Low-Rise, Mid-Rise, Mixed-Use
Multifamily Residential
Creating multifamily housing and mixed-use buildings supportive of lively streetscapes.
With architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services in-house, Board & Vellum is an experienced, collaborative partner for the new development or renovation of multifamily housing and communities.
An Elegant New Apartment Building in South Lake Union
Completed near the close of 2023, this new apartment building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features 160 units, including live/work units along the Dexter façade. Stellar Apartments | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.
An Elegant New Apartment Building in South Lake Union
Completed near the close of 2023, this new apartment building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features 160 units, including live/work units along the Dexter façade. Stellar Apartments | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.
Room to Grow
Proximity to existing and planned future development, such as a public park, situates Stream Overlake to grow with this growing community. Stream Overlake Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.
Room to Grow
Proximity to existing and planned future development, such as a public park, situates Stream Overlake to grow with this growing community. Stream Overlake Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.
Lucille on Roosevelt
Glowing in the night light, the new mixed-use building features 106 apartments and 3,500 square feet of commercial space, a block from the future light rail station. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.
Lucille on Roosevelt
Glowing in the night light, the new mixed-use building features 106 apartments and 3,500 square feet of commercial space, a block from the future light rail station. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Meghan Montgomery.
Bright Lights
With at-grade, commercial retail and restaurant opportunities, the street level stays activated and lively into the evening. Tanager Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.
Bright Lights
With at-grade, commercial retail and restaurant opportunities, the street level stays activated and lively into the evening. Tanager Apartments | Rendering by Board & Vellum.
Adding to the urban fabric through healthy communities.
Housing solutions tailored to neighborhoods.
Whether designing new construction or renovating an existing property, from mid-rise residential or mixed-use apartment buildings to low-rise townhomes and residential complexes, we seek to collaborate with teams who value designing and building long-lasting and special projects that support the health and wellness of the community. When you partner with Board & Vellum, you’re partnering with a dedicated team of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects who are passionate about creating multifamily housing that will not only meet your project goals, but delight your residents and the communities that surround them.
Multidisciplinary Approach
Our integrated, multidisciplinary teams of architects, interior designers, and landscape architects can work in tandem or independently to support the unique needs and scope of your project.
Varied Housing Typologies
We’re familiar with the language and process of multifamily housing of all scales, including small, boutique buildings, mid-rise mixed-use, townhomes, complex residential communities, and office-to-residential conversions.
Experience Across Jurisdictions
We’re not only knowledgeable about, but deeply familiar with, many different jurisdictions’ processes, including Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, Bellingham, and more. Wherever your project is located, our team has the experience to guide it through even the most complicated permitting processes.
Comprehensive Design Services
Our team has the skills, knowledge, and experience to shepherd your project from start to finish, from feasibility, through full-scope design and CCA services.
Consultant Coordination
Our trusted network of consultants and collaborators makes it simple to bring on additional team members at the right time to streamline the process.
Sustainable Practice
With trained and accredited professionals in a variety of sustainability approaches, our team can help you meet your project’s sustainability goals, whether code-prescribed or certified through an independent rating system, like LEED or Passive House.
Financing Models
We are familiar with multiple financing models — such as HUD — and can guide you through these processes for your development.
Creative Partnerships
Through years of bringing custom projects to fruition, we’ve developed a network of creative partnerships with furniture designers, artists, lighting designers, metal fabricators, and more. So, when adding custom pieces helps the vision sing, collaboration is a breeze.
Purchasing, Installation & Styling
Our interior design team’s comprehensive services include procurement, installation, and styling of furniture, art, decor, soft goods, and more for common spaces and model units.
A Fire Pit Anchor in a Gathering Space
A linear gas fire pit sits off-center in a rooftop seating node, allowing residents to adjust their distance from the warmth, and gather in large or small groups. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
A Fire Pit Anchor in a Gathering Space
A linear gas fire pit sits off-center in a rooftop seating node, allowing residents to adjust their distance from the warmth, and gather in large or small groups. Lucille on Roosevelt | Photo by Andrew Giammarco.
Elevating design by leveraging efficiencies.
The benefits of partnering with a multidisciplinary practice.
They say you don’t know what you don’t know, and surprises can throw a project, schedule, and budget off track. With architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture practices under one roof, we see the whole picture. We know who needs to be at the table when, and who needs to be a part of which conversation, so decisions are fully considered at the right time, not the eleventh hour.
Building Massing
The Tanager Apartments’ massing makes several bold moves to maximize the buildable area, while addressing the pedestrian scale, tenant amenities, and community culture. Tanager Apartments | Diagram by Board & Vellum.
Building Massing
The Tanager Apartments’ massing makes several bold moves to maximize the buildable area, while addressing the pedestrian scale, tenant amenities, and community culture. Tanager Apartments | Diagram by Board & Vellum.
The complexities of multifamily projects with their many moving parts and dependencies makes an interdisciplinary studio an especially valuable partner. With constantly collaborating in-house teams, we avoid the cost implications and schedule impacts of late-breaking suggestions from an outside group. Our design approach is comprehensive and informed, eliminating the fits and starts of discrete teams taking their turn at the drawing board. Best of all, with plenty of runway for great design at the start, we save time while delivering beautifully integrated projects.
Highlights from our multifamily portfolio.
No matter the type or size of project, we design buildings and spaces to please residents, owners, developers, and the larger community.
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