Lorena Gaxiola is an internationally recognized interior architect and designer, known for her ability to align creative vision with commercial performance.
Meet Lorena
With over two decades of experience across the U.S., Australia, China, and Europe, she leads a cross-disciplinary team that delivers branded environments built to perform. Her clients trust her when timing, quality, and ROI can’t be compromised.
Lorena’s work spans luxury hospitality, residential, and commercial sectors. She designs from the inside out—rooted in cultural fluency, spatial precision, and a fierce commitment to her clients’ bottom line.
Based in Sydney, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, her firm operates across global time zones with local precision. Her legacy? Design that delivers.
Capabilities
With Lorena at the helm of creative direction, the team extends a comprehensive array of services to clients, streamlining the design process from initial concept to the final execution. These services include conceptual architecture, exterior materialisation, optimising floor plans for efficiency, meticulous space planning, detailed interior documentation, advanced 3D modeling and rendering, procurement of furnishings, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E).
Process
LG Phase 0 / Project Discovery
We begin each project with a thorough discovery process: reviewing client briefs, existing documentation, and site conditions (where applicable). This phase identifies key opportunities, constraints, and strategic priorities, ensuring we align with our client’s goals from day one.
In this phase, we define the creative vision and functional strategy for the project. We develop space plans, moodboards, finishes, and FF&E concepts to communicate the overarching design language. This phase results in a comprehensive concept package for review and alignment.
LG Phase 2 / Design Development
We translate the approved concept into a fully-resolved interior design package. This includes refined layouts, confirmed finishes and FF&E selections, along with coordination with key stakeholders. Together, this lays the groundwork for accurate documentation and construction.
LG Phase 3 / Documentation
We prepare detailed, coordinated construction drawings and schedules to clearly communicate the full design intent. Our documentation meets the highest standards for compliance, consultant integration, and execution to support tendering, pricing, and build accuracy.
Our team provides ongoing design support during construction—reviewing submittals, responding to RFIs, and maintaining the integrity of the approved design. We help ensure clarity, consistency, and confidence throughout the build process.
LG Phase 5a / Merchandising Management
We manage the sourcing and specification of loose furniture, artwork, decorative elements, and window treatments to ensure both cohesion with the interior vision and readiness for procurement.
We oversee the purchase, delivery, and installation of FF&E and merchandising items, handling quality control, logistics, and post-installation checks to ensure everything aligns with the design.
Press & Publications
australian design review 2024
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola at the Melbourne Design Week
indesign live 2024
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola + Godfrey Hirst Fortuna Collection
luxe interiors + design magazine 2023
Featuring La Jolla, Private Residence
cosentino 2023
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola + C-Bath
architecture & design magazine 2023
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola + Godfrey Hirst Terra Collection
hospitality design magazine 2023
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola + Godfrey Hirst Collection
boffi 2023
Featuring La Jolla, Private Residence
indesign live 2023
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola + Godfrey Hirst Terra Collection
domain 2022
Featuring Canopy Boutique Townhouses, Crows Nest
the urban developer 2021
Featuring Waterbrook Bowral, The Lennox Parramatta & Wavelength Cronulla
urban.com.au 2021
Featuring The Lennox, Parramatta
home business magazine 2019
Featuring The Lennox, Parramatta and Lorena Gaxiola Homewares Collection
san diego magazine 2019
Featuring Bird Rock La Jolla, Private Residence
boutique developer
Featuring The Lennox, Parramatta
navarra venues 2018
Featuring Curzon Hall at Navarra Venues
news.com.au 2018
Featuring The Lennox, Parramatta
the daily telegraph 2017
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola Homewares Collection
architecture & design 2017
Featuring the Lennox, Parramatta
forbes 2015
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola Homewares Collection
lonny magazine 2013
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola Homewares Collection
centurion magazine 2015
Featuring Lorena Gaxiola Homewares Collection
Awards
better future awards 2024
Awarded Silver for Product Design in the WILD Design Awards (LG + Godfrey Hirst Carpet Collection)
better future awards 2024
Awarded Gold for Best Commercial Product in Australian & Sydney Design (LG + Godfrey Hirst Carpet Collection)
better future awards 2023
Awarded Silver for Best Interior Design Residential in Australian Design (The Lennox, Parramatta)
better future awards 2022
Awarded Gold for Best Interior Design Residential in Sydney Design (The Lennox, Parramatta)
best of hospitality design magazine 2019
Shortlisted (Waterbrook, Bayview)
gold nugget awards 2018
Winner for New International Residential (The Lennox, Parramatta)
american society of interior design 2011
Award of Excellence
NY Now 2014
Best New Product (Lorena Gaxiola Soft Rock Glasses)
ASID National awards 2008
Awarded 1st Place – Model Home
san diego metropolitan 2007
40 Under 40
san diego SAM Awards 2007
Awarded Best Model Home Interior Design for an Attached Home with an Average Sales Price $500,000
asid national awards 2007
Awarded First Place, Residential over 3,000 SF
NAHB 50+ Housing council 2006
Awarded First Place, Best of Seniors’ Housing Awards Program
san diego sam awards 2006
Awarded Best Sales Office: Special Use (Trailer, Retail Space, Full Home) Featuring The Lodge at Banker’s Hill
women who mean business awards 2006
Finalist
san diego sam awards 2004
Awarded Best Sales Office 500 or Less Square Feet
asid national awards 2004
Awarded Third Place, Residential Smaller than 3,500 SF
