Leroy Street Studio

Highly Engaged Employees

LSS is interested in pursuing intensive research into local building techniques, systems and materials, as well as rigorously examining the physical, social, and environmental context. The company derive architecture through a synthesis of diverse forces that allow the company to create a unique design for each client, informed by their requirement... s and desires. LSS has led large design teams through the completion of projects throughout the US and abroad. The company specializes in complex projects with aggressive schedules and in innovative, low-cost solutions to everyday problems. In 1995, in an effort to adapt the company's process to address the needs of those who do not have access to design services, LSS founded Hester Street Collaborative, a non-profit design/build workshop that helps students and local residents improve their public spaces. In 2008, informed by their backgrounds in contracting, LSS founded BLDG, a construction management company dedicated to bringing LSS clients a better, more cost-effective product through an integrated design and construction process. In 2010, LSS added an in-house interior design department. Leroy Street Studio was founded by Morgan Hare and Marc Turkel in 1995. Shawn Watts joined the practice in 1997 and became a partner in 2005.Read More