James W Tilghman AIA
Professional Experience
U+ Design Partners
Managing Design Partner
Washington DC Metro HQ
12/14-Present
M12 Design DC
Washington, DC
Design Consultancy
Founding Principal
08/2012- Present
AECOM National Capital Office
Arlington, VA
Principal, Director of Design 2007- 2012
AHSC Architects
Westchester, NY
Director of Design 2000-2006
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
New York ,NY
Senior Project Designer
1996-1999
J.W. Tilghman, Architect
New York, N.Y.
Principal 1991-1996
I.M. Pei & Partners
New York, N.Y Project
Designer 1987-1990
Foster Associates
London, England
Project Designer 1986-1987
Education
Harvard University
Graduate School of Design
Master in Architecture
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts- Individualized Degree
Coursework in History and Sociology of Science, Philosophy and Architectural History
Professional Qualifications
Licensed Architect
MD VA
NCARB Certificate
American Institute of Architects
DC Chapter 2009-Present
Design Excellence Committee
Special Events Committee
University of Maryland School of Architecture
Professional Advisory Board
Current Academic Appointments
2016-Present Clinical Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Architecture Planning and Preservation
Thesis Program Instructor and Coordinator
Author and Instructor: The Aerotropolis Studio 2018-2023
2016-2023
ARCH 797 Thesis Proseminar/Thesis Studio
Thesis Committee Chair
2015-2016:
University of Maryland College Park
Lecturer/Adjunct Professor 2015-2016
2015-2016
Studio Design Instructor ARCH 600
Integrated Studio-Graduate School
ARCH 443 Visual Communication for Architects-Graduate School
Studio Instructor and Coordinator
ARCH 403: 2015-2018
"College Park Masterplan and City-University Hall" College Park MD
Studio Instructor ARCH 403: 2014
Salisbury MD: "A Revitalization Masterplan for the Crossroads of Maryland's Eastern Shore"
Studio Instructor ARCH 403: 2013
"North Beach MD: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, and Sustainable Building Practices 2013-2113"
Undergraduate Senior Design Studio
Design Juries
Catholic University
Thesis Super Jury 2013
Undergraduate Studio 2012
University of Maryland College Park
Thesis Reviews 2007-2013
Comprehensive Studio 2009, 2011
Philadelphia University,
Thesis Reviews 2010
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Final Reviews Architecture and Interior Design 1995-2006
Parsons School of Design- Studio final reviews
New Jersey Institute of Technology- Final reviews
