What OZ Architects does

OZ Architects, PC is a Montana-based professional architecture corporation founded in 1992 that delivers architectural and interior design services across five core verticals: residential, commercial, civic and community, healthcare, and education. The firm operates from its headquarters at 531 N. Higgins Avenue in Missoula and a second office in Bozeman, and is structured as a privately held professional corporation with 11-50 employees and no external institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries. Its work spans custom homes, remodels, and mountain retreats; commercial office buildings, restaurants, and mixed-use projects; civic infrastructure such as parking structures, pedestrian bridges, parks, and memorials; healthcare facilities including oncology centers, ambulatory care centers, and hospital departments; and educational facilities including K-12 schools and university buildings. Notable sustainable-design credentials include LEED Gold certification on the Garlington Lohn & Robinson building and Sussex School, and a Three Globes Green Globes rating on the MT Tech Living and Learning Center.

The firm's core offering is integrated architectural design services delivered by an in-house team, with project-based professional services fees (likely a percentage of construction cost or fixed design fees). Customer acquisition is sales-led and primarily regional, relying on the firm's website (oza.com), direct phone and email inquiry, and its visible portfolio of completed Montana projects that functions as organic marketing; the firm also maintains a presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Houzz. Select customers span hospitals and healthcare systems (Community Medical Center, Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital, St. Patrick Hospital), universities and schools (University of Montana, Montana Tech, Sussex School), financial institutions (First Security Bank), law firms (Garlington Lohn & Robinson), nonprofits (Ronald McDonald House, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Missoula Children's Theatre, Missoula Art Museum), and government entities (Montana National Guard and Army Reserve). On larger commissions such as the St. Patrick Hospital Ambulatory Care Center, the firm has partnered with outside architectural firms (e.g., Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership of Seattle) to scale capacity.

OZ Architects has no disclosed funding, no API or software product, no AI or proprietary technology stack, and no patent or trademark portfolio; it operates as a traditional professional services firm. Its competitive positioning rests on 30+ years of Montana presence, a diversified multi-vertical portfolio, demonstrated sustainable-design credentials, and deep community ties — most visibly through its recognition by the Missoula Historic Preservation Award and its long-running relationships with the region's principal institutional clients.

Name

OZ Architects

Legal name

OZ Architects, PC

Website

https://oza.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OZ Architects, PC is a privately held Montana-based architecture firm founded in 1992, with offices in Missoula and Bozeman, delivering architectural design services across residential, commercial, civic, healthcare, and education sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Residential architecture
• Commercial architecture
• Healthcare facility design
• LEED certified design

Headquarters

HQ city

Missoula

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural design services for residential, commercial, civic, healthcare, and education projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees, likely calculated as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fees for design services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OZ Architects provides professional architectural design services to clients across Montana from offices in Missoula and Bozeman. The firm delivers integrated design across residential homes and remodels, commercial buildings and mixed-use developments, civic and community infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and educational buildings, with additional expertise in high-performance sustainable and LEED-certified design. Services are sold as project-based engagements, customized to each client's vision and community context.

Product overview

OZ Architects offers comprehensive architectural design services as a single integrated offering rather than separate modular products. Their portfolio spans five core service areas: Residential Architecture (custom homes and remodels), Commercial Architecture (office buildings, restaurants, retail), Civic & Community Architecture (parks, bridges, parking structures, performing arts), Healthcare Architecture (hospitals, medical centers, dental offices), and Education Architecture (K-12 schools, university buildings, student housing). The firm also specializes in high-performance sustainable design with LEED and Green Globes certified projects. Projects range from small residential remodels to large-scale civic infrastructure, with all services delivered through their team-based design approach based in Missoula and Bozeman, Montana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture Services

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership of SeattleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOZ Architects worked in association with Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership of Seattle on the St. Patrick Hospital Ambulatory Care Center project. This was an architectural design association for this specific healthcare project.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based design practice with internationally recognized custom residential, commercial, and hospitality portfolio; broader geographic reach and scale than OZ, but directly comparable on custom residential and high-design commercial work.
• Mithun: National design firm with deep sustainability and high-performance building credentials, including LEED-certified projects across education, healthcare, and civic typologies — directly comparable to OZ's LEED Gold portfolio but at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Cushing Terrell: Large Montana-headquartered multi-disciplinary design firm (formerly CTA) offering architecture, engineering, and interior design across residential, commercial, healthcare, and education — same verticals, same Montana footprint, and the most direct regional competitor to OZ Architects.
• Hacker Architects: Portland-based architecture firm with comparable mid-size practice profile serving residential, commercial, and institutional clients — a strong peer on firm scale, project mix, and design-led regional practice.
• Anderson Mason Dale Architects: Denver-based architecture firm with comparable practice in education, civic, and historic preservation projects — a strong peer on project typology and mid-size firm structure.
• A&E Architecture: Billings, Montana-based architecture firm serving residential, commercial, healthcare, and education clients across the region — directly comparable in scope, size, and market to OZ Architects.
• Think Architecture: Bozeman, Montana-based architecture practice serving residential, commercial, and community clients — directly competing with OZ in the Bozeman/Missoula corridor.
• Hennebery Eddy Architects: Portland-based architecture firm with similar practice profile (historic preservation, civic, education, commercial, residential) and comparable studio size — a strong functional peer on project type and craft.

Regional players

• Dowl: Montana-headquartered engineering, planning, and architecture firm; overlaps with OZ in civic, education, and infrastructure-related design work throughout the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.
• L'Heureux Page Werner: Montana-based architecture firm serving similar commercial, healthcare, and education clients across the state — a direct regional peer competing for many of the same Montana institutional RFPs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ozarchitectsmt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oz-architects-pc

Compliance3 records

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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