Thomas Schoos

Thomas Schoos (born October 29, 1967) is a German-American interior designer. Born and raised in Neuerburg, Germany, Schoos currently resides in West Hollywood, California, near his design firm, Thomas Schoos Design.^[1] The Thomas Schoos Design brand was founded in 1996.

Schoos’s work has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Architectural Digest, People, Food & Wine, GQ, Los Angeles and Angeleno magazines, Vogue and InStyle.^{[citation needed]}

Projects

Restaurants designed by Thomas Schoos include Citizen Smith, Empress on Sunset, Koi Restaurant, O-Bar, Table 8, and Wilshire in Los Angeles, The Penthouse at The Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California,^[2] TAO Asian Bistro in New York, and TAO Restaurant and Nightclub in Las Vegas.^[3]^[4]^[1] Hotels include the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, California^[5] and Personality Hotel Group’s Hotel Vertigo and Hotel Frank in San Francisco, California. Additionally, residences designed by Schoos include the homes of celebrities Ashlee Simpson, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Tommy Mottola, and Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith. Other projects include select Aveda Salons and TAO Beach and LAX at the Luxor in Las Vegas, as well as the Nature Line Collection of Arzu Rugs’ “Hope by Design” couture rug collection.

2004: Best Restaurant Design, O-Bar, Angeleno magazine
2005: Wave of the Future Award, Hospitality Design magazine
2006: Design of the Year, TAO Restaurant and Nightclub, Hospitality Design magazine
2007: Interior Superior award, Hollywood Life magazine
2007: 1st place in Restaurant (Fine Dining), The Penthouse restaurant at The Huntley Hotel, Hospitality Design magazine
2008: “Stars of Design” honoree at the annual design trade show WESTWEEK

^ ^a ^b O'Connor, Pauline (May 2007). "Tao of Entertaining". Food & Wine. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ Harris, Kathryn (February 8, 2007). "CURRENTS: OPENINGS; In Santa Monica, an Ocean View Side by Side With the Designer's". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ "Schoos Design - Interior Design". Schoos Design. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ Hallock, Betty (Feb 28, 2007). "RESTAURANT JOURNAL; So, you like to play with fire?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
^ Rozen, Leah (March 2, 2008). "Santa Monica, Calif.: The Huntley Santa Monica Beach". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 December 2010.