Lyster Grillet & Harding

Lyster Grillet & Harding (LGH) is a firm of Cambridge-based RIBA Chartered Architects with a rich history that spans over six decades. Since our establishment in 1956, we have specialised in designing high-quality, innovative, and inspiring teaching environments that enhance well-being and promote excellence in educational spaces. Our mission is to create learning spaces that inspire and build bright futures, while elevating potential through optimised design solutions.

Our Services

At LGH, we offer a comprehensive range of architectural services that are tailored to meet specific project and client needs. We provide full architectural services in line with the RIBA Plan of Work Stages, strategic development planning, option appraisals, feasibility studies, cost and budget control, planning application development, area guidelines analysis, capital funding bids, and design-focused expertise. Our services are designed to assist clients in realising their next exciting project while ensuring best value for money, cost certainty, and practical affordability.

Our team of experienced and highly skilled architects has a proven track record of delivering projects of all scales and complexities. We have expertise in designing whole new school designs, teaching blocks, sports facilities, retail food outlets, and other types of buildings. Our design-focused approach ensures that all projects receive dedicated expertise and personal attention, carefully listening to and addressing our clients' needs.

Our Approach

At LGH, we understand that each client and project is unique, and we treat them individually while maintaining the same degree of passion to produce exciting, high-quality environments. We adopt a realistic approach to ensure practical affordability and strive to maximise opportunities through tailored and creative design solutions. Our approach is delivered on budget and schedule, with a focus on natural 'passive' strategies that ensure buildings have a positive effect on both the building's internal environment and the earth's environment.

We have a tried and tested palette of materials from sustainable sources, which we use to create buildings that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also environmentally friendly. Our excellent track record of obtaining planning consent on challenging and contentious sites is a testament to our ability to secure planning consents while maintaining a realistic approach.

At LGH, we are committed to providing professional and friendly services, and we have a proven ability to carefully listen to and address our clients' needs. We have a design-focused, highly experienced resource that has a proven track record of substantiating and preparing successful capital funding bids. Our goal is to create learning spaces that inspire excellence and enhance well-being, while building bright futures and elevating potential through optimised design solutions.