Robert (Bob)
ThomasAIA

(1973– )

Thomas grew up outside of Ann Arbor MI. He graduated from Lawrence Technological University in Detroit in 1996 and from the NCSU College of Design with a Masters in 1999. Bob worked for four years as a Lead Project Designer at The Freelon Group starting in 2000, the youngest associate in the 55-person firm at the time. Thomas worked with Kenneth Hobgood Architects from 2004-2013 as a principal. His projects won recognition with 27 Design Awards from the AIA and the IIDA through 2015. He has been Adjunct Faculty at the NCSU College of Design since 2004. In 2013 he became partner and Director of Design for Vines Architecture in Raleigh. In 2025, he moved to Clark Nexsen. He won the AIANC Kamphoefner Prize in 2018.