天津大学建筑设计规划研究总院由创建于1952年的天津大学建筑设计研究院与天津大学城市规划设计研究院组合而成，是国家重点大学中第一家具有甲级建筑设计、甲级城市规划设计、甲级工程咨询、甲级历史文物建筑规划设计、甲级旅游规划等八项资质的总院设计机构。总院依托天津大学的人才优势、学科优势和技术优势，凭借严谨的工作作风和良好的服务意识，近年来完成的各项建筑设计、城市规划设计，在国内外各类设计竞赛中屡获殊荣，受到项目委托单位的好评。
总院现有一线设计人员近500人，其中45人为国家一级注册建筑师，35人为国家一级注册结构师，18人为国家注册城市规划师，博士9人，硕士178人。专业配套齐全，人员素质较高，总院在教育和科研建筑、旅游和疗养建筑、办公和商贸建筑以及大型医院建筑，体育建筑设计和城市规划、古建筑修缮保护规划、深基坑支护以及建设项目策划和可行性研究等方面都有不同凡响的建树。
总院以“科研强院、效益大院、国际知名的设计机构”为发展目标，在“天津滨海新区”、“福建海西建设”、“辽宁沿海经济带”和“山东半岛蓝色经济区”等国家发展战略以及在四川震后重建中，凭借天大人的实力和天大人的胸怀，发挥了举足轻重的作用。已完成的“北京光彩大厦（民生银行总部）”、“山东威海甲午海战馆”、“天津美术学院美术馆”、“天津市城市副中心西站地区规划”、“天津市滨海新区响螺湾商务区城市设计”、“天津利顺德大饭店复建项目”、“天津市大学生体育中心”、“中国宝鸡青铜器博物院”、“福建泉州台商投资区总体规划”、“河北曹妃甸国际论坛永久会址”等数十项彪炳于世的重大项目，在国内外影响深远。
总院近年来与多家高端境外设计机构展开了全方位、多层次的国际合作。通过与美国RSP设计公司、德国KSP建筑设计事务所、日本日建设计株式会社、日本昭和设计株式会社等国际设计公司的强强联合，成功跻身于国际知名设计机构的行列。
2012年，设计总院喜迎建院六十华诞。风雨六十载，设计筑恢弘，设计总院发展跃上了新的台阶，产值持续攀升，获奖成倍增加，影响日益扩大，成为当代中国建筑设计百家名院之一。
“实事求是”作为天津大学的校训，已经深深的融入本院的企业文化与服务理念之中，特色鲜明、风格独具的天津大学建筑设计规划研究总院，将为中国的城市建设精心勾绘更具中国时代精神、更具地方文化特色、更具城市竞争力的发展蓝图。
Tianjin University Research Institute of Architectural Design & Urban Planning is a wholly owned company of Tianjin University, which has a hundred years of history. It is combination of the Architectural Design Research Institute of Tianjin University and the Urban Planning Design Research Institute of Tianjin University. It has Class A certificates in architectural design, urban planning, project consultation, tourism planning and historical relic restoration design etc. Eight Class A certificates.
There are almost 500 employees in the institute, among whom 90% are design and research staffs. Relying on the advantages of staff, subject and technology in key university, with its serious working style and attentive service in more than 50 years since its establishment. It has extraordinary achievements in education, office, commercial, medical, sports architecture and urban planning, tourism planning, protection planning of ancient buildings, deep pit support, construction project planning and feasibility studies and other aspects.”Shandong Weihai Memorial Museum of Sino-Japanese War in 1894 ”, “The Art Gallery of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts”, “Regional Planning of the West Railway Station in Tianjin Sub-CBD”, “Urban Planning of Xiangluo Bay Business District in Binhai New Area”,” Baoji bronze artifact Museum”, “ No.26 Teaching Building of Tianjin University” ,” Tianjin Lishunde Hotel renovation”,”Tianjin university student sport center”, “Caofeidian Permanent Venue of International Forum” etc. projects own a lot of special awards in Various domestic and international design competitions and own the praise of whole industry and cumtomers.
“Making it Strong by Research, Gaining Profits, Being internationally well-known Design Institute” is the strategic development target of the institute. Implement the four development strategies in” Brand, Innovation, Regional, Blue Ocean” . In recent years, has nine patented technologies, 15 subjects in the study and over 50 research papers published in Academic journals in various important articles. The Enterprise value has an increase of 25% at an annual rate every year.
The institute develops various multi-level international cooperation with many foreign design agencies in recent years, such as RSP of USA, KSP of Germany, NIKKEN SEKKEI of Japan, Japan Showa Corporation , Canadian, Slovakia and other companies.
With distinctive characteristics and unique style, the institute is willing to draw an excellent blueprint elaborately with more local nature, more competitiveness, more contemporary spirits for China.
