Tim Gorter Architects (TGA) is a full-service design firm that explores architecture’s potential to heighten our experience of place and bring about more thoughtful, ecologically sensitive ways of living. Led by Tim Gorter, an architect with a background in painting and ecological design, the studio takes a conceptual approach to each of its projects, working with clients to translate their vision and priorities into spaces that fully embrace them.
Alongside this, TGA researches and develops design concepts and novel construction approaches that reduce the environmental impact of building, explore new ideas in dense living, and envision more equitable and sustainable cities. TGA has expertise in delivering PassivHaus buildings that are energy-efficient with high-quality comfort.
Based in Santa Barbara, TGA is a locally minded studio, dedicated to design that engages the landscapes, ecological conditions, and architectural traditions of Southern California.
TIM GORTER, AIA, NCARB Founder & Principal Architect
Tim Gorter is a licensed, PassivHaus-certified architect with expertise in delivering buildings that operate at the highest levels of energy efficiency. Tim has over 20 years of field experience and expertise as a recording studio consultant along with design, programming, site analysis, strategic facility planning, and design and construction management to benefit a wide spectrum of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional clients.
Tim earned his Master of Architecture from UCLA with distinction in 2005. He has received certificates in Real Estate Development and Construction Management from the University of Southern California, and in Project Management from the California Institute of Technology. Tim is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Institute of Building Sciences, and the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management.