Tom Ward has plenty of experience navigating both the wilderness and the concrete jungle. Born and raised in Wyoming, the architect spent his early professional years working in New York City.
After a decade, he decided he’d had enough. He headed west—back to Jackson—where he teamed up with Mitch Blake to launch their architecture firm, Ward + Blake, in 1996. “I could talk for hours about why I came back to Wyoming, but this is the short version: It’s a beautiful place,” Ward says. “After spending 10 years in New York, I was ready to move on, but I didn’t see
