TESO Architects Inc. is an architectural practice founded in 2014 by Timothy Oh who has over 25 years of professional experience. The design practice is a Greater Los Angeles/Inland Empire & Orange County-based firm that specializes in Educational/Institutional and Residential projects. Every design project presents an opportunity for synergy between a group of thinkers, designers, engineers, city officials, and project managers who represent clients to influence the shape and content of each building sited in the context of greater educational campus and residential community. Each design building has a unique built-form identity that is the culmination of design process based on rigorous research, design principle ideas, ideal realm between form and function, and physical & social framework of our society.
In pursuit of design excellence, TESO Architects defines every project challenge which may be physical constraint, economical restriction, cultural/social concern, technical/constructability limitation, environmental issue, or code related regulation that must be carefully considered with analytical thinking approach in an interdisciplinary collaboration between architecture and engineering. The practice strives to engage in creative/innovative design solution based dialogue holistically with project stakeholders to transform the built environment and society affected by architecture.
The practice portfolio represents a diverse body of project typologies including educational, institutional, residential, commercial, mixed-use, design competition, masterplanning, and furniture & lighting design by the firm founder who has been either a project designer or design lead at previous prestigious architecture firms. The project experience and scale includes from small-scale single family residential to large-scale masterplan in the US, Asia, and Europe.
The Practice provides Programming, Feasibility Studies/Concept Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Document, and Construction Administration Services for clients from Educational/Institutional, Residential, Commercial, and other market sectors.
TESO Architects is a Small Business-Public Works (SB-PW) practice, the certification ID: 2036636 from the Department of General Services and is a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) practice, the Vendor Account No: 1353936 from LA Unified School District and LA Community College District.