Lord, Aeck & Sargent is an award-winning architecture firm serving clients in scientific, academic, historic preservation, arts, cultural, and multi-family housing and mixed-use markets.

Its professional staff of architects, interior designers, heritage preservationists and construction cost managers provides services from feasibility studies, master planning and programming, to design, construction contract administration, conditions assessments and facility management support.

With more than 140 employees, Lord, Aeck & Sargent has offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Atlanta, Georgia, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The firm’s projects, however, are located throughout the United States. Revenues were $25.8 million in 2007 and $29 million in 2008.

Lord, Aeck & Sargent and its people have earned more than 150 national, regional, state and local distinctions including multiple AIA Honor Awards for Excellence in Architecture and four R&D Magazine Laboratory of the Year and Special Mention awards.

Lord, Aeck & Sargent has five design studios, each with its own specific subject matter expertise, and all five with expertise in sustainable, or "green" design, which is a key component in all design projects. Since the culture of the firm is highly collaborative, it is not at all unusual to find experts from one studio playing consultative roles on planning, programming and design projects from other studios. The five studios are:

The Science Studio, which focuses primarily on college and university campuses, where it plans and designs life sciences, biotech and interdisciplinary science research laboratories as well as engineering labs, science teaching facilities and healthcare facilities. The Science Studio also designs medical clinics and diagnostic testing laboratories for the government sector; and applied research, life sciences and engineering labs for the private sector. Some specific areas of expertise include BSL-2 and BSL-3 containment labs, imaging facilities, nanotechnology facilities and animal research facilities.

The Historic Preservation Studio, which focuses on providing a comprehensive range of architectural services in both restoration and rehabilitation to government, education and other institutional clients. This includes everything from preservation planning – including pre-design and fund-raising packages – to the development of construction drawings for complete architectural restoration and rehabilitation. Highly specialized areas of expertise include condition assessments, historic structure reports, feasibility studies for the rehabilitation of historic properties, and campus preservation planning.

The Arts & Culture Studio, which is dedicated to the planning and design of museums. The studio has extensive experience with art museums, environmental museums, history museums, house museums, visitor’s centers and arts education centers.

The Housing & Mixed Use Studio, which works with developers, neighborhood groups, community planning and development corporations and municipalities, and which focuses on urban infill projects mainly consisting of multi-family housing and mixed-use residential/commercial developments, including projects with a student housing component. These include new construction as well as adaptive use, historic rehabilitation and urban design planning projects. The Studio also offers Atlanta-based developers expertise the City’s zoning ordinances and processes.

The Education Studio, which focuses on the academic sector. On college and university campuses, the studio specializes in the planning and design of: academic learning centers; undergraduate science facilities; campus centers/student life facilities; undergraduate and graduate/married student housing; living-learning communities; and libraries/learning resource centers. The Education Studio also plans and designs interactive learning environments for private K-12 schools.