Résumé

Partner, Weber + Thompson, PLLC, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1987-03/2022. Of his career in Seattle, the Weber Thompson.com website said: "With high profile, skyline-changing projects such as the award-winning Fifteen Twenty One Second Avenue, Premiere on Pine, Cirrus, Kiara, Avenue Bellevue, Founding Principal Blaine Weber has led our High-Rise Design Studio to the stellar west coast reputation it holds today. He has over 49 years of experience designing high-rise towers, hotels, luxury condominiums, complex mixed-use projects and a wide range of commercial projects." (See Weber Thompson.com, "Blaine Weber Senior Principal, Retired--AIA," accessed 04/28/2023.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter.

Chair, AIA, Seattle Chapter, Ethics & Practice Committee, before 2006.

Registered Architect in WA, CA and CO in 2006. In 2022, he had active licenses in WA and CA, and inactive ones in CO and HI.

Member, Washington State Board for Architects, a governor-appointed position, c. 2006.

Chair, Downtown Seattle Design Review Board, Seattle, WA, c. 2006.

Vice-Chair of the Belltown Housing and Land Use Task Force, Seattle, WA, c. 2006.

President, Board of Directors of Cristalla, a Belltown high-rise condominium, c. 2006.

Professional Awards

Seattle Magazine named Weber as "One of 18 City-Shapers: Creating a new Emerald City," 2006.

High School / College

Coursework, Tempe High School, Tempe, AZ, c. 1967. He probably graduated from high school c. 1970.

B.Arch., University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, School of Architecture, c. 1975. At Hawai'i, he studied with visiting architects Jørn Oberg Utzon (1918-2008) and Arata Isozaki (1931-2022).

Coursework, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA. His profile on the Weber Thompson website in 2023 indicated this about his educational background: "Blaine continued to develop his design and leadership skills through extensive continuing education programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and by serving as faculty for numerous seminars and symposiums." (See Weber Thompson.com, "Blaine Weber Senior Principal, Retired--AIA," accessed 04/28/2023.)

College Awards

Weber gained three Awards for Design Excellence from the American Institute of Architects while at the University of Hawaii;

Relocation

Blaine Jeffrey Weber was born in Ogden, UT, to a military family that relocated all over the world. He likely resided in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1955, as he flew there from New York at the beginning of the year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 295, accessed 03/27/2023.)

On 08/18/1958, Blaine lived at 615 Cross Street, Ogden with his family. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving At Newark, New Jersey; NAI Number: A4112; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2009; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 03/27/2023.) His father worked at nearby Hill Air Force Base (established in 1934), a large employer for those living in Ogden. As a member of a military family, Blaine lived in Europe and Africa as a child.

His obituary in the Seattle Times stated: "Blaine was the oldest of three children and spent his earliest years living in Casablanca, Morocco; Athens, Greece; Phoenix, AZ; and Honolulu, Hawaii, as the family followed his fathers' career in the Air Force Civil Service." (See Seattle Times.com, "Blaine Jeffrey Weber, August 16, 1952--March 14, 2023, published 03/26/2023, accessed 03/27/2023.)

He attended high school at Tempe High School in 1967, likely graduating c. 1970.

Weber then attended the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he followed the architectural curriculum.

Weber passed away suddenly in Pebble Beach, CA, at age 70.

Parents

His mother was Marilyn Rae Walker (born 08/01/1929-d. 2022). She wed Wayne Wendell Weber (born 06/10/1924 in Burwell, NE-d. 03/06/1996 in Bellevue, WA) on 06/15/1948 in Salt Lake City, UT.

On 06/30/1942, Wayne Weber resided at 2438 Madison Avenue in Ogden, UT, and worked at the US Government Ogden Air Depot, Hill Field, UT. Military records indicated that he joined the US Army in 09/04/1943 and served overseas as a First Sergeant in World War II. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Utah, U.S., World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021, accessed 03/23/2023.)

Blaine was the eldest of three children. His siblings included Patricia Weber (d. 2022) and Mark Weber.

Spouse

He was divorced from Corrie Weber on 03/14/2008.

Biographical Notes

Blaine Weber, aged two, flew with his mother Marilyn aboard Seaboard and Western Airlines flight 1602 from Idlewild AIrport in New York to Casablanca, Morocco on 01/22/1955. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels and Airplanes Departing from New York, New York, 07/01/1948-12/31/1956; NAI Number: 3335533; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: A4169; NARA Roll Number: 295, accessed 03/27/2023.)

At 6 years old, Weber flew from Paris, France, to Newark, NJ, on Seaboard and Western flight 132. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger and Crew Manifests of Airplanes Arriving At Newark, New Jersey; NAI Number: A4112; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2009; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 03/27/2023.)