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.

Designing clever solutions to complex problems.

Board & Vellum creates deeply-cohesive, holistic design solutions by leveraging a cross-disciplinary creative process.

Our in-house, collaborative teams of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects pull from a deep well of experience across diverse sectors: from custom residential to multifamily residential, commercial, community, and civic.

We are passionate about creating inspiring, impactful projects, while bringing levity to the design process, leading a tailored, client-focused experience.

Custom Residential Design at Board & Vellum – Seattle Architecture Firm

Custom Residential

We offer custom residential architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services for new construction and remodels, in a variety of styles, for projects large and small.

Lucille on Roosevelt: New Apartment Development in Seattle

Multifamily Residential

We focus on distinctive projects we can weave into the greater neighborhood around them, designed to please not only the developer, but the residents and community.

Commercial Design at Board & Vellum – Seven Starlings Workloft

Commercial

We approach commercial design from an integrated services standpoint, composing multidisciplinary teams balanced for the particular needs of your project to create a beautiful and functional space.

Civic Spaces - Public Park in Redmond, WA – Board & Vellum Landscape Architecture

Civic

We create meaningful, sustainable, public spaces supporting neighborhoods, by focusing on building community through engagement and human connection.

Learn about our services.

Creating joyful experiences with compelling projects.

Our diverse portfolio features projects across sectors and scales — custom residential design including new and remodeled single-family homes; multifamily housing, including mixed-use developments, adaptive-reuse, apartment and condo buildings, and townhomes; commercial design, including hospitality spaces like restaurants and cafés, retail experiences, and commercial offices; and community-focused projects, such as master-planning and campus design for non-profit organizations, and even public parks.

Seward Park Gables – Board & Vellum
Vaulting Ceilings into Former Attic Space

Seward Park Gables

Where there once were low, flat ceilings, there are now exposed trusses and metal collar ties contributing to the architectural drama of these newly-opened gabled spaces completely transforming the character of this home.

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

Stellar Apartments

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

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 architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture team.

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

Lake City Park

This new neighborhood park celebrates play, recreation, urban agriculture, relaxation, enjoying the outdoors, and it features art funded by the 1% For The Arts program.

Backyard Reading Retreat – Board & Vellum
Transforming an Overgrown Backyard

Backyard Reading Retreat

This petite backyard shed and yard are an urban oasis: the perfect place to relax and recharge in the busy city with a great book, take a dip in the hot tub, or enjoy the fire pit.

Seven Starlings Workloft – Board & Vellum
Brand Identity & Interiors for a Boutique Coworking Space

Seven Starlings Workloft

An immersive brand experience for a commercial space anchored in a conceptual exploration of biomimicry and emergence, brought to life by an integrated brand and interiors team.

Explore our design portfolio.

Tailoring collaboration across disciplines.

Board & Vellum offers architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services; and includes a studio specializing in sustainable practice.

Whether your project requires only a single discipline, or if it would be truly elevated with a fully-integrated design team, or even if it simply may benefit from a dash of specialized input from another discipline, we will customize a team to suit.

The flexibility of in-house teams enables us to take advantage of quick design consultations from other disciplines, even when not formally engaged on a project, and all projects are critiqued from the varied perspectives of our multidisciplinary office.

Architecture services at Board & Vellum. - Detail of a wood slat partition wall at a staircase.

Architecture

Across the spectrum from urban to rural, beautiful, well-designed homes and buildings, both public and private, enhance daily life and support vibrant communities.

Interior design services at Board & Vellum. - Detail of a table, chair, and carpet from above.

Interior Design

From deeply personal spaces to dynamic shared environments, interior design has immediate and direct impact on the perception of a space, elevating the experience and engaging the senses.

Landscape architecture services at Board & Vellum. - Detail of pavers in a landscaped garden with ferns.

Landscape Architecture

From our own backyards to shared communal spaces, to everyone’s public parks, beautiful outdoor spaces resonate with our basic human instincts, revitalizing, comforting, and invigorating us through the experience.

Sustainable Practice at Board & Vellum – Sustainability, Green Design, Green Building in Seattle

Sustainable Practice

Resilient design principles underpin all our work. Global impact or personal wellness, high-tech or passive design — wherever your focus lies, we’ll meet you where you are to curate a tailor-made strategy for your project.

Learn more about our design studios.

Would you like to learn a little more about us?

Feel free to explore the pages below, and — of course — please reach out to us if you have something particular you’d like to ask.

Recognition and Awards for Seattle architecture firm Board & Vellum – Board & Vellum's portfolio includes award-winning projects in architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture.

Recognition

We are humbled and honored to be recognized for not only our design work and professional service, but for being a great place to work. This inspires us to keep pushing forward to bring the next great project in our community to life.

About Seattle architecture firm Board & Vellum – Our team works on architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture projects.

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.

Learn more about Board & Vellum.

Considering a project, or curious about something?

Say hello, and send us your questions via the form below. We’re always pleased to make new connections, and eager to get to know you, your project, and your goals.

Get in touch.