Rottet Studio is an international
architecture
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and
design
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firm based in
Houston, Texas. The firm was founded by Lauren Rottet in 2008 and has offices in
Los Angeles, California
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New York City, New York
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, as well as a presence in Asia in
Hong Kong
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and
Shanghai, China
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.
The firm is WBE-certified and has designed a variety of corporate and hospitality projects both within the United States and abroad.
Lauren Rottet
Lauren Rottet, Rottet Studio's founding principal, is a member of Interior Design's Hall of Fame
and was the first woman to be a fellow of both the
International Interior Design Association
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and the
American Institute of Architects
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.
She was also named Designer of the Year by Interiors magazine in 1994 and by
Boutique Design in 2012. Rottet was born in Waco, Texas and moved to Houston at age 7. She went to college at the
University of Texas at Austin
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, where she originally majored in art and pre-med.
Rottet's art consisted mostly of drawings and paintings of buildings, so she changed her major to architecture and graduated from the University of Texas with a
Bachelor of Architecture
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Australia
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Rottet began working for Fisher Friedman Architects, a ]San Francisco, California
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-based firm, following her graduation from the University of Texas.[ At Fisher Friedman she worked with upscale apartments and condominiums.][ Two years later, in 1980, Rottet moved to the Chicago office of ]Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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.[ She later worked with the firm's Houston and Los Angeles offices.][ In 1990, she became a founding partner of Keating Mann Jernigan Rottet and, when the firm was acquired by Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall in 1994, Rottet became director of DMJM Rottet's interior design studio.
In 2008, Rottet launched Rottet Studios.]
Notable Projects
Corporate
Artis Capital Management, San Francisco, CA
An Asset Management Company, New York, NY
Hospitality
The Beverly Hills Presidential Bungalows, Beverly Hills, CA
Philippe Restaurant + Lounge, Houston, TX
St Regis Aspen Resort, Aspen, CO
The Surrey Hotel, New York, NY
Furniture Lines
Rottet's interest in furniture design stemmed from a sofa she designed for her personal Los Angeles residence in 1991, entitled the Evaneau sofa.
Art Selection
Rottet has curated artwork for many of the firm's projects as well as some side projects. She collaborated with Katherine Lo of the Langham Hospitality Group to select artwork for the Langham Hotel, in Chicago, IL. She also curated an art collection for the James Royal Palm hotel entitled "An Ocean Apart."
Select Awards
Designer of the Year, Boutique Design, 2012.
IIDA Texas - Oklahoma Honor Award, St. Regis Aspen Resort, 2012.
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