Patrick Tighe
Patrick Tighe, FAIA, FAAR is an American architect and interior designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder and principal of Tighe Architecture. Tighe was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Patrick Tighe

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- Name
- Patrick Tighe
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles; UMass Amherst
- Awards
- Rome Prize; Interior Design Hall of Fame; AIA Young Architect Award; FAIA; MacDowell Colony Fellowship
- Born
- 2000 · Lowell.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Rome Prize
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Patrick Tighe, FAIA, FAAR is an American architect and interior designer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the founder and principal of Tighe Architecture. Tighe was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Biography
He received a Master of Architecture with Distinction from UCLA. Tighe worked for Frank O. Gehry & Associates, and was an associate of Thom Mayne’s Morphosis Architects for 7 years before leaving to found Tighe Architecture. Awarded the prestigious Mercedes T. Bass Rome Prize in Architecture, the American Institute of Architects' Young Architect Award. Tighe is a Fellow of the American Academy and The MacDowell Colony. Tighe was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects for "notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture.” In 2019, Tighe was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame. Tighe is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California and has previously held teaching positions at UCLA and the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Tighe has produced work that has been published in over 20 countries and recognized internationally, including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Architect Magazine, Interior Design, Newsweek, Wallpaper, Metropolis, Architectural Record, and many other publications. The firm has received the profession's highest honors and has exhibited Internationally including the 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' "A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California". The work of the firm has been shown at the Venice Biennale and solo shows include “Dopplegangers” at the A+D Museum, Los Angeles and “Out of Memory”, an immersive sound installation consisting of a parabolic spray foam structure milled on site using robots. The project was realized in conjunction with composer Ken Ueno for the SCI Arc Gallery in Los Angeles and was recognized with a National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects. In 2016, Tighe authored “Building Dichotomy”, published by Images, a monograph of the firm's work.
Key facts
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• Name — Patrick Tighe • Education — University of California, Los Angeles; UMass Amherst • Awards — Rome Prize; Interior Design Hall of Fame; AIA Young Architect Award; FAIA; MacDowell Colony Fellowship • Practice — Patrick Tighe Architecture • Significant Buildings — 8500 Melrose; 2510 Temple; Hollywood Hills House; La Brea Affordable Housing; Montee Karp Residence; Sierra Bonita Affordable Housing • Website — http: www.tighearchitecture.com/ • Illustration — 8500 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA • Illustration — North Beach Park, Santa Monica, CA • Illustration — Hollywood Hills House, Los Angeles, CA • Illustration — 2300 Beverly, Los Angeles, CA • Illustration — 2510 Temple, Los Angeles, CA • Illustration — Douglas Elliman California Headquarters, Beverly Hills, CA • Illustration — Rick Owens, Selfridges Department Store, London, UK • Illustration — Montee Karp Residence, Pacific Palisades, CA • Illustration — La Brea Affordable Housing, West Hollywood, CA • Illustration — Sierra Bonita Housing, West Hollywood, CA • Illustration — Moving Picture Company, Santa Monica, CA • Illustration — Tigertail, Los Angeles, CA
Significant Projects
Significant Projects
• Project — Location — Year — Distinctions • 8500 Melrose — West Hollywood, California — 2018 — LA Architectural Award • North Beach Park — Santa Monica, California — 2018 — American Architecture Award Westside Prize Calibre Award APWA BEST Award • Hollywood Hills House — Los Angeles, California — 2018 — American Architecture Award • 2300 Beverly — Los Angeles, California — 2018 — NA • 2510 Temple — Los Angeles, California — 2017 — American Architecture Award Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Award AIA LA Design Award AIA LA Residential Award • Douglas Elliman, California Headquarters — Beverly Hills, California — 2016 — Calibre Award LA Architectural Award • Rick Owens — Selfridges, London, UK — 2015 — Interior Design Best of Year Award • Montee Karp Residence — Pacific Palisades, California — 2015 — AIA LA Design Award Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Award California Home+Design Award Interior Design Best of Year Award World Architecture Festival (Shortlist) • La Brea Housing — West Hollywood, California — 2014 — AIA Residential Award Azure Magazine Top 10 of 2014 • Sierra Bonita Housing — West Hollywood, California — 2012 — NAHRO Award for Excellence in Project Design AIA/HUD Secretary's Award Westside Prize LA Architectural Award • Moving Picture Company — Santa Monica, California — 2009 — AIA Honor Award • Tigertail — Los Angeles, California — 2008 — AIA LA Design Award
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