Moshier Studio

What Moshier Studio does

Moshier Studio is a privately held architecture partnership headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, operating across Western Pennsylvania and Mountain Maryland (Western Maryland). Founded by Cherie H. Moshier in 2003 as the successor to a 1998 sole proprietorship, the firm today comprises two equal partners — Cherie H. Moshier, AIA, NCARB, and Gary P. Moshier, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, CPHD — supported by a 1–10 person team. It delivers architecture, interior design, planning, and sustainable/green building design services to non-profit, commercial, and governmental owner-occupier clients. Work is organized into four market categories: Learn (educational facilities, early childhood centers, K–12 and higher-ed classrooms), Gather (community and recreational facilities, parks, pavilions), Work (offices, healthcare, mixed commercial interiors), and Live (multi-family, affordable, and mixed-use residential). Notable projects include the LEED for Existing Buildings Gold-certified Carriage House Children's Center (the first early learning center in the U.S. to achieve that certification), the LEED Gold-certified HRDC Cumberland Community Center (the first LEED-registered project in the western Maryland panhandle), the LEED Silver-certified McGinnis Education Center, and the LEED Gold adaptive reuse of the 1907 Century Building into 60 mixed-income housing units, restaurant, offices, and a rooftop garden.

Core technical delivery uses Autodesk REVIT Building Information Modeling (BIM) and complementary visualization and modeling tools that allow clients to evaluate design options before commitment. Differentiated capabilities center on high-performance green building certification, including LEED across NC, EB, CI, and CS rating systems, Passive House (with Gary Moshier as a Certified Passive House Designer and Trainer by Passive House International), and Living Building Challenge standards. The firm holds Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) certification in both Pennsylvania and Maryland and is a member of AIA Pittsburgh, U.S. Green Building Council, the Green Building Alliance (co-founded by Gary Moshier), and the International Passive House Association.

The business model is straightforward professional services: projects are secured primarily through reputation, professional network referral, WBE set-aside procurement access, and direct engagement with owner-occupier clients; pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed; revenue is derived from fees on feasibility studies, schematic design, interior renovations, and full architectural services through project completion. There is no external investor or parent company — the firm is entirely founder/partner-owned, with no venture capital, institutional investment, or debt financing disclosed. No AI/ML capabilities, software products, or platform offerings are evident; the product is human-delivered design services rather than a scalable technology product.

Name

Moshier Studio

Legal name

Moshier Studio

Website

https://moshierstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Moshier Studio is a Pittsburgh-based Woman Business Enterprise architecture partnership delivering architecture, interior design, and sustainable/green building design (LEED, Passive House, Living Building Challenge) to non-profit, commercial, and governmental owner-occupier clients across Western Pennsylvania and Mountain Maryland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Sustainable building design
• Interior design services
• LEED certified buildings
• Adaptive reuse design

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture and interior design services including feasibility studies, schematic design, interior renovations, and sustainable building design for commercial, governmental, and non-profit clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Moshier Studio provides architecture, planning, interior design, and sustainable building design services. The firm organizes its work around four markets—Learn (educational facilities), Gather (community/assembly spaces), Work (commercial offices), and Live (multi-family residential)—serving non-profit, commercial, and governmental owner-occupier clients primarily in western Pennsylvania. It specializes in green-building standards including LEED, Passive House, and the Living Building Challenge, using REVIT BIM for design and visualization.

Product overview

Moshier Studio is a single-service architecture firm offering integrated architectural design, interior design, and sustainable building design services. The firm operates across four market sectors: Learn (educational facilities), Gather (community spaces), Work (commercial offices), and Live (multi-family residential). Projects range from new construction to historic restoration and adaptive reuse, with a specialization in high-performance green buildings certified under LEED, Passive House, and Living Building Challenge standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Carriage House Children's Center achieved over 25% energy cost savings and 2,000+ additional square feet of programming space
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• BNIM: Mid-sized architecture and planning firm nationally recognized for high-performance, LEED, and Living Building Challenge work. Closely comparable in mission and sustainability focus to Moshier Studio, with a deeper project portfolio and broader geographic reach.
• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm with a strong sustainability and adaptive reuse practice, serving civic, educational, and residential clients. Comparable to Moshier Studio in green-building credentials and mission-driven client mix.
• KieranTimberlake: Philadelphia-based architecture firm with a national reputation for high-performance, research-driven design. Directly comparable as a regional-to-national practice emphasizing sustainability, education, and civic work similar to Moshier Studio's portfolio.

Regional players

• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Pennsylvania-headquartered architecture firm with offices across the East Coast, working across civic, educational, and cultural projects. Comparable to Moshier Studio in its Pennsylvania roots and broad civic client base, though significantly larger in scale.
• EwingCole: Philadelphia-based architecture and engineering firm serving education, healthcare, and government clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable to Moshier Studio in geography and institutional client focus, with substantially greater capacity.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with a deeply established sustainability practice and a long track record of LEED-certified projects across education, civic, and healthcare markets. Comparable to Moshier Studio in service scope and sustainability commitment, but operates at dramatically larger scale.
• HGA Architects and Engineers: National architecture and engineering firm with strong practices in education, civic, and cultural work. Comparable to Moshier Studio across several of the same market segments, with broader multidisciplinary capabilities.
• CannonDesign: Large integrated design firm with significant education, healthcare, and civic practices, including a stated focus on high-performance buildings. Comparable to Moshier Studio in market segment coverage and sustainability emphasis.

Emerging players

• William McDonough + Partners: Architecture and consultancy rooted in cradle-to-cradle and regenerative design principles. Comparable to Moshier Studio as a high-credentialed sustainability specialist, with greater brand recognition and influence at the conceptual/standards level.
• Assemble Studio for Architecture and Design: Small architecture and design practice based in Pittsburgh focused on community-oriented, adaptive reuse, and social-impact work. Most directly comparable to Moshier Studio by city, size band, and mission-driven client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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