OUR FIRM
Tyreus Architecture is a full-service boutique architectural practice dedicated to formally inventive and conceptually-rich ways of engaging with the built environment and the natural landscape. Led by architect Christie Tyreus, the practice emphasizes state-of-the-art fire resilience approaches in each and every project, while maintaining a commitment to visual subtlety, livability, and client life. Our team of creative thinkers and designers bring their expertise in architecture, industrial design, coherent interiors, and wildfire adaptation to create work that has been recognized for its flexibility, realism, and aesthetic qualities. Our design language is deeply informed by the dramatic and volatile California environment, in all its beauty and strength.
CHRISTIE TYREUS, PRINCIPAL
Christie Tyreus creates architecture that is resilient, climatologically-appropriate, and beautiful. With a particular emphasis on passive house principles and a constant and considered commitment to building with realities of frequent wildfires in mind.
She is certified by the California Office of Emergency Services to conduct safety assessments in disaster zones, and is currently collaborating with leading fire scientists, Cal Fire policymakers, and individuals on developing sustainable and future-oriented innovation and adaptation efforts in order to strengthen communities against future wildfire threats.
In her own neighborhood, Tyreus is a communicate advocate for nationally-recognized Firewise registration for single-family homes, and is working across city governments to establish entire Firewise communities in high hazard locations across the Bay Area.
Prior to founding Tyreus Architecture, she worked at STUDIOS Architecture in San Francisco and Onion Flats Architecture in Philadelphia, where she learned about net-zero building; large-scale design and construction; and resilient strategies for a changing climate.
She holds degrees in architecture from the University of Virginia and UCLA, and is licensed in California and Colorado.