Lauren Rottet, FAIA, IIDA
Founding Principal

Education

• Bachelor of Architecture, University of Texas

Registration

• Registered Architect in New York and Texas
• NCARB

Professional Affiliations

• American Institute of Architects, College of Fellows
• International Interior Design Association
• Rice Design Alliance

Awards and Citations

• Lifetime Appointment, U.S. Government Services Administration, National Register of Peer Professionals, Design Excellence
• Women in Design Hall of Fame, Inaugural Member, 2006
• American Institute of Architects,
  College of Fellows, Induction, 1998
• Interior Design, Hall of Fame, Induction, 1997
• Designer of the Year, Interiors Magazine, 1994

Selected Awards & Publications

• AIA/LA Presidential Honoree,
  Building Team of The Year, California Endowment Headquarters, 2007
• Texas Society of Architects Design Award,
  Royal Bank of Scotland, 2007
• "Office Buildings: Social Sustainability,"
  (Two: California Endowment , Los Angeles) by Russell Fortmeyer, Architectural Record,
  January 2007
• AIA-Houston Merit Award, 2007, Lime Rock Management
• Best Of Year Finalist, 2006 Interior Design Magazine, Lime Rock Management
• AIA National Honor Award For Interior Architecture, 2006, The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Women In Design Hall of Fame Award to Lauren Rottet, 2006
• Solutia Doc Award, 2006, The Royal Bank of Scotland
• "Distinguished Design: DMJM Rottet Says Its Interiors Act as a Reflection of Clients’ Businesses," by Alan Dorich, Furniture & Interiors, Spring 2006
• Interior Design Giants, Interior Design,
  January 2006
• AIA-Houston Honor Award, 2005,
  The Royal Bank of Scotland
• First Place, Commercial Office Design,
  2005 ASID Awards, The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Architectural Record Commercial Award of Merit, 2005, The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Prism Stone In Architecture
  Commercial Award of Merit, 2005,
  The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Design Excellence Award For Best Office Design, Paper City Houston, 2005,
  The Royal Bank of Scotland
• "Financial Statement / Fashion Statement,"
  by Edie Cohen, Interior Design, October 2005
• "Houston Coup: Renowned Architect Makes Designs On Downtown Houston," Houston Downtown Alliance Urban Update, July 2005
• Los Angeles Business Council Architecture Award, 2004, Paul Hastings - Los Angeles
• Gold Apex Design Award, Design Journal, 2004, Abacus Casegoods,
• Good Design Award, The Chicago Atheneaum, 2004, Abacus Casegoods
• Solutia Doc Award, 2004,
  Paul Hastings - New York
• "Wonder Twin Powers Collaborate: Form of Ray Brochstein, Shape of Lauren Rottet," by Mark D. Sullivan, Brilliant, Aug 2004.
• "Architect + Artist," (cover story, Lauren Rottet, FAIA) by Diane Calmenson, Interiors+Sources, 2004
• "California Cool," (DMJM Rottet Redefines Thelen, Reid & Priest’s Corporate Image) by Diana Mosher, Contract, May 2004.
• Gold Award, Best Of Neocon, 2003,
  Shift Casegoods
• Solutia Doc Award, 2003, Vanco Energy
• "Legally Blond," (Pale Perfection Characterizes The Public Space That DMJM Rottet Designed For Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker In Los Angeles) by Edie Cohen, Interior Design, May 2003
• "Discovery Zone," (Vanco Energy’s Houston Headquarters, Designed by DMJM Rottet, Tells a Story of Deepwater Oil Exploration) by Diana Mosher, Contract, May 2003
• "Best Large Office: Korea Development Bank by DMJMDesign/Rottet," by Jean Nayar, Contract, January 2003
• Corporate Interiors No. 4, (cover) by Roger Yee, 2003
• "Breaking Tradition: Law Firm Paul Hastings’ Offices In New York and LA Serve as Models For Innovation," by Stacy Corso, Globest.com, May 2003
• Interior Design Giants, Interior Design,
  January 2003
• AIA-Houston Merit Award, Paul Hastings
• AIA-Houston Merit Award, 2002,
  Bench Software
• Best Large Office, Contract Magazine, 2002, BMC Software, Inc. Headquarters
• AIA-Houston Merit Award, 2002,
  BMC Software, Inc. Headquarters
• AIA-Houston Honor Award, 2002,
  DMJM Rottet - Houston Studio
• Best Large Office, Contract, 2002,
  Korea Development Bank
• "Houston Homecoming: Lauren Rottet Expands Her Los Angeles Operation, Opening An Office In Her Native Texas," by Edie Cohen, Interior Design, May 2002
• "Best Large Office: BMC Software Campus," by Jean Nayar, Contract, Jan 2002
• "A Space Odyssey," by Margaret Daisley,
  The American Lawyer, June 2001
• "Defining a Corporate Culture: DMJM Creates a Campus For BMC In Houston,"
  L.A. Architect, December 2001
• "High Tech, Soft Touch,” (BMC Software Campus) by Jennifer Andrade, Grid, November 2001
• "Sophisticated Texture: Oaktree Capital Management," by Danette Riddle, L.A. Architect, January 2001
• Legacy Award, Legacy Awards Advisory Board, 2000, BMC Software Headquarters
• Design Excellence Award, Rice Design Alliance, 2000, BMC Software Headquarters
• "The Substance of Style: Lauren Rottet," by Lauren Rottet And Mayer Rus, 2000
• Merit Award, Dupont Antron Design Award, 2000, Steelcase Wood Furniture Showroom
• Architecture Firm of The Year (DMJM), Los Angeles Business Journal, 2000
• "Women Designers in the USA, 1900 - 2000: Diversity & Difference," by Judith Gura,
  Yale University Press, 2000
• Award For Creative Excellence, Neocon 1999, Steelcase Wood Furniture Showroom
• Architecture Firm of The Year (DMJM), Los Angeles Business Journal, 1999
• Award For Creative Excellence, Neocon, 1998, Bernhardt Showroom
• AIA-Los Angeles Honor Award, 1997,
  The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
• AIA-Los Angeles Honor Award, 1997,
  Houston Industries
• Hall of Fame Award, Interior Design, 1997

