
Owner, Principal, THinc
Board Member
Eliza Howard is a partner at THinc, an architecture and design firm she and her husband co-founded in 2005 upon moving to Los Angeles. Their projects include residential, small-scale commercial and institutional work, general architectural consultation as well as furniture and landscape design.
In addition to the work in California, Thinc has completed projects in Texas, Colorado and Vermont. Eliza frequently lends her design skills to various non-profits in the community, assisting with a range of projects from fundraising materials to invitations to event planning.
Prior to beginning her career in design, Eliza lived in Paris and then went on to work in Santa Fe, NM, organizing gallery exhibitions and attending to a roster of international contemporary artists. Born and raised in Colorado, Eliza holds a Bachelor’s degree in the History of Art from Yale College and a Masters in Architecture from Rice University. Eliza currently resides in Nichols Canyon with her husband and business partner, Ben Thorne, her two children and her rescue dog.