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Our practice is focused on the renovation, repair and adaptation of buildings for contemporary use; Lively engagement results in extraordinary places.

We find elegance in necessity, elevating the core principles of each unique site and building project to reflect our clients’ aspirations. Through collaboration, care, craft, and discovery, we reveal architecture’s inherent optimism, contributing to our local community and to the global stewardship of natural and built environments.

10/23/2026

This yoga studio has us feeling ready for the PNW hibernation.

Through is careful placement within a Douglas Fir, this small retreat provides a quiet place for exercise & contemplation. Thoughtfully placed openings allow light to fill the interior while preserving a sense of privacy. Exposed wood structure and wood finishes provide visual warmth and enrich the contemplative quality of the space.

10/21/2026

This fall, we’re celebrating a place where history, nature, and community come together.

The rehabilitation of Tacoma’s historic W.W. Seymour Conservatory thoughtfully revitalized this beloved Wright Park landmark, improving accessibility, sustainability, life safety, and the overall visitor experience while preserving its iconic steel-and-glass architecture. Careful upgrades, enhanced plant displays, and welcoming new spaces help ensure the conservatory continues to serve the community for generations to come.

Today, visitors can escape the crisp autumn air and step into a vibrant, year-round oasis of tropical plants, seasonal blooms, and historic beauty.

📸: Meghan Montgomery

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10/14/2026

Join us and APT Northwest for Happy Hour on Thursday October 22 from 5:30-7pm at our Fremont office! Details and RSVP link in bio. We hope to see you there!

# Preservation

09/30/2026

Every summer, we trade the studio for a few days of camping, good food, campfires, and time together. There’s plenty of eating, talking, exploring, and a little too much staying up late. It’s one of our favorite traditions and a chance to slow down and enjoy being together outside of the day-to-day.

09/14/2026

Good design doesn’t have to announce itself. It just makes everyday life feel a little better.

A kitchen that works harder. A dining space made for gathering. A patio that connects home to the outdoors. A living room that invites you to stay awhile.

As summer winds down, we’re thinking about the spaces that support the rituals of home, season after season.

08/31/2026

Most of us will never see the work happening inside an emergency call center, but we all rely on it. We’re proud to help shape a facility that supports the people who answer the call.

SHKS Architects worked with Snohomish County 911 to transform two existing buildings into a modern, unified emergency communications facility serving the region. The project consolidated multiple departments into a cohesive environment designed to improve coordination, responsiveness, and emergency response times.

Through an extensive stakeholder engagement process, SHKS brought together administrators and staff from the agencies that occupy the facility to inform key design decisions. The renovated space includes adaptable dispatcher workstations, emergency management meeting rooms, staging areas for regional public safety units, hardened critical support spaces, and enhanced staff amenities.

Designed to LEED Silver standards, the project demonstrates how thoughtful renovation and collaboration can create resilient, high-performance environments for the people responsible for keeping communities safe.

08/19/2026

A spot you should check out before Summer is over!

For more than 126 years, Owen Beach has connected Tacoma’s communities to Puget Sound through swimming, beachcombing, boating, and kayaking. In collaboration with Site Workshop, SHKS Architects transformed the historic waterfront destination with improvements that expand access, support recreation, and strengthen the park’s connection to its surrounding landscape.

The project adapted an existing Civilian Conservation Corps-era comfort station into a kayak rental and storage facility and introduced a new enclosed pavilion with restrooms and flexible community gathering space. Elevated above the anticipated six feet of sea-level rise by 2090, the new structures are designed with long-term resilience in mind. The pavilion maximizes views of the bay and opens toward the promenade to encourage indoor-outdoor connections.

The design incorporates Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) roof structures, sustainably harvested timber, and naturally finished cedar siding that reflects the character of the surrounding forest. The project also reuses existing park structures, restores ecological functions, and improves access to water-based recreation for visitors of all ages and abilities.

08/13/2026

SHKS Architects transformed the historic Stan and Joan Cross Hay and Dairy Barns, originally built in the 1920s, into a welcoming community center as part of the development of a surrounding three-acre park. The adaptive reuse project preserves the character and history of the barns while creating flexible spaces for community gathering, meetings, and public events.

The project included relocating and reconfiguring the barns, constructing new foundations, and adding an addition to the dairy barn. Structural upgrades, new and restored windows and doors, roofing, insulation, envelope improvements, and new mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and lighting systems brought the historic structures into modern use.

Four outbuildings were selectively demolished and salvaged, with materials repurposed throughout the project to reinforce the character and story of the original barns.

08/04/2026

Designed to be discovered, not announced. The Chambers Bay Turnstand emerges naturally from the rolling terrain.

Located within one of the Pacific Northwest’s most celebrated golf courses, the Turnstand provides an essential gathering place for golfers while blending seamlessly into the rolling berms, native grasses, and dramatic coastline that define Chambers Bay. SHKS partnered with Pierce County to create a building that is at once functional, resilient, and deeply connected to the site’s remarkable history.

Visible from across the course yet never overpowering, the Turnstand gradually reveals itself as visitors move through the landscape. Carefully framed views toward Puget Sound, generous covered gathering spaces, and a restrained material palette reinforce the building’s quiet presence.

06/29/2026

Looking for the perfect place to dive into your summer reading?

SHKS designed an addition and renovation for the Magnolia Library, a City of Seattle Landmark designed by Paul Kirk and Rich Haag in 1964. The project extends the connection between the building—a wood post and beam framework that brings a variety of daylight into the interior—and the surrounding landscape, where a series of “rooms” formed by native plantings create inviting outdoor spaces. A new meeting room addition, connected to the original building by a thin corridor overlooking a long garden, provides light, views, and a welcoming transition between old and new. Designed to support everything from children’s story time to community gatherings, the space reflects the library’s role as a vibrant neighborhood hub. In 2009, the library received an AIA Washington Council Civic Design Citation Award.

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1050 N 38th Street
Seattle, WA
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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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