Lauren Rottet is one of the most celebrated interior architects today, with an extraordinary record of awards, publications, lectures, juries and honors. Ms. Rottet is one of only two designers to hold the coveted titles of Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture, Interior Design magazine's Hall of Fame, and Contract magazine’s Designer of the Year. In 2006, she was inducted as an inaugural member of the Women in Design Hall of Fame. Ms. Rottet’s furniture and product designs have earned her four gold medals for Best of Neocon and the Chicago Athenaeum Award.

After spending her first two years at the University of Texas in a dual major of art and pre-med, Ms. Rottet transferred to architecture and graduated with highest honors two years later. Her drive to study major American cities took her first to San Francisco, where she practiced with the accomplished housing design firm of Fisher Friedman Associates. Ms. Rottet soon relocated to Chicago to join Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and focus on high-rise office design. Her work with SOM took her back to her native Texas where she was Senior Designer on several major high-rise buildings, museums and planning projects. When the building boom stopped, Ms. Rottet focused her creative energies on the design of the interiors of the buildings. Several years later, SOM asked Ms. Rottet to move to Los Angeles to begin an interiors practice for them. After successfully building that practice, Ms. Rottet and several other SOM partners joined forces to create the architecture/interiors firm of Keating Mann Jernigan Rottet. After expanding from a staff of six to sixty in four years, the partners joined Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall (DMJM) in 1994 to further expand their growing practice through the resources of the architectural and engineering giant. Ms. Rottet was Principal-In-Charge of the interiors practice, DMJM Rottet.

In 2008 Ms. Rottet left DMJM to form a privately-held practice, Rottet Studio, with a team of architects and designers she has worked with for as many as 25 years. Ms. Rottet finds the design of the interior environment particularly challenging and satisfying, combining psychology, theater, art, and architecture with the use of unlimited medium. Ms. Rottet’s distinct design approach, characterized by precise detail and architecturally-driven solutions, reflects her 25 years of professional practice, as well as a commitment to improve the human experience through the built environment.

Among her colleagues, Ms. Rottet is known as an innovator and teacher, devoting significant time to the education of her staff and to the advancement of the profession. Under her direction, the AIA Interiors Committee has not only become a major force in fundraising for the advancement of the profession, but has established a significant scholarship program for students in interior architecture. Ms. Rottet is also an active member of IIDA, a Board Member of Rice Design Alliance, and a National Lifetime Appointee to the U.S. Government Services Administration’s Design Excellence Program.

