1. Louviere, Stratton & Yokel, LLC
Animal Facilities Planning & Design
Architects and Laboratory Planners
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 650, Silver Spring, MD 20910 • 301.588.1500 • www.lsyarchitects.com

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F IRM I NTRODUCTION
Louviere, Stratton and Yokel, L.L.C. (LSY) provides planning,
design, and construction phase services to government, academic
and private sector clients. We are nationally recognized for our
expertise in high technology projects including biocontainment and
nanotechnology laboratories, animal facilities, imaging, and clinical
facilities.
Our design philosophy emphasizes the collaboration of architecture
and science to produce innovative, aesthetic facilities responsive to
client needs. We distinguish ourselves by combining small firm
responsiveness with expertise ordinarily found in larger national
firms. Each of our clients is assured of principal level involvement,
top flight service and innovative design from start to finish.
MISSION: The Principals at LSY share the common goal of
creating innovative and functional workspaces for the academic
and scientific research communities. LSY provides a wide range of
animal facilities planning and design services, including the design
of specialized spaces ranging from insectaries, imaging, and
aquatics facilities to biohazard containment vivaria and
laboratories BSL-2 through BSL-4.
We practice a knowledge-based team approach which respects and
encourages client participation. This philosophy is the cornerstone
on which LSY was founded and it continues to inspire our
commitment to innovative and functional design.
QUALITY: LSY has a proven track record of cost-efficient, on-time
delivery of technically-challenging laboratory and animal facilities.
We know the necessity of addressing today’s challenging security,
chain of command, and safety issues.
Our dedicated staff continually investigates the latest trends and
technologies in planning, programming and design, to achieve
maximum flexibility so that, as lab conditions and agendas evolve,
changing equipment needs and shifts in program emphasis may be
accommodated over the life of the building.
LOUVIERE, STRATTON & YOKEL, ARCHITECTS & LABORATORY PLANNERS

3. S ELECTED A NIMAL F ACILITY P ROJECTS
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, KRASNOW INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
– planning and programming for two new additions totaling 28,000 sf, which
include a vivarium, neuroscience laboratories, and research offices.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER RESEARCH EXPANSION –
planning and design for 6,000 sf expansion which will provide additional
holding, procedure rooms, and a state-of-the-art imaging center.
NIH JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW RESEARCH CENTER -- design management
and peer review for 540,000 gsf basic research laboratory, including
approximately 65,000 nsf of primate and rodent vivarium.
NIH JOHN EDWARD PORTER NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER -- design
management and peer review for 560,000 gsf basic research laboratory with
a 70,000 nsf vivarium.
NIH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGIES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES -
planning, programming, and design oversight for 150,000 sf research facility
with BSL-3 containment laboratories and animal facilities for research on
infectious diseases.
NIH NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE BASIC RESEARCH LABORATORY --
renovation of 265,000 gsf occupied biomedical research facility, which
includes molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics laboratories as well
as numerous specialized laboratories, and a rodent vivarium.
NIH ZEBRAFISH FACILITY -- planning and design of 16,500 sf zebrafish
aquatics vivarium and nuclear magnetic resonance facility. With 15,000
tanks, this zebrafish facility will be the largest in the world.
JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH – planning and
design for insect-borne infectious diseases laboratory and BSL-3 insectary.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH – master
planning and design for 55,000 sf research facility modernization, including
relocation of 8,000 sf transgenic vivarium with BSL-2 holding and procedure
facilities.
INTEGRATED LIFE SCIENCES BUILDING VIRGINA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY – laboratory planning for BSL-3 and BSL-2 facility
with 50,000 sf laboratories and a 7,300 sf rodent vivarium for infectious
disease research and vaccine development.
NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ANALYSIS AND COUNTERMEASURES CENTER
(NBACC) - planning and design for an 8,700 sf multi-species BSL-2 vivarium
with holding rooms, procedure space, surgery suite, telemetry room, and
support areas.
NIH ANIMAL CENTER RENOVATION- programming and design for 23,000 gsf
animal holding facility with a BSL-3 suite, holding, procedure, necropsy,
treatment, and laboratories.
FDA BSL-3 LABORATORY SUITE – planning and design for award-winning 700
sf animal holding suite for infectious disease research.
LOUVIERE, STRATTON & YOKEL, ARCHITECTS & LABORATORY PLANNERS

4. LSY V IVARIUM EXPERIENCE LSY C LIENT L IST
Army Corps of Engineers – Baltimore District
Baxter Bioscience
TYPE OF FACILITIES EXPERIENCE Cambridge Systems Inc.
• Multiple Species (rodents, rabbits, non-human Children’s National Medical Center
primates, etc.) Gallaudet University
• SPF, Transgenic, Barrier Facilities George Mason University
Georgetown University Hospital
• Biocontainment Facilities (BSL-3, 3Ag, 4)
Johns Hopkins University
• Specialized Facilities (Insectaries, Aerobiology, LifeBridge Health
Aquatics, Imaging, etc.)
Med Star Health
National Cancer Institute
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
SEMINARS / ASSOCIATIONS
The National Institutes of Health
• Member, American Association of Laboratory
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Animal Care – National Capital Area Branch
National Eye Institute
• Animal Facilities Design Seminars National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
• Uniformed Services University of the Health National Human Genome Research Institute
Sciences National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• Peer Reviewer, NCRR Grants Review Board
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
• 2009 International Conference on National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Biocontainment Facilities National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• 8th National CDC Symposium on Biosafety National Institute of Mental Health
• NIH Design Policy Guidelines: Technical Editor National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Current Edition National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• NIH/CDC Biomedical Manual for Biosafety:
Technical Editing Committee National Institute on Deafness and other Communications
Disorders
National Institutes of Health- National Center for Research
Resources
DESIGN REVIEW AUTHORITY
National Institute of Standards and Technology
• USAMRIID Peer Review
National Library of Medicine
• NIH National & Regional Biocontainment Rutgers University
Laboratories
Tufts University
• National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
CO6 & G20 Construction Document Reviewer &
Site Inspections U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
University of Maryland Medical Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of North Dakota
University of Pittsburg Medical Center
Magee-Womens Research Institute
University of South Florida
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Wright State University
Walter Reed Army Medical Center