LAMAS is an award winning architecture studio registered in the US and Canada. We have worked in a range of scales, from ground-up residential houses to manufacturing and commercial spaces. We are practitioners and academics, equally invested in pragmatics and discursive research. Together with our energetic staff, we explore ornament, color, optical illusions, and craft traditions with advanced technology.

LAMAS was a 2014 finalist for MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program. We were named “Next Progressives” by Architect Magazine in 2017. Our work has won the 2017 Architizer+ Award, 2011 R+D Award and has been cited by Dwell Magazine, I.D. Magazine, and ACSA Faculty Design Awards. Our practice is backed by 16 years of combined experience as project managers for SHoP Architects and Gluck+. We have designed and led those teams to earn P/A Awards and the 2013 National AIA Housing Award.

LAMAS was founded by Vivian Lee and James Macgillivray.