Representative Project Experience

• BLVD Place, mixed-use development,
  21 acres, Houston, TX
• BMC Software, Inc. Headquarters Campus,
  1 million sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Baker & Mckenzie Law Offices,
  117,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Bank of China,
  7,222 M2, Shanghai, China
• Bernhardt Design Showrooms,
  New York, NY and Chicago, IL
• Broadcom Corporation Southern California Headquarters,
  1,000,000 sq. ft., Irvine, CA
• Bryan Cave Law Offices,
  234,000 sq. ft., St. Louis, MO
• California Endowment,
  125,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Caltrans District 8 Headquarters,
  300,000 sq. ft., San Bernardino, CA
• Capital Group Companies with Pei, Cobb Freed & Partners, 430,000 sq. ft., San Antonio, TX
• Capital Group Companies Executive Headquarters,
  381,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Capital Group Companies Operations,
  600,000 sq. ft., Irvine, CA
• Cheniere Energy, Inc.,
  165, 206 sq. ft., Houston, TX,
• City Club of Bunker Hill,
  11,500 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Deloitte & Touche Regional Headquarters
  345,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Disney Feature Animation,
  225,000 sq. ft., Burbank, CA
• Disney Animation Research Library,
  34,484 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Disney Theatrical Productions,
  28,746 sq. ft., New York, NY
• Disney Sound Recording,
  3,341 M2, Paris, France
• Dove Mountain
  Not Realized, Tucson, AZ
• Ernst & Young Workplace of The Future,
  950,000 sq. ft., 60 locations
• First National Bank of Chicago,
  21,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• First National Bank of San Diego Building Renovation,
  600,000 sq. ft., San Diego, CA
• First Interstate Bank Flagship Branch,
  10,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Fulbright & Jaworski LLP,
  63,104 sq. ft., os Angeles, CA
• General Electric Executive Headquarters,
  93,000 sq. ft.. Norwalk, CT
• General Electric Asian Headquarters,
  55,574 M2, Shanghai, China
• GSA Lafayette Building Renovation,
  464,000 sq. ft., Washington, DC
• Harwood International Executive Headquarters,
  Dallas, TX
• Haynes & Boone Law Offices,
  115,000 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Hewlett-Packard Regional Headquarters,
  550,000 sq. ft., Atlanta, GA
• Hong Kong Government Center with Daniel Lebeskind, Tamar, China
• International Lease Finance Corporation,
  127,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Jones Day Reavis & Pogue,
  22,253 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Latham & Watkins Headquarters,
  200,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles: CA
• Lime Rock Management,
  15,525 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Mccutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen,
  51,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Midfirst Bank, Branding, Corporate Offices, and Multiple Branch Locations, Phoenix, AZ
• Millennia Tower,
  1,000,000 sq. ft., Singapore
• Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP,
  134,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Global Management Consulting Firm,
  40,000 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Northwestern Mutual,
  37,000 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Oaktree Capital Management,
  95,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Law Offices,
  36,200 sq. ft., Shanghai, China
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Law Offices,
  Paris, France
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker Law Offices,
  London, UK
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker,
  100,000 sq. ft., Washington, DC
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker,
  190,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker,
  162,400 sq. ft., New York, NY
• Rand Headquarters,
  309,000 sq. ft., Santa Monica, CA
• Renaissance Tower Building
  1,000,000 sq. ft., lobby, 20,000 sq. ft., food court, Dallas, TX
• Renaissance Hollywood Hotel And Spa,
  240,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• The Royal Bank of Scotland,
  15,200 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Screen Actors Guild Headquarters,
  80,000 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Shell Oil Company, Gulf Coast Regions,
  various projects
• Solana Marriott Hotel with Richard Legorreta,
  250,000 sq. ft., Westlake, TX
• Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP,
  73,621 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Thompson & Knight,
  160,000 sq. ft., Dallas, TX
• The Tokai Bank Limited Corporate Offices,
  75,500 sq. ft., Los Angeles, CA
• Tokyo Electron American,
  77,000 sq. ft., Austin, TX
• Trammell Crow Center Building,
  800,000 sq. ft., Dallas, TX
• Trammell Crow Company Headquarters,
  100,000 sq. ft., Dallas, TX
• Transamerica Criterion Executive Offices,
  100,000 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Tudor, Pickering & Holt Financial,
  33,000 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• Unocal Executive Headquarters,
  80,000 sq. ft., El Segundo, CA
• Vanco Energy Executive Offices,
  20,500 sq. ft., Houston, TX
• 55 Park Place, lobby renovation,
  Atlanta, GA