TCA Architects

Armine Movsesyan, AIA, LEED AP

TCA Staff - Nov 29, 2016

Armine Movsesyan is a Principal, Studio Director and licensed architect at TCA with over 17 years of experience in single family, multi-family, urban infill & mixed-use housing projects. Armine joined TCA in 2014, and her design talents elevated her to a Studio Director position, where she currently leads her team through the process of Entitlements to CA Phase. Through the process, she works closely with the designer and technical staff in-house, as well as coordinates with clients and consultants. She also plays an integral role in the design of TCA’s annual design journal, Base.

Prior to joining TCA, Armine was a Designer at LCRA, specializing in single family and multi-family housing worldwide, including Dubai and India. In her seven and a half years with LCRA, she grew as a designer by working closely with her mentors at the firm. As a result, she carried several single family residence additions and remodels through permit and construction.

Born and raised in Armenia, Armine moved to the United States in 1993 at the age of 12. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from California State University of Pomona in 2006 with Magna Cum Laude. In 2004, she studied in Florence, Italy as part of her Architecture curriculum; and believes her experiences of living in different parts of the world supports her innate ability to understand and deliver beautiful high-performing, functional designs.

IRWIN YAU, AIA, LEED AP

TCA Staff - Nov 15, 2016

Irwin Yau is the Principal-In-Charge (PIC) of TCA’s Orange County office with over 20 years of architectural design experience. As the PIC, he works closely with multiple Studio Directors and Designers, focused on high density housing projects throughout the state. Irwin started at TCA as a designer and is still heavily involved with the design process and guides multiple projects with national clients from initial conceptualization through design and completion of construction. He enjoys the challenge of designing complex projects and obtaining approvals from demanding municipalities that can positively affect local communities. As Principal-In-Charge, Irwin oversees the operations and profitability of the OC office and works closely with TCA leaders to ensure the success of their projects.

Since he began his tenure at TCA, Irwin has designed and built over 20 projects and 5,000 units. He is a proponent of collaborative design and teamwork by working closely with TCA’s design staff to explore all possible avenues and options. He is skilled in analyzing sites to develop a product that balances the needs of the client’s program with the community’s desires.

Aside from his project responsibilities, Irwin is a Partner at TCA, involved in multiple facets of the firm’s business, internal structure and future planning. In addition to recruiting and leading the Orange County office, he is engaged in the training, mentoring and professional development of the teams.

Irwin is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He continued his education with postgraduate work at Columbia University in New York, earning a Master of Science in Advanced Architecture degree. His combined education and experience have provided the requisite design skills to create dynamic architecture through a hybrid process of hand drawings and computer 3D visualization.

RADZIAH LOH, AIA, LEED AP

TCA Staff - Nov 15, 2016

A partner at TCA, Radziah Loh has been in the architectural industry for 30 years, working on single family homes, mixed-use, and residential housing to airport terminal projects. She is licensed in the states of California and Arizona, but her work covers across the US, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

Since returning to California in 1999, Ms. Loh worked for notable firms such as, MVE & Partners, KTGY, and Steinberg Architects. She has been involved extensively in mixed use multi-family projects and in Transit Oriented Development (TOD) projects. Having managed more than a dozen such projects with sizes ranging from 167 units to 660 units, Ms. Loh has established herself as an expert on “podium” and “wrap” type projects and is very well versed in the code issues pertaining to such projects.

Ms. Loh is highly involved in her community, taking part in many different local groups including El Cerrito Boyscouts Troop 104 where she served as Treasurer, and was a Commissioner and Chairperson for the Design Review Board Commission from 2009 to 2013.