{"id":9707,"date":"2026-06-16T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9707"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:19:24","slug":"loha-founder-lorcan-oherlihy-dies-aged-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/loha-founder-lorcan-oherlihy-dies-aged-66\/","title":{"rendered":"LOHA founder Lorcan O’Herlihy dies aged 66"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Irish architect Lorcan O’Herlihy, who founded California studio LOHA<\/a> in 1994, has passed away aged 66.<\/span><\/p>\n

O’Herlihy died from glioblastoma on 14 June in Los Angeles<\/a>, his studio confirmed.<\/p>\n

Born in Dublin in 1959, O’Herlihy studied at the Architectural Association in London and California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo.<\/p>\n

In his early career, O’Herlihy worked in Connecticut for Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates<\/a> and in New York for Steven Holl Architects<\/a> and IM Pei and Partners<\/a>, where he worked on the glass pyramid at the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre.<\/p>\n

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Formosa 1140 is a red metal housing development designed by Lorcan O’Herlihy in 2009. Photo by Lawrence Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1994, O’Herlihy founded Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects<\/a> (LOHA) in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Designing single-family houses in its early years, it later became known for its multi-unit housing schemes and has completed numerous housing projects in the USA, largely in California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of LOHA’s first examples of apartment buildings came in 2009 with the bright red Formosa 1140 housing project<\/a> in West Hollywood, which contains 11 homes in its metal-clad walls.<\/p>\n

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O’Herlihy’s studio also designed a sculptural courtyard at Mariposa 1038. Photo by Paul Vu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOHA also designed the Cloverdale 749 apartments in 2014<\/a> with corrugated metal wrapping its exterior, and the studio’s Mariposa 1038 housing block<\/a>, which features a sculptural interior courtyard and a monochrome facade, was named one of North America’s best new housing of 2018<\/a> by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).<\/p>\n

In 2016, O’Herlihy expanded LOHA with a branch in Detroit, which, among its completed projects in the city, includes\u00a0the 23-building City Modern neighbourhood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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LOHA completed social housing made from shipping containers in 2025. Photo by Eric Staudenmaier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among LOHA’s multiple student housing projects in California are the stepped SL11024 development<\/a> in 2015, the coastal UCSB San Joaquin Student Housing complex<\/a> in 2019, the black-and-white Westgate 1515 housing<\/a> in 2021 and the metal-clad Granville1500 development<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n

The studio has also designed social housing projects, notably the MLK1101 affordable housing and community centre<\/a> in South Los Angeles, which was completed in 2019 to provide 26 housing units for previously homeless individuals.<\/p>\n