Mark Allen Tate

Mark Allen Tate (born 1959 Oklahoma, United States) is an American architect and artist. Tate is the owner and principal of Tate Studio Architects, an architecture firm established in 2007 in Cave Creek, Arizona.

Early life and education Tate was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He grew up between Oklahoma and Texas where most everyone in his family had a farm. He spent his boyhood days at his grandfather's farm in Chandler, Oklahoma, and then later, Aitkin, Minnesota until his grandfather's death in 1987.

At 16, Tate developed an interest in jewelry making, heavily influenced by American artist of indigenous Hopi descent, Charles Loloma.

After graduating from Putnam City High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1977, Tate and his family relocated to Phoenix, Arizona. As a college senior and a father to three (he would go on to have nine children), however, Tate left his studies to support his family, returning decades later to graduate with a BFA degree in sculpture in 2022. and several subsequent states thereafter: Texas (2009), Colorado (2010), Utah (2020), and Idaho (2021).

In 1993, Tate joined Jones Studio where he met his wife, Lisa Tate, who later founded Full Circle Custom Homes (2012). The firm, owned and operated by Tate, had a staff of eight as of 2023. Today, Tate is known for designing homes that harmonize with the external environment, unique to each owner. In all of his work, he aims to "bring the outside in."

In 2011, Tate was awarded the first of several Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Merit Awards for his work in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Gold Nugget Merit Award is selected by a panel of top industry experts from hundreds of entries. Winners selected are believed to be those who showcase the most exciting trends in residential design, planning and building. Tate has since been awarded six Gold Nugget Merit Awards as of 2024 for various residences around the American Southwest. In 2021, Tate was named a Master of the Southwest by Phoenix Home & Garden and a “Design Icon – Architect” by Sources for Design magazine. 2011 Sefcovic Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2015 Kim Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2017 Riley Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2017 Silversmith Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2017 Wayne Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2018 Hoffman – Residence – Lee Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2018 Norman Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2019 Sill Residence, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States 2023 Andrus Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States 2024 SB Residence, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States