Adam Tihany
Encyclopedia
Adam D. Tihany is an American interior design
er and interior architect
. He was named one of the greatest American interior architects by The New York Times
in 2001 .
Hotels that he has been commissioned to design include the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas
hotel in Las Vegas
, the Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore
and other hotel projects in New York
, London
and Los Angeles
.
Restaurants that he has designed include: Thomas Keller
's Bar Bouchon in LA and La Fonda De Sol and Aureole in New York, among others.
In 2007, Adam Tihany joined the Designer Pages Board of Advisers to help bring social media
to architecture and design.
Interior design
Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...
er and interior architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. He was named one of the greatest American interior architects by The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
in 2001 .
Career
Tihany has built his career on designing hotel and restaurant interiors.Hotels that he has been commissioned to design include the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas
Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas
Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas is a luxury five-star hotel located within CityCenter and is operated by Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Living spaces are characterized by an Eastern approach to design...
hotel in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, the Shangri-la Hotel in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and other hotel projects in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Restaurants that he has designed include: Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996, and the Best Chef in America in 1997...
's Bar Bouchon in LA and La Fonda De Sol and Aureole in New York, among others.
In 2007, Adam Tihany joined the Designer Pages Board of Advisers to help bring social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
to architecture and design.