Swift Lee Office

Swift Lee Office (SLO) is an award-winning architectural firm based in Pasadena, specializing in innovative residential and educational projects. SLO’s range of full service includes new constructions, major renovations, additions, and modernizations. Our residential portfolio includes remodels and renovations of mid-century modern homes—originally designed by seminal architects such as Ed Fickett, Milton Caughey, and Buff, Straub & Hensman. Our principals and staff are experienced design professionals who possess detailed knowledge of building and constructing and offer creative, sustainable, economical solutions to a myriad of architectural design problems. In the face of ever-increasing building costs, regulatory complexity, and ecological imperatives, SLO wholeheartedly embraces R. Buckminster Fuller’s maxim of “doing the most with the least.” SLO’s work has been widely recognized through publications, exhibitions, and awards, including AIA/LA design awards, SXSWEDU Learn by Design Finalist, LafargeHolcim Sustainable Construction Award, Citation Award from the National School Boards Association, and a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.