City skyline with modern rooftop terrace featuring people socializing, furnished with yellow chairs, a blanket, and potted plants.
Modern kitchen with black cabinets, a marble island, and wooden bar stools; a person walking past, blurred, near a sliding glass door with sunlight and greenery outside.
Modern multi-story residential building at the corner of an intersection, with street signs indicating Lombard Street and 21st Street, intersection with crosswalks, cars parked along the street, pedestrians crossing, and traffic lights, during dusk.
A woman sitting alone at a table in a modern, minimalistic cafe, with a latte in front of her, while two baristas work behind the counter. The cafe has light-colored wood furniture and neutral walls with sleek lighting.
Modern multi-story house with black exterior walls, illuminated windows, and a flat roof, at dusk.
Modern kitchen with wooden and marble finishes, sliding glass door with outdoor grill, dining table with wine and glasses, and large potted plant.
Looking down on a spiral staircase with black metal steps and wooden walls.
A beige stone building with four floors and six windows, two planters with flowers, and two people standing outside near the entrance

Lo Design
Responsive Architecture,
Tangible Impact

We are an architecture and design studio working across residential, cultural, and nonprofit spaces. Our work brings together human-centered design, a sensitivity to materials and deep technical fluency. From custom high-end residences to community-driven nonprofits, every project is shaped by the specifics of its site and the values of its users.

SELECTED PROJECTS

APPROACH

We’re not just architects; we’re builders, developers, and strategists. Our in-house tools and capabilities allow us to go beyond the boundaries of a typical architecture practice, resulting in projects which solve problems more holistically and are delivered more efficiently.

Building Workshop

We prototype material and construction techniques in our building workshop, resulting in more meaningful and innovative design solutions.

Zoning & Entitlements

Our deep expertise across zoning, building permitting, adaptive reuse, and historic buildings gives us a unique understanding of what’s really possible and how to make it happen.

Project Delivery

Our development, construction and project management experience allows us to move fluidly between concept and project delivery, ensuring projects are built smoothly and according to plan.

Modern kitchen with black cabinets, a marble island, wooden chairs, and a large glass door showing outdoor greenery. A blurred person is walking inside.

SERVICES

Architecture

We have extensive experience in all aspects of architectural design, across scales and sectors. Each project begins with deep listening to site, program, and community. We apply a thoughtful and intentional strategy and level of planning across all phases of the project from initial conception through design, entitlements, and through construction. Whether new construction on an open site or adaptive reuse of a dense urban site our process is both holistic and creative.

Modern multi-story residential building with white brick exterior and black window frames on a city street. People walking dogs and pedestrians near the sidewalk.

Interiors

Through a process of deep listening and intentional engagement, we work collaboratively to craft tactile spaces which respond to the way people want to live, creating spaces and experiences with sensitivity to materials, light and touch.

Modern kitchen with wooden cabinets, a marble backsplash and island, two green chairs, and large windows.

Development

Our development work gives us the opportunity to invest in the social fabric of the spaces we live and work. High-end homes and mission-driven nonprofits receive the same thoughtful and rigorous approach.

Indoor rowing class with multiple rowing machines and a teacher at the front leading students in a spacious studio with large windows and an open garage door.

Construction

We are not just designers, we are a hands-on building workshop and construction practice. Our tactical expertise informs our more holistic design solutions which in turn ensure that the delivery of a building is more efficient and comprehensive.

Modern multi-story house with large illuminated windows at dusk, featuring a black metal exterior on the upper levels and exposed brick on the lower levels.