Debra Lehman Smith

Debra Lehman Smith is the founding partner of Washington, DC–based LSM Studio. Celebrated for visionary workplaces and public interiors, the firm is particularly sought after by corporate and legal clients for harnessing design in the service of organizational change. LSM has earned widespread recognition for architecture and real estate strategy. Most notably, the London-based European headquarters of K&L Gates won the British Counsel of Offices Best of the Best Award in 2012. Both it and the Washington, DC headquarters of Covington have been separately recognized by Architectural Record’s Good Design is Good Business program. Lehman Smith’s collaborative methodology has underpinned multiple creative partnerships, bringing disciplines together in the promotion of design excellence.