Founded in early 2002, form, environment, research, (fer) studio, L.L.P., is an award-winning architecture, interiors, landscape, and master planning design firm based in Los Angeles, California. Noted for its evocative aesthetic and eco-conscious design culture, (fer) studio operates under the direction of Principals, Christopher L. Mercier, AIA, and Douglas V. Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, DB+C. (fer)
studio’s broad range of projects include master planning, civic, retail, restaurant, hospitality, academic and residential, each rooted in the firm’s philosophical foundation to reinvent the standards of artistic composition, sustainability, and client collaboration.
The art-studio environment fosters a creative design process that blends the arenas of fashion, sculpture, and the relationships between built environments, their users, and their effects on the environment. Among other projects, (fer) studio has contributed to Los Angeles landmarks, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the
Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel, Father’s Office Culver City, as well as icons of sustainable architecture, such as The Green Building, Louisville’s first LEED Platinum commercial building. Currently, (fer) studio is actively pursuing the development of a sustainable
transit-oriented development (TOD) in Inglewood, CA; work at SmashBox Studios in Culver City for client, Eeste Lauder; Chef Michael Cimarusti’snew restaurant, Connie and Ted’s, under construction in West Hollywood, CA; renovations at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; a school project in Goshen, Kentucky; a 10,000 S.F. soundstage in Hollywood; a brewery in Downtown Los Angeles; as well as high-end residential projects in Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Hollywood, and Coto de Caza, California.