What NAC Architecture does

NAC Architecture is a full-service architecture firm founded in 1960 and headquartered in Spokane, Washington. The firm operates from six offices across the United States (Spokane, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Columbus) and internationally in Shanghai via NAC|LINK Studio. NAC provides planning, design, and architectural services to clients across five primary sectors: PK-12 education, higher education, healthcare, civic/government, and senior living. Notable projects include the Hilda L. Solis Care First Village for LA County, work for Snoqualmie Valley School District, San Bernardino City Unified School District, Wayne HealthCare, University of Montana, and the City of Spokane.

The firm operates on a project-based professional services model, with fees structured around construction cost percentages, fixed fees, or design-build delivery arrangements. NAC maintains NACLab, an internal research and thought-leadership subsidiary that explores emerging practice areas and design innovation. The firm has invested in sustainable and Net Zero design capabilities, modular construction methods (including modular shipping container housing), and design-build project delivery. The firm employs 101-250 staff and has accumulated numerous industry design awards across education, healthcare, and civic categories.

NAC engages in design partnerships with firms including SMA Design, Garco Construction, FSY Architects, and Perkins Eastman on selected large-scale institutional projects. The firm has pursued no disclosed external funding rounds, acquisitions, or mergers, operating as a privately held professional services firm. Geographic expansion (multi-office US footprint plus Shanghai), vertical expansion (interim housing and modular construction), and research investment via NACLab represent the primary axes of strategic activity over the past several years.

Name

NAC Architecture

Legal name

NAC Inc

Website

https://nacarchitecture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

NAC Architecture is a full-service architecture firm founded in 1960, headquartered in Spokane, WA, with offices across the US and Shanghai. The firm serves PK-12 and higher education, healthcare, civic/government, and senior living clients through project-based professional services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated from architectural design, planning, and consulting services for educational facilities (PK-12 and higher education), healthcare facilities, civic buildings, and residential communities. Revenue is project-based, typically earned through fixed fees for design services on individual projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

NAC Architecture is a national architecture and planning firm providing full-service architectural design, planning, and project delivery for educational facilities (PK-12 and higher education), healthcare facilities, civic and government buildings, and senior living/residential communities. The firm delivers project-based services ranging from master planning and sustainable/Net Zero design to trauma-informed healthcare and modular construction, operating across six offices in the United States and China under its wholly owned research arm NACLab.

Product overview

NAC Architecture is a national architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural design and planning services. The firm operates across multiple practice areas including PK-12 education, higher education, healthcare, civic/civic, and living/residential sectors. The core offering is NAC Architecture Services, supplemented by NACLab—a research and thought leadership platform. The portfolio includes award-winning projects such as the Riverfront Park Pavilion, Hilda L. Solis Care First Village, Cajon High School, Wayne HealthCare, University of Montana Dining Hall, and Mount Si High School. The firm maintains offices in Spokane, Seattle, Los Angeles, Columbus, San Diego, and Shanghai.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NAC Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple projects achieving Net Zero certification
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SMA DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSMA Design partnered with NAC Architecture on multiple higher education projects including the University of Montana Dining Hall and Montana State University Yellowstone Hall. SMA served as design collaborator on these student housing and dining projects.
• Garco ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGarco Construction collaborated with NAC Architecture on the Riverfront Park Pavilion redesign project in Spokane. The design-build team won multiple awards for this project.
• Perkins EastmanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerkins Eastman consulted on the interior design for the Rockwood South Hill Summit Tower project, a 13-story continuing care retirement community in Spokane.
• FSY ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAC Architecture partnered with FSY Architects on the Saugus High School Auditorium project in Santa Clarita, California.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• DLR Group: National architecture and engineering firm of comparable size with deep K-12, higher education, and healthcare practices. Highly overlapping vertical mix, design-build delivery focus, and similar mid-tier positioning make DLR Group NAC's closest like-for-like competitor.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm of similar scale with strong higher education and healthcare portfolios. Comparable verticals, comparable project scale, and similar emphasis on evidence-based design research mirror NAC's positioning.
• SmithGroup: Architecture and engineering firm with comparable size and a strong education and healthcare focus. Similar commitment to integrated design-build delivery and similar regional-to-national geographic profile.
• ZGF Architects: Pacific Northwest-headquartered architecture firm with comparable education, healthcare, and civic portfolios and similar scale. Geographic overlap and shared design philosophy make ZGF a direct competitor for the same institutional clients.
• EwingCole: Mid-sized architecture and engineering firm with a strong healthcare and education practice. Similar scale, similar vertical mix, and similar emphasis on integrated design services position EwingCole as a direct comparable.
• Perkins Eastman: National architecture firm with comparable size and similar focus on education, healthcare, and senior living. Notably, Perkins Eastman has already collaborated with NAC on a project, signaling direct competitive and collaborative overlap in the same client set.
• Moody Nolan: Largest African-American-owned architecture firm with one of the country's strongest K-12 practices. Directly comparable on PK-12 education focus and project scale, often competing for the same school district bond-funded commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with extensive K-12, higher education, and healthcare practices. Significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach mean Perkins&Will competes for the same marquee institutional projects but operates at a different tier of project size and complexity.
• HOK: Global architecture firm with significant education, healthcare, and civic practices. Much larger scale and broader portfolio make HOK a direct competitor for flagship institutional RFPs but with capabilities well beyond NAC's specialty focus.
• Stantec: Global multi-disciplinary design and engineering firm with significant architecture offerings in education and healthcare. Competes with NAC on integrated design-build mandates but with substantially broader services (engineering, environmental, project management) and a consolidator M&A strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/NACArchitecture
• Facebookfacebook.com/nacarchitecture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nac-architecture
• Instagraminstagram.com/nacarchitecture
• Xx.com/nacseattle

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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