Employee Profile:

D. Eugene Thompson, AIA, NCARB

D. Eugene Thompson, AIA, NCARB

D. Eugene Thompson brings an innovative approach to architecture and design. Thompson, founder of the Virginia Beach-based firm Ionic DeZign Studios, has achieved distinction throughout the community as a theorist, artist, teacher, and architect.


Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Thompson describes his home town as the “Cradle of Architecture”, where he grew up in the shadows of the Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright & Shin’en Kan by Bruce Goff-- inventors of architecture in their time… Their examples defy commonality and left a lasting impression, which continues to drive his creative engine; promoting his own new and sophisticated imagery.

Eugene received his Bachelors of Architecture from Oklahoma State University in 1989. He received the William Caudill Traveling Fellowship allowing further studies throughout Europe. He also received the Sydney Katz Memorial Graphics Award for his work in Van Alan International Design Competition for which he earned an Honorable Mention. He has completed extensive studies in lighting design, including those he received while attending the GE Lighting Institute.

Most recently Eugene has been working towards implementing ‘green design’ into several large development projects including office buildings, housing developments and entertainment facilities. All of these projects will be dedicated to sustainable design and intend on becoming a major focus of the firm as these design concepts are incorporated to more of his work.

Thompson is firmly committed to the practice of architecture as a collaborative enterprise, where the architects and designers at Ionic DeZign Studios can foster the connective tissue between an owner and project; allowing for all to participate in the reinvention of architecture.

Y E A R S   O F
E X P E R I E N C E

21 years experience - 11+ years with IDS since conception.


E D U C A T I O N

Bachelor of Architecture / 1989 / Oklahoma State University


R E G I S T R A T I O N S

1993 / Professional Architect / New York State
1999 / Professional Architect / Virginia
2008 / Professional Architect / Maryland
2009 / Professional Architect / North Carolina


P R O F E S S I O N A L
A F F I L I A T I O N S

American Institute of Architects
  2011 Vice President of Public Relations
  Board of Directors

Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate
  Committee for Public Relations
  Committee for Mix n Mingle

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

United States Green Building Council