Introducing the architecture community’s resource for enabled ambitious design and rigorous technical performance, together.
Meet studio|LB.
Creative + Technical.
Together.
Lerch Bates, the Built Environment’s trusted leader in technical consulting for 80+ years, now delivers its design-forward services as studio|LB. Read the full press release here.
studio|LB combines the façade and structural engineering expertise of our recently acquired company, Studio NYL, with LB’s renowned multidisciplinary Total Building Performance™ capabilities to deliver integrated, high‑performance design solutions with three commitments: Enable. Engineer. Elevate.
enable.
Empowering Architects to realize
ambitious design intent
through creativity, clarity
and technical guidance.
Engineer.
Delivering innovative and constructable solutions that perform in the real world—technically, environmentally and economically.
Elevate.
Raising performance, collaboration and the Built Environment through design‑driven technical Insights and client‑focused partnership.
Who is studio|LB?
studio|LB is the design‑forward group within Lerch Bates that combines the award‑winning façade and structural engineering expertise of Studio NYL (acquired by Lerch Bates in 2025) with Lerch Bates’s 80-year legacy as a trusted multidisciplinary consulting firm. studio|LB advances Lerch Bates’s delivery of integrated, high‑performance design solutions to Architects, developers and design partners around the globe. studio|LB is an industry leader in structures, enclosures, parking, pedestrian circulation, vertical transportation, facade access, building logistics and Total Building Performance™ with three commitments: Enable. Engineer. Elevate.
Where do I find StudioNYL?
You found them! Following acquisition by Lerch Bates, Studio NYL became studio|LB. Go to our Meet the Team page to get in touch with your previous contacts directly or click contact us to reach out any time.
What does studio|LB do?
studio|LB reinforces Lerch Bates’s leadership in integrated consulting—combining specialist expertise in:
- Total Building Performance™ modeling and analysis
- Building Science
- Structural Engineering
- Façade Design and Advanced Enclosure Systems
- Façade Access
- Commissioning (BECx)
- Building Flow
- Vertical Transportation (elevators, escalators, lifts)
- Pedestrian Circulation
- Parking Design
- Building Logistics
This unified platform gives Architects, developers and other clients a single partner capable of addressing the full complexity of modern buildings—from ambitious aesthetics to rigorous technical performance.
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