Robert W. (Bob) Fowler, AIA
President/CEO
A graduate of the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Bob Fowler’s early professional experience involved design of multi-family residential and banking facilities with architectural firms in the Atlanta area. He received his architectural registration in 1976, and joined the firm of Tipton Masterson Associates.
Mr. Fowler is currently president and CEO of the firm, which is now known as Fowler Design Associates, Inc. The firm provides comprehensive Architecture, Interior Design, Land Planning, and Strategic Planning services throughout the Eastern U.S. Fowler Design Associates has established long-standing relationships with major corporations and developers, providing Office, Industrial, and various mixed-use facilities related to the corporate environment. The firm is also a leader in New Urbanist or Traditional Planning, with the goal of improving the quality of life through design of balanced live-work-play communities.
Bob holds architectural registrations in a number of states throughout the Southeast and other regions of the US. He has been personally responsible for the architectural design of several million square feet of Corporate Office, Office/Service, R&D, and Industrial Facilities, as well as Retail, Hotels, Financial Institutions and various other projects throughout the southeastern United States. He has been involved in the Master Planning and Site Planning of numerous Office and Business Parks, and Mixed-Use developments using Traditional Planning techniques, including major portions of the 2,000 acre Tributary community in Douglasville, Georgia.
Mr. Fowler has received professional recognition for innovative design, including the 2000 & 1998 ACI Georgia First Place Design Award for Industrial Buildings, the Masonry Institute of Atlanta Design Award in 1979, and Dorey’s Industry Choice Awards for numerous Atlanta business parks and office parks.
He has made presentations to the Seaside Institute, Georgia Tech College of Architecture, Georgia Chapter NAIOP, New Town Macon, Georgia Conservancy, the National Partners meeting of Trammell Crow Company, and other groups on the Design and Planning of Mixed-Use Communities.
Membership in various professional organizations includes the American Institute of Architects, US Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute, NAIOP, Georgia Economic Developers Association, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Fowler contributes to the community and the profession, serving on various boards and committees, including the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the Board of FCS Urban Ministries, and the Elder board and Facilities Committee of Christ Church Presbyterian. He and his wife of over thirty years make their home in the Atlanta area. They have an adult son and daughter.
Bob considers it his purpose through seeking truth and wisdom to develop vision for healthy, transformative communities and to influence others to achieve them