FEATURED IN:
CRAFTING INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTS + SPATIAL IDENTITIES
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With 15+ years of award-winning practice in the design industry, Lauren’s focus is on brand-driven spatial ideation. Her experience ranges from complex multi-phased projects in the commercial workplace, healthcare, retail, and educational markets — to the boutique hospitality and high-end residential sectors.
Part designer / part place-maker, Lauren is motivated to create a deeper dialog surrounding people and their connection to the environments they build and occupy.
Offering full-service interior architectural design, real estate consulting, retail standards + rollout strategy, and custom furniture + product design, Lauren pursues unique opportunities to forge partnerships and collaborations with brands who seek to create engaging spaces and lasting experiences in both the private and public realms.
LIFESTANCE
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With an IPO debut valued at $7.5 Billion in 2021, LifeStance Health maintains that there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to mental health. With the mission to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives by improving access to trusted care — they believe that both technology and design together have the power to seismically improve the process of seeking help in this country. With a nationwide rebranding of its spaces and products, LifeStance Health is now one of the nation’s largest outpatient mental health providers, with the largest brick-and-mortar footprint in the U.S., operating over 400+ locations.
Upon the opening of the company's 200th re-branded space, CEO Danish Quareshi stated, "With the rollout of our spatial rebrand, we're redefining what it means to seek mental health care in a compassionate, human-centric environment that ensures our patients feel connected, supported, and in control of their care."
Photography Courtesy of Zach Benson Photography
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400+ LOCATIONS
Nation Wide
ALMA
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Alma is pioneering a new practice model for mental health: a co-practicing community of independent therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals, powered by shared access to technology and services, all housed within spaces designed for healing and growth. With a human-centered, evidence-based approach to space-making, Alma’s empathetic environments provide clinicians and clients with the privacy and comfort needed for optimized care — helping to shift the paradigm of the overly sterile medical office experiences of our past.
Awards : Alma was in Fast Co’s 10 Most Innovative Health Companies of 2020, and was honored in Interior Design Magazines NYCxDesign Awards in 2019 within the Health+Wellness category.
Photography Courtesy of Natalie Chitwood Photography
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MIDTOWN + BROOKLYN
NEW YORK
Häuser+CO
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A collection of curated cabin experiences, nestled in the Catskills + Pocono Mountains. Full design+build/renovation of three uniquely positioned dwellings, with all the modern conveniences and comforts of a fully stocked home + the rustic charm of a nature-inspired getaway.
“Black cedar envelopes give way to bright interiors”. — Dwell Magazine.
Photography Courtesy of Natalie Chitwood Photography
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CATSKILL
Mountains
VICE MEDIA
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Uhuru Design, in partnership with The Switzer Group & Maderas Collective, lead the interior design + buildout of the 75,000 SQFT gut renovation / relocation of Vice Media's Corporate Headquarters, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Situated on several blocks of the iconic Domino Sugar Factory, the previous industrial site was transformed into "one part super production facility : one part players' paradise", with 100+ video editing suites, recording studio, and DJ booth. Housing over 1000 employees, the building includes full kitchen, cafe, bar, and an open lobby / lounge connected to one of Brooklyn's largest roof gardens, by Brooklyn Grange.
Photography Courtesy of Vice Media
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BROOKLYN
NEW YORK
OSCAR HEALTH
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Oscar Health, the $2 billion dollar tech startup that's shaking up the healthcare industry, opened their first full-service, clip-board free health & wellness center to its users in early 2017. The 6,000 SQFT clinic located in downtown Brooklyn is equipped with laboratory, treatment, therapy, and counseling rooms, as well as a community facing multi-purpose room designed for user engagement, outreach, and education.
Awards : Oscar Health Center received recognition as an Exceptional Branded Environment in Fast Company's annual Innovation by Design Awards.
Photography Courtesy of Oscar
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BROOKLYN
NEW YORK
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Google's 3rd largest campus further expanded its foot print with this 180,000 SQFT new construction building completed in 2016 by design and architecture firm DLR Group. Situated on the previously abandoned railway corridor, this brownfield site now incorporates the first public facing engineering campus, parks system, and community connection. The tenant build-out and interior design, also led by DLR Group, includes 90,000 SQFT of office, lounge, + meeting space, auditorium, full-service cafeteria, micro kitchens, and wellness gym + spa.
Awards: Google Kirkland Building D received Best Green Project by ENR in 2017.
Photography Courtesy of DLR Group
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SEATTLE
WASHINGTON
INDUSTRIOUS OFFICES
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Industry leader in shared workspaces, Industrious Offices brings startups, creatives, entrepreneurs, and business professionals under one roof. In partnership with Uhuru Design, Industrious opened over 250,000 SQFT from 2014-2017, with 10 additional locations in the works. Bringing its members a heightened sense of service, Industrious's concierge co-working model celebrates the individuality and community aspects of each locations. Focusing on be-spoke, brand and location specific custom FF&E build-outs, they strive to fuse the concept of craft and hospitality into the office scene.
Photography Courtesy of Industrious Offices
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130+ LOCATIONS
NATIONWIDE
HERMAN MILLER FAMILY
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In partnership with parent company, Herman Miller, the iconic Geiger brand showcases its annual offerings at the world’s leading platform/event for the commercial design industry, Neocon. In stark contrast to the ‘white box’ environment created, the brands commitment to craft, quality construction, and mastery of woodworking shine through. With a special focus on their custom casework capabilities, sculptural vignettes are composed through minimal but intentional furnishing and fixture placement, while textural and tonal blocking allows materiality to be fully celebrated. “It all works together to create furniture of a singular character, moving the execution of our designs closer to perfection,” — Geiger.
Photography Courtesy of Herman Miller
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NEOCON
chicago
