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Ⓒ Casey Braunger

Emerald Place Apartments

Renovation that Serves Today and Adapts to Tomorrow

Emerald Place Apartments comes from a brand rooted in community and embodied in the phrase "I Am Home”, but residents didn’t have an amenity space that reinforced that brand. By redesigning this common space to support their different needs, our 2017 renovation transformed an overly compartmentalized and programmatically inflexible clubhouse into a bright, locally influenced, and multipurpose lounge that feels like being home. We opened up walls to completely reimage and better maximize the floorplan while creating new found spaces. We combined programing and by redesigning its footprint, our renovated clubhouse now adapts to fit residents’ actual needs, playing an essential role in enhancing their lives today.

Renovation that Serves Today and Adapts to Tomorrow

Emerald Place Apartments comes from a brand rooted in community and embodied in the phrase "I Am Home”, but residents didn’t have an amenity space that reinforced that brand. By redesigning this common space to support their different needs, our ...

Orchards at Orenco

An Orchard Called Home

We are working toward the day when buildings produce more energy than they consume and consume more waste than they produce. When Reach Community Development bought this vacant, two-acre site in 2011, this non-profit affordable housing provider had something special in mind: not simply to build affordable units but to create a new, comprehensive, sustainable model for affordable living. This master-planned, three-phase affordable development embodies Reach’s vision with thoughtful planning and design. On its completion, Phase I became North America’s largest Passive House-certified project. In Phase II, our meaningful and educated changes led to another Passive House certification at half the financial premium, and Phase III took on the need for affordable family housing.

An Orchard Called Home

We are working toward the day when buildings produce more energy than they consume and consume more waste than they produce. When Reach Community Development bought this vacant, two-acre site in 2011, this non-profit affordable housing provider h...

Cornish Commons

Artistic Living for Students

Cornish College of the Arts is a small, private liberal arts school dedicated to educating students in an environment that nurtures creativity and prepares them to become artists, citizens, and innovators. Located in the rapidly expanding South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, Cornish was in urgent need of housing for 300 students due to an expiring lease. Our team designed a 20-story high-rise that accommodates student housing, academics, and academic offices that was delivered on an aggressive, 28-month schedule—from conception to opening. Our team streamlined communication and worked closely with the owner, developer, and contractor to shorten timelines and lower costs. The LEED® Gold for Homes Mid-Rise is a new live/learn center that's become an icon for the campus.

Artistic Living for Students

Cornish College of the Arts is a small, private liberal arts school dedicated to educating students in an environment that nurtures creativity and prepares them to become artists, citizens, and innovators. Located in the rapidly expanding South Lake ...

Ⓒ Patrick Martinez

Vera 613 Washington

Hospitality-Inspired Healthcare

Our fourth clinic collaboration with Vera Whole Health in Spokane, Washington, Vera 613 Washington reinforces the client’s signature upscale, efficient model of caring for patients’ holistic wellness. We carried through the hospitality-inspired design standards established for our first Vera Whole Health project—Vera Country Homes—guaranteeing visitors will receive the same high-end, inviting experience at every office. As Vera Whole Health’s architecture and design partner, our healthcare team also used this series of projects as an opportunity to review their brand standards and real-life functionality of our designs, to make the next clinic even more well-organized. Every element of a Vera Whole Health project is carefully planned. We develop everything from the interior details like lighting and wall décor, to the equipment implementation package that determines each medical device’s location in the space to support smooth workflows. Unique to this clinic is the implementation of an On-Stage/Off-Stage design that improves provider and patient experiences. Supported by our thoughtful programming, everyone who offers or seeks healthcare at Vera 613 Washington should feel welcomed, connected, encouraged to collaborate, and inspired to take charge of their personal or their patients’ wellbeing.

Hospitality-Inspired Healthcare

Our fourth clinic collaboration with Vera Whole Health in Spokane, Washington, Vera 613 Washington reinforces the client’s signature upscale, efficient model of caring for patients’ holistic wellness. We carried through the hospitality-inspired d...

About Ankrom Moisan

With diverse input, shared vision
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

With collective experience in architecture, interiors, planning, and brand, our design teams combine perspectives to shape a cohesive vision. We balance discipline and daring to build work that is intentional, useful, and long-lasting. We challenge ourselves—every day, with every project—to design smarter and better, to go beyond for our clients and connect our communities. Because when we get vision right, everyone can share it.

COMPOSITION
132
ACCREDITATIONS
5,450
COLLECTIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE
1,625
YEARS AT UNIVERSITY
7,800
ANNUAL EDUCATION HOURS
1.111E+186
COLLABORATION COMBINATIONS
4%
MICHAELS

With expertise, opportunity
OUR HISTORY

Since 1983, when two friends launched a small firm, we’ve worked to inspire clients and build thriving communities.

Today, we have offices in Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco. Annually, our 800+ projects, across eight industry sectors, span every scale and experience. Our 300+ people tackle this deeply human work, designing environments that awaken possibilities.

Since the very beginning, we’ve imagined a better future. Every day, we create it.

SINCE WE’VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK
22,200
COMPLETED PROJECTS
563
CITIES
44
STATES
4
COUNTRIES
1
PLANET
15,000
WORKSTATIONS
33,000
UNITS / BEDS / KEYS
55,000,000
FT. SQ.
40%
SUSTAINABLY CERTIFIED