TWRA Architecture is a studio founded by Thomas W. Ryan in 2013, in Brooklyn Heights, New York City, USA. Currently (2025) located in Mill Valley, California, USA. Before founding TWRA, Thomas Ryan was an architect at Richard Meier & Partners and an associate at Christoff Finio Architecture in New York City. While there, he led award-winning projects for institutions including the New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Socrates Sculpture Center, the Brooklyn Historical Society, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in addition to completing a number of private residential commissions.
A registered Architect in New York State, Ryan studied at the Architectural Association in London and received his Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts and Master of Architecture from the College of Design at North Carolina State University. There, he was co-editor of The Student Publication and was awarded the Faculty Design Prize and Henry Kamphoefner Fellowship for highest graduate achievement.
Ryan is a recipient of the Deborah Norden Prize from The Architectural League of New York and a Design Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and has been an invited juror at the University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, N.C. State University, The Architectural League of New York, and Yale University.
A registered Architect in New York State, Ryan studied at the Architectural Association in London and received his Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts and Master of Architecture from the College of Design at North Carolina State University. There, he was co-editor of The Student Publication and was awarded the Faculty Design Prize and Henry Kamphoefner Fellowship for highest graduate achievement.
Ryan is a recipient of the Deborah Norden Prize from The Architectural League of New York and a Design Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and has been an invited juror at the University of Southern California, UC Berkeley, N.C. State University, The Architectural League of New York, and Yale University.
