LSS welcomed architecture undergraduate and graduate students from City College of NY and New York City College of Technology who are participating in the Architectural League’s inaugural year of a collaborative mentorship program. Students and their mentors enjoyed presentations from our various areas of practice – architecture, interiors, design-build and community participatory design.

Thrilled to announce that the affordable housing project we’ve partnered with Asian Amercans for Equality (AAFE) to design and build broke ground on Friday, November 15th, 2019!

Exposing students to the design process, LSS mentored each using their own artwork through Center for Family Life’s Life Lines youth development program.

LSS-designed Alley Pond Environmental Center, led by senior architect Lesli Stinger, was included in Women-Designed NYC, a publication that focuses on women-led projects awarded by the Public Design Commision over the past ten years.

LSS’s BIM Manager, Peter Koncz, was invited to the Bricsys 2019 Conference in Stockholm, where he particpated in a roundtable that focused on the future of BIM & design.

Pumpkin carving team, Leroy Spooky Scary, made an ‘Adaptive Reuse’ Pumpkin Reduction Mousse that took home the Hannibal Lecter Pathetic Consolation (Honorable Mention)! Every part of our pumpkin was used in a new inventive way in our dish/design. It reflects our firm’s baking culture and obsession with process.