How We Started
On April 19th, 2005, Wes Lyles, Gretchen Lambert, and Tripp Riley founded Studio 2LR, Inc. with visions of an open office environment, where principals and interns work side-by-side. They discovered available office space on the second floor of a former bottling warehouse in the historic Congaree Vista area of Columbia, South Carolina. The existing space had been divided into small offices with minimal natural light. Shortly after moving in, the three partners (with help from friends and family) demolished the existing wall partitions to make way for an open studio environment.
In 2007, Studio 2LR expanded, adding a new reception area, lobby, conference room, and work room. The office expansion incorporated sustainable design strategies and is a USGBC LEED-CI certified project.