Hilde is the office mascot, official morale booster, full-time security guard and part-time menace (but always a good girl in our eyes). Found running through the streets of South L.A. and an accomplished escape artist, her boundless energy keeps us on our toes and reminds us that taking a moment to step away from our computers to give her a treat is never a bad idea.
LMA was born in an aluminum travel trailer in a parking lot next to a Silver Lake tire shop.
Loescher Meachem Architects (LMA) was created in 2012 and is recognized among Southern California’s most respected architectural practices, specializing in the design and construction of high-performance workplace, hospitality and adaptive reuse projects. Founded by architects Ben Loescher and John Meachem, former colleagues at Clive Wilkinson Architects, the pair honed their working relationship to capitalize on their respective knowledge and leadership experience in architectural design.
LMA is expert in high ambition projects and believes collaboration is the cornerstone of any successful project. Our projects often involve multiple designers and subject matter experts requiring a high degree of collaboration to achieve outcomes greater than that possible using a single member team. Our continuing relationships with blue-chip clients is a reflection of our commitment to client service and satisfaction. Our clients include some of the leading institutions and brands today, including Apple, Beats by Dre, Saatchi & Saatchi, Warner Brothers, Illumination Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures, NeueHouse, and Casamata Restaurant Group.
Our Team
In a business that is about buildings, we are distinguished by our people.
Leah Wyatt
Registered Architect, CA
Leah is a licensed architect in California, and earned her Master of Architecture from UT Austin in 2021, and her bachelor’s degree in political science from USC. After deciding that law school would involve too much reading, she pivoted to studying architecture, a field in which she felt she could have a more tangible impact on her community and environment. Upon earning her masters degree, she moved to New York City, where she spent some time managing construction projects and gaining hands-on building site experience. Now at LMA, she enjoys collaborating with coworkers and other trades to arrive at optimal solutions to organizational and logistical problems. When she is not working, Leah enjoys getting outside with her dog, Archie.
Nandini Parekh
Nandini is a recent graduate of Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Her idea of Architecture is largely authored by exploring its relationship with History, Art, Technology and Politics and demystifying the range of effects that it produces. In addition to obtaining a Bachelor of Architecture from SCI-Arc, Nandini brings a year of experience from both local and international firms, with a range of responsibilities across multiple project types.
Nandini has focused her academic and professional growth on building a solid foundation in architectural design principles, as well as learning a wide range of industry standard software and model-making techniques. In unraveling the deeper capacities of Architecture through her education and work, Nandini has developed a desire for sustainable, experiential, experimental architecture. She is a member of the AWA+D and works on furniture design and fabrication in her free time.
Bryce Pallera
Bryce is an architectural designer at LMA with experience on a range of residential, commercial, and interior design projects. Growing up in suburban Massachusetts while raised in a family of designers and engineers, Bryce developed a keen awareness of the impact of the built environment on everyday life.
In 2015, Bryce moved to California and studied at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley, where he twice received the honor of presenting his projects at Circus, the school’s annual showcase of exemplary student work. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture in 2019, and in the four years between graduation and relocating to Los Angeles, he worked alongside his college instructor and mentor Dominique Price at her boutique architecture and interiors studio in San Francisco.
Now at LMA, Bryce continues to apply his skills to diverse architectural projects, aiming to enhance user experiences and create impactful spaces that resonate with their occupants. His design thinking is driven by a pursuit of innovative solutions that create new possibilities of interaction and engagement.