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 a greater educational campus and residential community. Each design building has a unique built-form identity that is the culmination of the design process based on rigorous research, design principle ideas, an ideal realm between form and function, and the physical & social framework of our society.
In pursuit of design excellence, TESO Architects defines every project challenge which may be a physical constraint, economic restriction, cultural/social concern, technical/constructability limitation, environmental issue, or code-related regulation that must be carefully considered with an 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, master planning, 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 include from small-scale single-family residential to large-scale masterplan in the US, Asia, and Europe.
The Practice provides Feasibility Studies/Concept Design, Pre-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.