Founded in 1964, by the late Lee Harris Pomeroy, the firm has a history of working with New York City’s public spaces and institutions. In conjunction with the city and state, we have worked at enhancing and preserving them. Public works have figured prominently at LHP. We have a longstanding involvement in projects concerning the physical, social, and cultural infrastructure of New York. Our work embraces new and historic structures. The firm's design efforts consistently deal with the balance between the built and natural environment, and exploration of new technology. We understand that architecture and design is born out of the needs of a specific client and project and does not exist independently of that until the work is completed. Our efforts focus not only on producing a quality design product but on also providing quality design services to the client.  

The primary task of meeting the program goals and objectives of functionality and cost is guided by the mission of defining spaces and forms relevant and appropriate to the project. Our firm is dedicated to creating in all their projects a sense of place. In any size project this is the underlying goal. If the occupants and/or users feel that the place was created with a sense of grace and sensitivity to their needs, they will assume ownership of it, and it will function optimally for them. 

The firm’s public sector portfolio includes education, transportation and justice projects. We have also worked on libraires, residential and commercial buildings, including corporate headquarters and a convention center.   

In the area of historic preservation LHP has been entrusted with the upgrading of some of New York’s most venerable structures, which include the Plaza Hotel, St James Church, and the number of historic transportation facilities such as Grand Central station. Other historic work includes- schools, libraries and commercial buildings. 

Our current public client list includes NYS Housing and Community Renewal, Metropolitan Transit Authority, NYC Department of Correction, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the NYC School Construction Authority and NYCHA. In the past we have provided services to clients such as HBO, Swiss Bank, Trinity Church, Government of West Bengal India, Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) China.