LBY Architects

Lyall Bills & Young

Architecture | Materplanning | Research

Our Philosophy

We rethink what’s possible, creating buildings that are innovative, enduring and deeply connected to place.

Our Expertise

Designing with expertise means balancing vision with precision, creating spaces that work beautifully today and evolve for tomorrow.

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  • Innovative approaches and deep expertise that drive genuine architectural advances.
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  • Comprehensive support at every stage, from initial concept through to completed project.
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  • Creating responsible architecture that adapts, endures, and respects the environment.
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  • Expert strategic guidance and technical insight to improve your project outcomes.
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Research & Development

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End-to-End Delivery

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Sustainability

Creating responsible architecture that adapts, endures, and respects the environment

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Expert strategic guidance and technical insight to improve your project outcomes.

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Our Expertise

Designing with expertise means balancing vision with precision, creating spaces that work beautifully today and evolve for tomorrow.

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Research & Development

Innovative approaches and deep expertise that drive genuine architectural advances.

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End-to-End Delivery

Comprehensive support at every stage, from initial concept through to completed project.

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GenZero Prototype Schools

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Sustainability

Creating responsible architecture that adapts, endures, and respects the environment

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Design & Technical Advisory

Expert strategic guidance and technical insight to improve your project outcomes.

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Our Expertise

Designing with expertise means balancing vision with precision, creating spaces that work beautifully today and evolve for tomorrow.

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Research & Development

Innovative approaches and deep expertise that drive genuine architectural advances.

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End-to-End Delivery

Comprehensive support at every stage, from initial concept through to completed project.

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GenZero Prototype Schools

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Sustainability

Creating responsible architecture that adapts, endures, and respects the environment

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Expert strategic guidance and technical insight to improve your project outcomes.

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Featured Projects

  • The front cover of the Chatham Centre Design Code, featuring a Illustrated map of Chatham, depicting buildings, people, trees, water, and ships in a colourful landscape with hills and a lighthouse.

    Chatham Design Code

    Setting the scene for urban renaissance

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  • Shot from the other side of the canal that runs in front of it, Cranfields Mill City scape with it’s mix of modern and under-construction buildings, with the centre piece 23-storey residential tower, under a blue sky.

    Cransfields Mill, Ipswich

    An award-winning landmark waterfront revival

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  • The rear ground level view of the entire Crossness Sludge Cake Building with it's industrial setting near a river with a bright orange coloured metallic clad upper section, grey lower section, and tall red chimney, along with black tanks and piping.

    Crossness Sludge Cake Building

    Balancing functionality, heritage and innovation

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  • Interior of Education Sandpit building, an empty modern room with wooden walls and floor, large windows, and a view of an outdoor landscape.

    DfE/MTC Education Sandpit Research Project

    Prototype learning spaces, built for testing and transformation

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  • The colourful Enchanted Wood Nursery with bright red supporting pillar in the foreground, with outdoor play area, including slides, toys, and children, under a clear blue sky.

    Enchanted Wood Nursery, Essex

    Growing through play and nature

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  • A computer-render of GenZero with a landscaped pathway between two modern buildings with greenery, trees, and a covered footbridge in the background.

    GenZero Prototype Schools

    A blueprint for the future of sustainable schools

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  • Brass panels clad the new-build extension and modern archway of Goldsmiths' Centre to the left, the Grade II listed Victorian school to the right with arched windows, with people sitting outside a café and pedestrians walking past, under a blue sky.

    Goldsmiths Centre, Eagles Court

    Forging the future of craftsmanship and design

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  • Two young students posing in a side-way dance pose on a staircase inside Jerwood Dance House with large windows and colourful orange-yellow hanging light fixture.

    Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich

    Celebrating culture on the waterfront

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  • The lobby/common area of London Academy of Excellence with colourful seating, indoor plants, and a glass-walled meeting room. Several people are walking or talking casually.

    London Academy of Excellence, Tottenham

    Reimagining learning spaces with minimal environmental impact

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  • The view through a gap in a red brick wall to the matching red brick Mascalls Stable Block, with large arched windows and doors, set against a backdrop of trees and a blue sky with some clouds, with and shrubs and flowers in the foreground.

    Mascalls Stable Block Conversion, Essex

    Preserving character, creating workspace

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  • Moulton College Athletics sports track with numbered lanes, adjacent to it's sports facility with solar panels on the roof, green trees in the background, and a clear blue sky.

    Moulton College Athletics

    Building champions through design

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  • A view of the Moulton College Student Housing complex with brick buildings, paved walkways, small landscaped gardens, and young trees.

    Moulton College Student Housing

    Living and learning in balance

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  • A detailed architectural plan of Moulton College Welfare Centre, showing various indoor and outdoor learning areas, labeled such as classrooms, bio-protection, aquatics, biomes, wetlands, learning garden, and outdoor collection spaces.

    Moulton College Animal Welfare Centre

    Advancing education in animal science

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  • The Food & Drink Innovation Centre, a modern, single-story building with a landscaped lawn, parking lot, and paved walkway, with trees and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

    Moulton College Food & Drink Innovation Centre

    Designing for innovation and enterprise

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  • People walk and gather in an urban plaza in front Mountbatten House development in Chatham Town Centre with colourful murals and a sign that reads 'The Pentagon' during evening hours.

    Mountbatten House, Chatham

    A brutalist icon reimagined

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  • Northcote Library

    Northcote Library & Housing, Wandsworth

    Turning the page on public space

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  • A ground level view of the Old Ford Pumping Station with three of the modern rust-coloured metal cube structures with a tree branch design and vent, set on green grass in a park-like area.

    Old Ford Pumping Station, London

    Shaped by function

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  • A complete view of all Old Ford Water Treatment Facility with modern buildings with wooden and concrete exterior, multiple levels and rounded ends, with grassy area in foreground and cloudy sky overhead.

    Old Ford Water Treatment Facility

    Pioneering water reuse at the Olympic fringe

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  • The Pudding Mill Pumping Station main building with cylindrical pink structures, a curved roof, and a tall blue-illuminated vertical tower top light shown at dusk on a dark blue clear sky.

    Pudding Mill Pumping Station

    Sustainable infrastructure meets public art

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  • An external view of the front of the The Pump House building with the historic Victorian brick facade on the left and a modern glass and wood addition on the right, surrounded by parked cars.

    The Pump House, Hammersmith

    Breathing new life into an industrial landmark

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  • A computer-render aerial view of St Mary’s Biophilic Primary School, with a large park with walking paths, trees, and a building complex surrounded by parking lots, located in an urban area.

    St Mary’s Biophilic Primary School, Derby

    Designing with nature in mind

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  • A full view of Stratford Box Pumping Station's modern square buildings with silvery black-grey brick walls, characterised by clean geometric shapes and minimal design, under a partly cloudy sky.

    Stratford Box Pumping Station

    Groundwater management meets sculptural design

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  • A grey background

    Upper Bedfords Farm, Essex

    Making places in rural contexts

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  • Computer-render of Upper Mount Housing, a modern multi-story residential buildings on a hill with a winding pathway in the foreground, trees, and landscaping.

    Upper Mount Housing, Chatham

    Designing homes with purpose and place

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