Twelve projects a year
Deliberately few. It is the only way principals stay on every job.
Our story
Get to know Alder & Vale.
The story
We are a small studio and we intend to stay one.
Ten people means the person you meet at the first consultation is the person drawing your building, and it means we take on roughly twelve projects a year. We work mostly in timber, mostly in the Pacific Northwest, and mostly for people who are planning to still be in the building in twenty years. That last part changes almost every decision.
Why it stands out
How we work
Three things that shape every project we take.
Fixed-fee feasibility first
You find out what is possible before you spend design money finding out it is not.
We stay through construction
Drawings are a means, not the deliverable. We are on site until it is finished.
10
People in the studio
12
Projects a year
2011
Founded
AIA
Licensed in OR & WA