Chris Lessard

Chris Lessard is the founding Principal of Lessard Design and is a registered architect in 18 US states (the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, and Nevada).

He is recognized nationally and internationally as a design innovator, which can be partly attributed to his uncanny ability to recognize and understand market trends. Chris Lessard’s continuing success is evidenced by the more than 450 national and local awards he has received.

Lessard has designed master plans for the multi-phase communities — including town centers comprised of retail, office, hotel and public amenities — as well as the architectural design for individual mixed-use, residential, and retail buildings.

In response to a growing international demand for the firm’s award-winning architectural and planning services, Mr. Lessard has expanded the firm’s practice overseas to Central Asia and the Middle East. The firm has an office strategically located in Ahmedabad, India, and has recently been awarded projects in Nanjing, China and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition to Lessard’s high-rise building and resort projects, the firm is able to provide high-density residential design solutions that work well in these countries’ heavily-populated cities. Lessard’s expertise in planning urban projects offer developing markets the advantage of the firm’s experience.