LSH Architects
Contemporary Residential Architects
At LSH Architects, we focus on designing homes that are in balance with their inhabitants and the environment. Home design compels personalization: it’s only natural to want our comforts, interests, and preferences expressed in our intimate surroundings. Our architectural designs draw inspiration from these aspects and resolves design requirements creatively, for spaces that invite, delight, and endure.
Architectural Design and Technical Proficiency
We are artistic yet practical. Our approach allows us to be imaginative and solve problems at once, to transform vision into reality. Form meets function; technical proficiency facilitates sensitivity to aesthetics, materials, natural light, and the environment. We are design-oriented and propose creative, compelling solutions. We are also detail-oriented and design realistic construction details for our custom designs.
Site and Client Inspires Project Vision
We foster a close dialogue with our client, exchanging ideas and envisioning the home through their eyes. Our experience can help inspire these images, clarify them; shape them into something that surprises. We develop custom material palettes that introduce personality as much as substance. Finishes are selected to showcase natural materials, for structures that resonate in purpose, beauty, and meaning.
Our ultimate goal is to create homes that are beneficial in their existence: they are soulful living experiences; they are site-sensitive, natural and environmentally balanced; they have the power to enhance communities for generations.
Based on the San Francisco Peninsula
We have over 20 years of experience with new construction and renovations. Most of our projects are in or near San Francisco and the Peninsula, where we are located.
The LSH Architects Advantage
continuity of care from a small hands-on studio
ability to resolve complex designs
sensitivity to materials
technically considered details
premium customer service
competitive fees
expertise in CAD & 3D visualization
warm contemporary design aesthetic
compelling spaces
inspired design
The multi-faceted aspects of architecture pose a challenging balance of science and art.
Architects help realize visions. They give form to words and ideas.
Lori Sang Hsu, Architect
Principal Architect
Lori is a professional architect of 20 years. She began her career designing contemporary high-end residences, academic buildings, and art centers in the Boston area. Lori came to the Bay Area in 2002, where she established her practice, LSH Studio. In 2016, the practice incorporated and became LSH Architects.
Lori is highly sensitive to client ideas and expectations, and skillfully transforms concepts into architectural form. Her design solutions are clear, balanced, and inviting. She applies thoughtful problem-solving to every project detail, addressing imposing challenges with measured creativity. Her distinctive artistry is a canvas for agile spaces, where geometry is light, graceful, and energetic.
Lori received a Masters in Architecture from Harvard University in 1996 and a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College in 1992. She was born in Seoul, Korea, and grew up in Queens, NY. Lori lives in the Bay Area, is married with two children, and enjoys cycling, traveling, and photography.