Faculty & Staff Faculty :: Mark W. Thomas III, MPS, LA

Teaching

Building Preservation Studio, Environmental Conservation Studio, Heritage Education, thesis advisor for MPS students, Natural Landscape/ Built Form, Field Studies in Historic Preservation, Urban Landscapes of the Caribbean, Summer in South America Program -2007

Education

• Master in Preservation Studies, Tulane University, 2000
• Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, 1982

Administration

• Director, TSA Summer in South America Program, 2007
• Co-Director, Tulane Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute,
• Summer in the Dominican Republic Program, 2005
• Co-Director, Tulane Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute,
• Summer in Cuba Program, 2001-2004
  
  h2. Publications

• The Gardens at Laura Plantation, The Preservation Channel, 2007
  
  h2. Awards & Honors

• Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism,
• Div. of Historic Preservation, Main Street Award, 2006
• Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, Panama, 2003
• AIA Peterson Prize, “Musee Rosette Rochon”,1999
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Savannah Urban
• Design Charrette, first prize, Savannah, GA, 1998
• Vieux Carre Commission commendation, New Orleans, “Jackson Square
• Accessibility project”, 1986
• National Endowment for the Arts, “Art Deco in Louisiana”, 1983

Lectures & Symposia

• National Main Street Conference, “The Mississippi River as
• America’s Main Street”, New Orleans, 2006
• Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, International
• Conference, Havana, Study Abroad Programs in Cuba, 2002
• Centro Nacional de Conservacion, Restauracion, y Museologia,
• Havana, “Paisajismo en la Cuenca del Golfo de Mexico,” 1999

Professional Projects (selected)

• Gautreau residence, Gonzales, LA, 2007
• Norris residence, New Orleans, 2007
• Batt residence, Metairie, LA, 2007
• Chauvin residence, New Orleans, 2007
• Edwards residence, Waveland, MS, 2006
• Buurma residence, New Orleans, 2006
• Mary Plantation, formal parterre and pool, Braithwaite, LA, 2006
• Five Continents Guest House, New Orleans, 2006
• Pennington residence, Pensacola Beach, FL, 2005
• McPhaille residence, New Orleans, 2003
• McIlhenny residence, New Orleans, 2001
• Lefton residence, New Orleans, 2000
• Laura Plantation, Le Jardin Francais, Vacherie, LA, 1999
• Bruno Residence, Covington, LA, 1998
• Van Dalen residence, Charleston, SC, 1996
• The Hammock, Baldwin County, AL, 1992
• Freeman residence, Mobile, AL, 1992