaeum
    1994 Winterthur Museum Fellowship
    1991 I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation Grant
    1990 I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation Grant
    1988 I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation Grant
    1988 American Council of Learned Societies
    1987 Graham Foundation Grant
    1987 American Philosophical Society Fellowship
    1974 Graham Foundation Grant

Selected Publications by Thomas Gordon Smith

Vitruvius on Architecture, Monacelli Press, NY, Spring 2003
Classical Architecture: Rule and Invention, Gibbs M. Smith, 1988

Introductory Essay and Coordination of the following reprints:

The Cabinet Maker's Assistant, John Hall Acanthus Press, 1996
The Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified, Thomas King, Dover Publications, 1995
The Builder's Guide, Asher Benjamin, DaCapo Press, 1994

    "Eternal Architecture," Archeology Odyssey, May/June 2001
    "Quervelle furniture at Rosedown, Louisiana" The Magazine Antiques, May 2001.
    "A Brief History of Roman Catholic Architecture," Latin Mass Magazine, Fall 1999 & Winter 2000
    "A New Architecture to Honor the Church's Vision and Legacy," Catholic Dossier, May-June 1997
    "Milford Plantation," The Magazine Antiques, May 1997

    "Vitruvian House" and "Question Authority" in Building Classical, Academy Editions, London, 1994

    Pages presented to Society of Architectural Historians National Conferences:

    Charleston, 1993: "Vitruvius"
    Pheonix, 1983: "Pilny's Villas and Classicism Today"
    Vancouver, 1981: "The New Classicism"
    Savannah, 1979: "Bernard Maybeck and Joze Plecnik"

Selected Publications of Architectural Work

    Richard John, Thomas Grodon Smith: The Rebirth of Classical Architecture (London: Andreas Papadakis, Spring, 2001)

    A full bibliography of articles and projects published in the following journals is located in Richard John's book:

    Abitare
    The American Arts Quarterly
    Arquitectura
    Architecture
    Architecture Design
    Architectural Digest
    Architectural Record
    Architecture & Urbanism
    Archives d'Architecture Moderne
    Casa Vogue
    Catholic Dossier
    Country Home
    Design Book Review
    Fine Homebuilding
    House Beautiful
    House and Garden
    Huset Some Billede
    Image
    Inland Architect
    Global Architecture
    Journal of Architectural Education
    The Latin Mas Magazine
    The New Replublic
    Newsweek
    The New York Times
    Notre Dame Magazine
    Oz Magazine
    Progressive Architecture
    Sursum Corda
    Traditional Building
    Town & Country
    Werk Bauen + Wohnen

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