RESPONSIBLE DESIGN FOR NEW ESTATES AND GIVING RENEWED, RESILIANT LIFE TO EXISTING PROPERTIES
ABOUT
Tight House designs new homes and renovates existing ones more responsibly for homeowners who want a bespoke home that is designed consciously, beyond skin-deep aesthetics. Tight House is driven by elegant details and informed by the future’s energy demands.
Tight House is a full service architectural and interior design firm focused on providing distinguished designs for sustainability-conscious people. A Tight House is a home that is beautiful, energy-efficient, durable and environmentally responsible. In order to build homes that meet these critera, it is essential to forge a partnership with clients based on trust and shared values. Tight House strives to build homes to the passive house standard, but we understand that this goal may not be attainable for every budget. Tight House works with you to make your home as "tight" as possible while providing you with a beautiful and functional space. Tight House always seeks to make on-site construction administration a priority to ensure your project is completed to meet your expectations--and ours.
MISSION
Tight House designs new homes and renovates existing ones more responsibly for homeowners who want a bespoke home that is designed consciously, beyond skin deep aesthetics. Tight House is driven by elegant details and informed by the future’s energy demands.
WHO
Rahul Shah is a registered architect, a certified passive house consultant and the Principal Architect of Tight House. He has worked with projects that range from ground up, new construction homes, additions, renovations, senior affordable housing, modular construction, landscape design, and custom cabinetry. This wide range of experience informs his design philosophy: the spaces we inhabit can enhance our way of life and elevate our everyday experiences. He also brings to the table experience in design/build, hands-on fabrication, zoning, site analysis, and architectural detailing, which translates to a solutions-based approach at the drafting table and the construction site.
Rahul earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Northeastern University and a Master of Architecture from Parsons the New School for Design.
Rahul is licensed in New Jersey and New York. He is NCARB Certified, meaning that he has the flexibility to apply for reciprocal licensure in all U.S. jurisdictions, as well as Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. Rahul is also a member of the Passive House Institute of the United States Alliance.
FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
KEEPING IT SIMPLE
VALUING HONESTY
Best Sustainable Architecture Practice 2024 - New Jersey
by BUILD Magazine
PO Box 795, Maplewood, NJ 07040