Catalyst
An Office Made of Wood
03.23.2021
The growing popularity of mass timber as a sustainable building material is raising many questions about its potential role in future projects. Can it replace...
The Connected Library
03.1.2021
Ideas and innovations found in school libraries can help reshape the design of community libraries....
A Welcoming Design for an Unconventional Firm
02.26.2021
‘Growth’ was the primary theme for the new home of Acorns, an innovative fintech company that wants to build relationships with young investors....
Releases
LPA Explores Use of Mass Timber for Office Construction
03.25.2021
Integrated design team examined the challenges and opportunities of employing cross-laminated timber (CLT) as the primary building material for a traditional core-and-shell office structure....
LPA Design Director Keith Hempel Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
Sustainable design leader is the integrated firm’s fourth architect to earn this national honor from the American Institute of Architects...
Integrated design firm LPA acquires LdG Landscape Architects
02.4.2021
Award-winning San Diego team will join LPA’s established landscape practice and expand design efforts in mixed use, education, commercial and healthcare projects....
News
LPA Engineers Earn Top Honors from ASCE Orange County
LPA’s design of Edwards Lifesciences’ Starr Atrium earned the Structural Project of the Year from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Orange County Branch...
Sacramento Business Journal: Covid disrupts workplace design — and notions of where and how we work
While most construction, architectural and engineering firms were deemed as essential during the pandemic and allowed to remain open, Covid-19 still caused a major disruption...
LPA Receives AIA California’s Top Honor for Architecture Firm
03.15.2021
Firm Award recognizes LPA’s history of distinguished architecture, industry-leading work on energy performance and effect on the profession....
Videos
LPA Spotlight: CSU Northridge Student Recreation and Wellness Center
03.8.2021
CSU Northridge Student Recreation and Wellness Center...
Working for LPA
03.5.2021
As an integrated firm, LPA brings together a diverse group with a variety of talents to address the challenges of the built environment. We share...
Spotlight: Lanier High School
02.8.2021
This is an extensive renovation of SAISD's existing Lanier classroom building and adjacent athletics fields. The design was directly shaped by stakeholder feedback, where it...
Research
The Space to Collaborate
01.25.2021
Educators and designers are focusing on collaborative spaces, which most agree are essential to developing innovative learning environments. But, how are they achieving the desired...
In Search of the Best Shading Option
09.29.2020
A study of shading options for a three-story project compared the performance of dynamic glazing, exterior venetian blinds and vertical fins....
Putting a Number on Embodied Carbon
08.4.2020
Analyzing the carbon impact of a project doesn’t have to be a guessing game. Research tools can provide actionable data....
