Think in systems
Access, loading, circulation, structure, enclosure, code, and operations affect one another. The work treats them together.
Architecture studio / Kearny, New Jersey
From warehouses
to homes.
BLAST was founded by Brendan Leadbeater, AIA. The studio works on industrial and logistics properties, existing buildings, and selected residential projects.
- Base
- Kearny, New Jersey
- Experience
- In practice since 2009
Founder + Principal
Brendan Leadbeater, AIA
Brendan leads the studio's design and technical work.
His experience includes industrial and logistics buildings, existing-building work, residential projects, feasibility, due diligence, and testimony before planning boards.
View servicesWorking principles
Design and technical work belong together.
A building has to work, comply with code, be buildable, and support the people who use it—all at once.
Design for use
Light, proportion, material, sequence, and atmosphere shape how a building feels and how people move through it.
Ask hard questions early
Feasibility and due diligence test assumptions while there is still time to change course.
Explain it plainly
Planning-board testimony and project presentations need clear evidence, legible drawings, and a proposal people can follow.
Project team
The project sets the team.
The work may call for consultants, surveyors, testing agencies, contractors, or other specialists. Each agreement defines scope and responsibility; required credentials are confirmed for the work.
- Principal
- Brendan Leadbeater, AIA
- Education
- Bachelor of Architecture, NJIT
- Experience
- Architectural practice since 2009
- Base
- Kearny, New Jersey
- Team model
- Core studio / Project-specific consultants
Starting point
A project rarely starts fully formed.
Share the property, intended use, current stage, and what is still unknown. You do not need a finished scope to begin.
Prepare a project brief