Education

Bachelor of Architecture with Highest Honors, University of Texas

Registrations

Registered Architect, New York

Registered Architect, Texas

NCARB

Affiliations

AIA, College of Fellows

IIDA, College of Fellows

Hospitality Design Platinum Circle

Interior Design Hall of Fame

Awards and Citations

Greater Houston Women Hall of Fame, 2014

Inductee International Women’s Forum, 2014 Inductee

Calibre Circle of Excellence Award, 2013

Designer of the Year, Boutique Design, 2012

Lifetime Appointment, U.S. General Services Administration, National Register of Peer Professionals, Design Excellence

Women in Design Hall of Fame, Inaugural Member, 2006

Hall of Fame, Interior Design, 1997

Designer of the Year, Interiors Magazine, 1994

Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA

Founding Principal & President

Lauren Rottet is a highly accomplished architect, interior designer, furniture designer and art curator with an extraordinary record of awards, publications, lectures, juries and honors. She is the Founding Principal of Rottet Studio, an international architecture and interior design firm, and is the only woman in history to be elevated to Fellow status by both the American Institute of Architects and International Interior Design Association. She also holds the titles of Interior Design Hall of Fame, Interiors Designer of the Year, Boutique Design’s Designer of the Year, and Hospitality Design Platinum Circle inductee. Ms. Rottet’s furniture and product designs have earned her four gold medals for Best of NeoCon and a Chicago Athenaeum Award. Her new furniture company, Rottet Collection, was introduced in 2017 and was met with rave reviews garnering significant awards including an Interior Design Best of Year.

Rottet Studio is consistently ranked among the corporate and hospitality Top 100 Design Giants and recognized as one of the Top 3 Most Admired Design Firms in the World by a jury of our peer professionals. The firm has an extensive portfolio of corporate, hospitality, residential and maritime projects for the world’s leading companies and brands, including: Goldman Sachs, Disney, Viacom, New York Stock Exchange, United Talent Agency, Paul Hastings, Kirkland & Ellis, Target, NW Mutual, Comcast, Hines, Howard Hughes Company, Langham, Brookfield, Loews, DHG, Valencia, BGI, Extell, JMB, Four Seasons, Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, Belmond, Wheelock Viking and more.

Among her colleagues, Ms. Rottet is known as an innovator and teacher, devoting significant time to the advancement of the profession of design and architecture.