|
|
|
Mark Garrison Hampton was born in
1923 in Tampa, Florida. During World War II, he was an
infantry company captain in the U.S. Army. Hampton received
his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1949 and taught there the following year.
Hampton became Ralph Twitchell and Paul Rudolph’s second
employee in Sarasota before attaining his architectural
registration in 1952. Hampton then returned to his hometown of
Tampa and opened his own firm.
Hampton’s style is characterized by a remarkable awareness
of space and meticulous attention to the design of the
interior as well as the exterior. His notable buildings
include the Amaryllis Park Primary School, now part of the
Booker School campus, and the McIntosh Student Center Middle
School in Sarasota, Galloway’s Furniture Showroom, St. Mary’s
Episcopal Church, the Laura Hampton Residence and the Webb
Residence in Tampa, and the Wolfe Residence in Miami. He was
made a fellow by the American Institute of Architects and
received the AIA Florida/Caribbean Region Honor Award. In
1974, Hampton opened a private practice in Coconut Grove,
Florida.
|
| 