At LGA we don't just design buildings.  We take part in building communities - OUR Communities.  Our people have a strong commitment to serving our clients as our neighbors and to designing places where we ourselves would love to be.  And we're good at what we do.  Our expert staff allows us to deliver successful projects in a variety of project types even though our core areas of business are healthcare and education.  Some of our varied clients come to us with exciting ideas.  Some come with problems to be solved.  That's what architecture is all about to LGA - turning ideas and problems into great places.  We at LGA are committed to our clients and to pinpointing the essence of their needs and hopes for a project.  Identifying the vision for a project is where our work begins.  The fun part is developing creative design solutions that work.

Pinto beans and cornbread?* Perhaps. Actually, our staff members are both homegrown and East Tennessee transplants. We are graduates of over 10 different institutions. There are nearly 50 years between us. And, as our resumes show, we have an extremely wide variety of personal and professional experiences that allow each of us to bring a unique point of view and expertise to a project. Whether we are doing a small, rural project in Appalachia or a high profile, multi-million dollar project in a metropolitan area, as a whole, our staff can bring the right attitude to each project. While we probably don't all vote for the same candidates or fold our T-shirts the same way, we do have at least two things in common - the motivation to do excellent architecture and design and the desire to enjoy ourselves in the meantime.

*Our CEO, Jerry Lewis, often describes himself with this phrase.

Experience builds knowledge.  And, if you pay attention, it builds expertise.  With over 25 years of knowledge building, LGA has become a leading expert in delivering architectural and design services in the fields of healthcare and education.  Throughout this time we have both encountered and planned ahead for an innumerable array of circumstances that come up during design and construction. And we have learned from it.  As a result, we have tough drawing and projects standards that exceed that of most other firms.  We have tight quality control processes.  We conduct important in-house training to share knowledge with our colleagues. But, most importantly... OUR CLIENTS TRUST US.