Résumé

Designer, The Architects Collaborative (TAC), Cambridge, MA, 1958-1959.

Designer, Peirce and Pierce, Architects, Boston, MA, 1959-1963.

Associate, Fred Bassetti and Company (architects), Seattle, WA, 1963-1967.

Partner, Naramore, Brady, Bain and Johanson (NBBJ), Architects, Seattle, WA, 1967-1981. President, NBBJ International, Seattle, WA, 1976-1981.

Architect, The Right Audience, Seattle, WA, 1981-1983.

Vice-President, Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall (DMJM), San Francisco, CA, 1983-1993.

Principal, RRS Consulting, 1993- .

Teaching

Architectural Design Critic, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA, 1961-1962.

Professional Activities

Member, City of Redmond, Design Review Board, Redmond, WA, 1996-2000.

College

Diplôme in Architecture, École des Beaux-Arts, Fontainebleau, France, 1952.

B.A., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1953. B.Arch., University of Virginia (UVa), Charlottesville, VA, 1958.

Relocation

Sowder was born in Kansas City, MO.

Parents

His father was James Robert Sowder, his mother, Agnes Robertson Sowder.

Spouse

He married Joan Goddard on 07/26/1954

Children

He and Joan had one child, Lisa Robertson Lee.

Biographical Notes

Sowder played an important role in the design of the King County Stadium (KingDome) in the early-mid 1970s.

He is an Episcopalian.

• Kansas City, MO (Architect's Birth)
  Kansas City, MO

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