Jane (Fiske McCullough) Thompson
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Resident City: Cambridge
Resident State/Province: Massachusetts
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Has lectured on Design at Harvard University, Yale University, the Pratt Institute, Bennington College, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. Late 1960's: Studies Human Perceptual Process in Relation to Learning and to Environmental Experience. Written about the practice, and its concern for designing urban spaces and uses which encourage human interaction and well-being. With Ben Thompson owned the Harvest Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Owned and was managing director of Landmark Inn complex of three restaurants and wine bar in Boston's Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collection, Newman Library, Ms91-004
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Thompson;http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/msguide/mgtuv.htm
Specialties
Subject: Geographical Focus
Description: United States, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland
Subject: Mixed use Urban Planning Schemes in City Centers
Subject: Specializing in Merchandising and Retail Planning
Jobs
Employer: Interiors Magazine
Title: Architectural Editor
Country: United States
Employer: Industrial Design Magazine
Title: Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Country: United States
Start Date: 1950
End Date: 1959
Employer: Graphic Syndicate
Title: Editorial Director
Country: delete
Employer: Thompson Design Group
Title: Principal
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: 1994
End Date: 2010
Notes: Emphasis on preservation and reuse of obsolete places.
Employer: Museum of Modern Art
Title: Acting Curator in the Department of Architecture
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Employer: Benjamin Thompson Associates, Architects and Planners (BTA)
Title: Vice President and Partner
City: Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: 1967
End Date: 1994
Notes: Programming and planning
Employer: Design Research retail stores
Title: Partner with Ben Thompson
Country: United States
Start Date: 1953
End Date: 1978
Notes: Chain of 12 stores across the United States. DR continues to have an influence on design stores
Collaborators
Name: Walter Gropius
Project: Exploration of the creative educational methods of the original Bauhaus
Organization: Sponsored by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. Foundation
Country: United Kingdom
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Institute Honors by the American Institute of Architects
Date Received: January 01, 2000
Name: Personal Recognition Award
Description: Industrial Design Society of America
Notes: Lifetime contribution to the field of design
Name: Knight First Class, Order of the Lion of Finland
Description: For their lifelong support of Finnish Design and way of life, the President of Finland recognized Ms. Thompson
Date Received: 2000
Notes: also given to Ben Thompson
Name: Lifetime Achievement Award
Description: from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Notes: Honor given to "Sir Lady Jane" as she was nicknamed
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Customs House Docks Development
Description: Community, Retail and Public Space Planning
City: Dublin
State: New York
Country: United States
Title: Waterfront Development - Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, and world wide projects
Description: Public Space and Activity Planning
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: 1967
Notes: Success with Boston waterfront project led to international projects
Title: McWhirters Marketplace
Description: Re-design and Retail Planning
City: Brisbane
Country: Australia
Title: Faneuil Hall Market Place
Description: Revitalization concept, Merchandising and Public Space Planning
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: InterContinental Hotels, Abu Dhabhi and Al Ain
Description: Thematic Design concepts, Islamic Decorative Arts Programme
Title: Ordway Music Theatre
Description: Urban Site Planning
City: St. Paul
State: Minnesota
Country: United States
Title: Ghiradelli Square
Description: Merchandise Planning
City: San Fransisco
State: California
Country: United States
Title: Pavilion at the Old Post Office
Description: Concept and Retail Planning
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Title: Union Station
Description: Revitalization Concept
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Title: Fisherman's Harbour
Description: Renovation and Space Use Planning
City: Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Title: Century City Marketplace
Description: Merchandising and tenant selection
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
Title: Royal Victoria Docks
Description: Community and Town Center Planning
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Title: Grand Central Business District
Description: Project Director, Master Plan for the Streetscape and Urban Environment
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Education
Institution: Vassar College
Department: Fine and applied arts
Degree: Bachelor of Architecture
Institution: New York Institute of Fine Arts
Notes: Masters Courses
Institution: Bennington College, Vermont
Notes: Masters Courses
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Institute of Urban Design
Role: Director
Organization: Board of the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado
Role: Board member
Start Date: 1971
End Date: 2002
Notes: also program chairman and speakere
Organization: Kaufman International Design Award
Role: Director
Publications By
Title: "Boston's Faneuil Hall"
Publication: Urban Design International
Title: "World of Double Win: Male and Female Principles of Design"
Publication: The Designer
Title: "the haus of bauhaus reconsidered"
Publication: Progressive Architecture
Title: "Very Significant Chair"
Publication: Harper's Magazine
Title: "In Search of the Real City"
Publication: Space and Society
Title: "Let's Make it Real"
Co-author: Ben Thompson
Publication: Architectural Record
Title: "The World Around Us: Toward an Architecture of Joy and Human Sensibility"
Co-author: Ben Thompson
Publication: Architectural Record
Title: "A New Vision of the City of Man"
Co-author: Ben Thompson
Publication: Architectural Record
Title: "The Craft of Design and the Art of Building" Louis Sullivan Award Address
Co-author: Ben Thompson
Title: Design Research: The Store That Bought Modern Living to American Homes
Co-author: Lange, Alexandra
Publication: Book
Issue: 0811868184
Country: United Kingdom
Date Published: August 18, 2010
Publications About
No publications about on record