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Looking back to Makai House from the water. In the foreground is grassy landscape near the shoreline. Behind is the manicured yard of the house. The house is to the right and lit up by the setting sun.
New
Japanese-Inspired Shoreline Garden

Landscape at Makai House

A Japanese-inspired garden and an environmentally responsive shoreline ecosystem on a waterfront property.

Matthias Academy – Board & Vellum
On the Boards
Feasibility & Conceptual Design for a Campus

Matthias Academy

A multipurpose campus providing housing, education, employment, and community to adults with special needs.

Mount Baker Historic Craftsman - Before & After Pair – Board & Vellum
Classic Restoration Meets Modern Living

Mount Baker Historic Craftsman

A classic Craftsman home with great bones, remodeled and restored to take it into its next 100 years, adapted for a modern lifestyle.

Stellar Apartments at 1405 Dexter, Seattle, WA – Board & Vellum
New Images
Multifamily Housing in South Lake Union

Stellar Apartments

With a distinctive design, this new apartment building responds to its transit-oriented location without blending in with the crowd.

Bold Interiors Balancing Modern & Traditional

Judkins Park Jewelbox Victorian

Rescuing and revitalizing a damaged historic home with creative colors and a surprising blend of styles.

A bookstore coffee shop on Capitol Hill. – Interior design and retail interiors by Board & Vellum.
A New Take on a Classic Capitol Hill Café

Fuel Coffee on 19th

Lively, energetic Fuel Coffee and quirky, homey Ada’s Technical Books and Café come together in a reimagined space reflecting both brands.

Laurelhurst Storybook Home – Board & Vellum
Bringing a Fairytale Home to Life

Laurelhurst Storybook Residence

A Tudor-style estate brimming with custom details inside and out, designed by a fully-integrated, multi-disciplinary team.

Lake City Park – Board & Vellum
A New Public Park for a Local Community

Lake City Park

A neighborhood park celebrating recreation, urban agriculture, relaxation, and featuring art funded by the 1% For The Arts program.

On the Boards
Sustainable Living Designed Around Public Life

Stream Overlake Apartments

Seeking LEED Platinum certification, Stream Overlake blends highly-sustainable living with family-sized apartment homes.

If you enjoyed the project glamour shots...

Perhaps you’d like to learn a little more about what we offer and who we are? Great projects don’t appear out of nowhere, they grow from the collaborative efforts of a multidisciplinary team.

Services

Our design services encompass architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture, with teams specializing in projects across the spectrum, from single-family homes to multifamily and mixed-use buildings, and from boutique commercial spaces to civic spaces, like parks. We love designing the integrated fabric of structures, spaces, and places that create vibrant neighborhoods.

Our Team

Over the years, we’ve built a team of passionate architects and designers who not only love the work we do, but love working together. Our enthusiasm translates directly to our projects, and we pair team members with clients and projects we think will be a great fit.

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Board & Vellum receives Just label from the International Living Future Institute, a voluntary reporting tool for social justice and equity indicators in the workplace.

Achieved a Just label from the International Living Future Institute in 2023.

Board & Vellum is honored to be a Gray Awards Finalist for landscape design, earning the recognition for the rooftop garden at the Lucille on Roosevelt.

Honored as a finalist for residential landscape design.

LEED Certified in White

Our team includes LEED-accredited professionals.

Certified Passive House Consultant in White

Our team includes certified Passive House consultants.

NGLCC Certified as LGBT Business Enterprise – Board & Vellum Recognition

A Certified LGBT Business Enterprise Since 2016.

PSBJ’s Top 25 LGBTQ-Owned Businesses 2016 in White

Honoring companies that lead in promoting equality.