The HAIGHArchitects llc. studio was founded in New York in 1985 by Paul Haigh and Barbara H. Haigh. The practice is recognized as a leading multi-disciplinary architecture and design firm for its portfolio of award-winning projects. The studio has completed projects for a wide variety of cultural and commercial clients in the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and Australia.

Acclaimed projects include the Knoll Design Center in New York, the VitraUSA assembly facility, Carolines on Broadway comedy theater, Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Sculpture Galleries, John Kaldor's New York ARTApartment, and the Brooks Brothers and SteubenGlass flagship stores.
 
Architecture honors and awards include selection in the '40 Under 40' review of American Architects and as one of the Architectural League of New York 'Emerging Voices'. Architectural project awards include recognition in the American Institute of Architects National Honor Awards, American Institute of Architects State Honor Awards, Architectural Record Houses, and the Annual Interiors Awards. Technical awards include the Lumen Award for lighting design and the United States Institute of Theatre Technology Merit Award. The studio received a Royal Institute of British Architects Award for the Blackpool Wind Shelters International Design Competition.
 
Recent international architecture competition entries include the Royal Institute of British Architects Masai Mara Conservation Centre and the  North Preston Mosque International Competitions, the shortlisted Hverfjall Aperture and LavaJava Coffeehouse Competitions in Iceland, and the Echelon Portugal Elderly Home International Competition.
 
Additional competition entries include the National Parks Service: Heritage Visitors Center and Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: 'The Doghouse' Installation, National Parks Service: Flight93 National Memorial, Van Alen Institute: tkts2k Times Square tkts Tickets Booth, the BBC Listening Project, the Royal Institute of British Architects Sessay Community Hub International Design Competition, and the Lower Manhattan Development Council World Trade Center Site Memorial competition.
 
Product design awards include multiple ID Review Awards and IBD Awards in addition to consecutive Progressive Architecture International Furniture Competition Awards. On an international level, projects have received awards in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, including the Virtu Design Award, the East meets West International Design Competition, and the IFDA International Furniture Design Asahikawa Competition. Objects and drawings are in the permanent collections of the Vitra Design Museum, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Corning Museum of Glass. Recent juried competition finalist projects include 3M for Design: International Competition, Parmigiano Reggiano Design Challenge, and the Lippert Innovative Table Leg: International Competition.
 
Paul Haigh is a former adjunct professor at Parsons: The New School for Design: Department of Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting. He has served as chairman of the American Institute of Architects Interiors Awards Committee and as a member of the American Institute of Architects and the Architectural League of New York. He has taught summer architecture and design workshops at the Domaine de Boisbuchet, co-sponsored by the Corning Museum of Glass and the Vitra Design Museum/Centre George Pompidou.
 
As co-founder of the Corning Museum of Glass GlassLab initiative, he has designed GlassLab installations in numerous locations, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Art Basel/Design Miami, the Vitra Design Museum, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
 
Drawings and projects have been exhibited at both group and one-man shows, including the SoHo Guggenheim Museum and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, the Dentsu Gallery in Tokyo, the Royal College of Art in London, and the Triennale di Milano. The Studio was honored in 2003 at Parsons: The New School for Design: Department of Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting with an exhibition of work HAIGH: Interior/Object/Exterior.
 
Studio architecture projects include museum, retail, and exhibition design. Ongoing furniture and object designs include glass collections, seating, and lighting design. Current and past clients include Knoll, Artemide/RezekUSA, Vitra, SteubenGlass, Bernhardt, Baccarat, Brooks Brothers, RosenthalUSA, Esprit, Steelcase, Rogaska, and the Corning Museum of Glass.
 
Publications have included essays, projects, and reviews in the Scoprire il Design: Adventure with Objects exhibition at the Pinacoteca Agnelli in Turin, INA 10: International New Architecture featuring the Corning Museum of Glass: Contemporary Sculpture Galleries, New Glass Review 35: Jurors Review, and Glass is Tomorrow: Pro Materia.
 
Studio projects have reached a broad international audience through publication in the architecture and design press and have been applauded by critics as "...innovative with a high degree of design rigor."

Paul Haigh : Principal Architect

Born in Leeds, England, Architect, Designer, and Educator Paul Haigh completed his BA(Hons) at Leeds Polytechnic in 1972 and received his Masters Degree (M.Des.RCA) at the Royal College of Art in 1975. Following work at architecture and design studios in London and Milan, he immigrated to the United States in 1978 to design exclusively for Knoll International. He established HAIGHSpace, his first design studio, in 1980, followed by his professional practice, HAIGHArchitects llc in 1985.

Barbara H. Haigh : Managing Director

Born in New York, Barbara H. Haigh studied Interior Design at the Pratt Institute and the New York School of Interior Design. Following seven years as a Design Manager with Knoll International, she became the managing partner at HAIGHArchitects in 1985. With over 25 years of management experience in the architecture and design profession, she is the primary liaison for all aspects of the studio's design, research, administrative, and professional development.

HAIGHArchitects llc : Professional Licenses and Professional Affiliations

1985 NCARB National Council of Architectural Registration Boards : ARE

1986 The University of the State of New York : Registered Architect

1996 State of Connecticut : Architectural Licensing Board : Registered Architect

1996 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : State Licensing Board : Registered Architect

1982 Architectural League of New York : Member

1983 Industrial Designers Society of America : Member

1986 American Institute of Architects : Member

1992 Worldesign Foundation : Board of Trustees Fellow

1996 Royal College of Art Society : Member