Expertise

Lord Aeck Sargent's interior designers excel in creating purposeful and inspiring environments that prioritize user comfort, productivity, wellness and collaboration. By engaging clients in the design process and understanding their business-driven requirements, we deliver interior spaces that align with their brand, culture, and work processes. Our approach emphasizes innovation, utilizing creative solutions and advanced technology integration to enhance functionality and flexibility.

With a keen eye on functional requirements and spatial development, our interdisciplinary team collaboratively explores solutions that support the wellbeing of occupants and seamlessly integrates with architectural design. We bring forward-thinking expertise to each project, leveraging our knowledge of industry trends and research. Our services encompass a wide range of offerings, including design consultation, programming, feasibility studies, ADA compliance, FF&E, and construction administration, ensuring holistic support from concept to completion. Through our dedication to innovation and collaboration, we strive to create interior environments that inspire, support, and reflect the unique needs of our clients.

LAS’ focus is on creating vibrant urban communities that prioritize walkability and livability, viewing each community’s-built environment as a unique collage shaped by its people, politics, and location. Embracing the principles of good urbanism, such as diversity, connectivity, and sustainability, LAS is recognized for its expertise in public involvement, graphic communication, and effective implementation strategies. Our portfolio encompasses myriad projects, including mixed-use developments/communities, downtown master plans, streetscape designs, transit & trails development and urban public spaces & parks, with services ranging from master planning to construction administration.

We boast a diverse design staff with expertise in design and planning, comprising registered architects, urban planners, landscape architects, arborists, and zoning specialists. These efforts have led to the creation of new trails and paths, greenspace at top-tier educational institutions and housing developments, extensive parks and open spaces, and miles of enhanced streetscapes. By prioritizing clear communication and integration within the broader community and stakeholders, LAS assists clients in developing projects that seamlessly fit their surroundings and contribute positively to the urban fabric.

With an understanding that can only be gained through experience, we know the critical components that are key to the success of teaching and research lab environments. In the past 15 years alone, the firm has completed millions of square feet of laboratory space and is nationally recognized for its leadership in the design of innovative science facilities.

Lord Aeck Sargent’s Science & Technology practice area strives to create laboratory environments that enhance interaction and collaboration while maintaining the highest attainable level of design, technology and safety. Our portfolio includes laboratory planning, programming and design for the following facilities:

Lord Aeck Sargent specializes in public space design, mobility and facility planning, historic preservation, placemaking, and community engagement. We excel in crafting outdoor spaces that harmonize with their surrounding buildings. Our understanding of the integral relationship between architectural quality and shared public spaces ensures that our designs enhance community identity and vitality.

With a holistic approach to the built environment, Lord Aeck Sargent offers expertise in dynamic open spaces, complete streets, and urban amenities. Our design solutions cater to diverse scales and settings, from expansive public plazas to educational outdoor environments. We are dedicated to shaping communities that thrive through thoughtful, integrated design solutions.

Lord Aeck Argent aims to craft buildings with positive impacts on inhabitants and the environment, adopting sustainability since the early 1990s. Analytical approaches are utilized to optimize building performance, exemplified by our early adoption of The 2030 Challenge, striving for renewable-powered buildings by 2030. Our design team, inclusive of LEED-accredited architects and specialists in daylighting and energy analysis, seamlessly integrates sustainable strategies into projects, having certified over 90 LEED projects and attained Living Building Challenge Certification for the Kendeda Building. Committed to equitable workplaces, LAS earned a JUST Label in 2017, exemplifying our dedication to social responsibility.

Sustainability is ingrained in Lord Aeck Sargent's design ethos, recognizing the urgency of addressing climate change and prioritizing high-performance, energy-efficient design. Emphasizing functionality, sensitivity to site conditions, efficiency, responsibility in material selection, and promoting healthful indoor environments, our designs reflect a holistic approach to sustainability. Leveraging in-house capabilities for energy simulations and analyses, we optimize building performance through a four-step hierarchy, integrating an early multidisciplinary design process to identify project-specific opportunities and achieve sustainability goals without added cost. At LAS, sustainability isn't an afterthought but a fundamental aspect of our design philosophy.

Lord Aeck Sargent specializes in historic preservation, seamlessly blending past and future to enrich communities and architectural landscapes. With over fifty years of expertise, our diverse team of architects, planners, conservators, and designers is dedicated to conserving and revitalizing historic buildings and sites for future generations, all while adhering to client budgets and schedules. Our services encompass a wide array of preservation strategies, from community surveys to building documentation and analysis, ensuring that each project respects the unique history, design, and materials of the structure.

At the heart of our Historic Preservation Practice Area is a commitment to creative and appropriate solutions that honor the past while meeting the needs of the present and future. We recognize historic buildings as integral components of our cultural heritage and essential elements in defining the character of our communities. Whether rehabilitating campus buildings or restoring historic landmarks, our approach prioritizes understanding each structure's historical significance and the goals of those involved, resulting in thoughtful solutions that ensure continued use and relevance. With a team of over fifteen preservation professionals, Lord Aeck Sargent combines extensive experience with a focus on sustainability, leveraging the inherent qualities of historic buildings to create environmentally conscious designs that resonate with both past and future.

Lord Aeck Sargent specializes in a diverse range of architectural planning services, meticulously tailored to meet the unique demands of each project. Our urban design and planning expertise encompasses the meticulous crafting of urban spaces, ensuring functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability are seamlessly integrated. From revitalizing city centers to envisioning new urban developments, we work closely with stakeholders to create vibrant, livable environments that foster community engagement and cultural vitality.

In the realm of academic planning, campus planning, and master planning, we excel in designing educational environments that inspire learning, collaboration, and innovation. Whether conceptualizing a new campus layout, optimizing existing academic facilities, or crafting a comprehensive master plan, we prioritize the creation of adaptable, future-proof spaces that support evolving pedagogical needs. Our strategic approach to preservation planning ensures the thoughtful conservation of historic structures and cultural landmarks, preserving their heritage while accommodating modern functionalities and sustainable practices for continued relevance in the built environment. In addition, our proficiency in lab planning encompasses the intricate design of specialized laboratory environments, where cutting-edge research, experimentation, and innovation thrive within carefully orchestrated spaces optimized for safety, efficiency, and collaboration.