Jessica Thompson

Jessica brings to BLUR Workshop a comprehensive command of the entire design and construction process, but what makes her unique is her ability to balance the big picture together with the smallest details. This talent ensures that the richness and sophistication of the design ideas presented at the beginning of her projects are executed in the built work.

 She began her career working on a wide variety of projects, including residential, multi-family, places of worship, and small office buildings. Jessica’s initiative, insight, and thoroughness have helped her become a valued leader and mentor at BLUR Workshop. Much of her hospitality experience has centered on transformative hotel renovations and expansions.  The design of the Columbia Place Hotel and Residences, the MOOR restaurant renovation, an unbuilt 32-story hotel tower in Miami, Florida, and the expansion of the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center have all benefited from her strong communication skills, organizational ability, and attention to detail.

While she is dedicated to the highest design aspirations, Jessica’s penchant for detail also draws her to tasks like coordinating consultants, reviewing codes and writing enforceable specifications that have enhanced the success of each project she has been a part of. Jessica is currently focused on the transformation of a confidential project in Texas, which includes guestroom, public space, and theater renovations.  She is coordinating the design team and consultants, finalizing plan layouts, and developing the exterior detailing to help redefine an entire city block. BLUR Workshop recently completed an addition to the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, and Jessica is now leading the team that is propagating the new design across the 1,400 existing guestrooms, adapting it for over 175 unique conditions. Jessica is also wrapping up BLUR’s first upscale grocery store, a newly constructed Whole Foods in Overland Park, Kansas.  She led the team’s effort through design, documentation, and construction administration to ensure the successful execution of the design.

photography by Raftermen