Tichenor & Thorp Architects emphasizes craft. The firm is fluent in all aspects of the building arts, history, and precedents of American architecture. Widely recognized for original, artful residential and commercial designs that beautifully integrate large-scale structures and surrounding landscapes, the firm’s work deftly parlays traditional Mediterranean and American vernaculars and the modern forms of the California Tradition into gracious, supremely functional, luxuriously detailed environments. 

Major commercial projects include the design for the new Los Angeles Times headquarters, and the expansion of NantWorks’ Culver City headquarters and campus development for NantWorks in El Segundo, incorporating The Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine at Mariposa. The firm has also developed new gardens and a re-envisioned exterior for two award-winning apartment complexes, Villa Del Mar in Marina del Rey and The Aspens in Santa Ana, CA. Other commercial projects of note include interiors for a Gulfstream aircraft and the firm’s own offices in a converted mixed-use structure that encompasses Venue 66, a flexible events space and professional kitchen in the former La Cachette restaurant building near Century City. Currently on the boards are large-scale commercial endeavors in Culver City, the South Bay, and San Diego County, as well as residential projects in Carmel, Malibu, Laguna Beach, Pebble Beach, Santa Barbara, and the Santa Ynez Valley.

The firm gained an early reputation for sensitive, highly informed restorations of historically significant houses and landmark commercial structures by such noted California architects as Paul R. Williams, Gregory Ain, Roland Coate, John Byers, H. Roy Kelly, and Harwell Hamilton Harris. Memorable projects in this area of expertise include the Cecil B. DeMille residence (recently purchased by Angelina Jolie); the former William Powell Estate (now owned by decorator Kelly Wearstler and her husband, Brad Korzen); and Hollywood’s landmark Capitol Records building and grounds.

Among its recent accolades, Tichenor & Thorp Architects received Big Sunday’s distinguished honoree award at the non-profit’s Second Annual Gala in 2017. One of The Robb Report’s Top 30 Architects, Tichenor & Thorp has had work featured in such publications as The New York Times Magazine, Architectural Digest, Town & Country, House Beautiful, and Elle Decor, as well as on various television shows. Completed projects have also appeared in more than 20 published books, including Fisher Weisman’s Artful Decoration, Douglas Wood’s The California Casa (Introduction by Brian Tichenor) and Classic Homes of Los Angeles, Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style, and Suzanne Rheinstein’s At Home.