What Hummel Architects does

Hummel Architects PLLC is a privately held architectural services firm headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with a secondary office in Idaho Falls. Founded in 1896 as Tourtellotte & Hummel and renamed to its current form in 1996, the firm has operated continuously for more than 130 years and maintains an archive of 3,400+ projects now housed at the Idaho State Archives. The firm employs approximately 30 professionals including licensed architects (AIA, NCARB) and interior designers (NCIDQ, IIDA) and operates across nine practice areas: Healthcare, Higher Education, K-12 Education, Commercial, Civic/Governmental, Residential/Mixed-Use, Interior Design, Architectural Visualizations, and Adaptive Reuse/Historic Preservation, with a cross-cutting Sustainable Design capability targeting LEED certification.

The firm's core technology stack is BIM-based design delivery with visualization tooling spanning Lumion, V-Ray, and Blender for renderings, 360 virtual tours, and walk-through videos. Service delivery is project-based and full lifecycle, from programming and schematic design through construction administration, with select projects delivered via design-build partnerships with general contractors including Hoffman Construction and Big-D Construction. Revenue is generated exclusively from professional service fees for custom-tailored architectural engagements; no standard pricing tiers, product licensing, or platform revenue exists.

Go-to-market is enterprise field sales to institutional clients — primarily healthcare systems, public universities, K-12 school districts, and municipal and state agencies — concentrated in Idaho and the Pacific Northwest. Procurement runs through RFPs, design competitions, and direct relationship-based engagement, with strong repeat business from named clients including St. Luke's Health System, Boise State University, Idaho State University, West Ada School District, the City of Boise, and the Idaho Department of Correction. The firm operates as a single unified professional services entity (PLLC) with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no disclosed external capital, and no M&A activity on record.

Name

Hummel Architects

Legal name

Hummel Architects PLLC

Website

https://hummelarch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hummel Architects is a privately held, 130-year-old architectural services firm headquartered in Boise, Idaho, employing 30 professionals to deliver full-lifecycle design for healthcare, higher education, K-12, civic, and commercial clients across Idaho and the Pacific Northwest via project-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Healthcare facility design
• Higher education architecture
• Civic government buildings
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional fees for architectural design services including programming, space planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for healthcare, education, civic, and commercial projects

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hummel Architects is a professional services firm providing comprehensive architectural design across nine practice areas: healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, commercial, civic/government, residential/mixed-use, interior design, architectural visualizations, and adaptive reuse/historic preservation. The firm delivers programming, space planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration as a single integrated service offering billed on a project basis.

Product overview

Hummel Architects is an architectural services firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of design services across nine core practice areas. The firm operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Healthcare Design Services specialize in hospital and clinic environments including surgery centers and medical office buildings. Higher Education Design covers campus master plans, research facilities, and student housing. K-12 Education Design encompasses classrooms, laboratories, and career technical facilities. Commercial Design services include offices, retail, hospitality, and mixed-use developments. Civic/Governmental Design serves cities, counties, and agencies with fire stations and public safety buildings. Residential/Mixed-Use Design covers single and multi-family projects. Interior Design provides finishes, furniture, and millwork services. Architectural Visualizations offer renderings, virtual tours, and walk-through videos. Adaptive Reuse and Historical Preservation services focus on repurposing existing structures. Sustainable Design Services include LEED certification and energy efficiency consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Design Services Comprehensive healthcare facility design including hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, and medical office buildings, with expertise in exam rooms, surgery suites, imaging facilities, emergency departments, pharmacies, and rehabilitation centers for healthcare providers and health systems.
• Higher Education Design Services Full-service higher education architectural design covering campus master plans, academic research centers, dormitories, athletic facilities, and classroom remodels for colleges and universities.
• K-12 Education Design Services K-12 educational facility design including classrooms, laboratories, cafeterias, gymnasiums, career technical education facilities, and school district master planning for K-12 school districts.
• Commercial Design Services Commercial space design including workplace offices, retail, food service, hospitality, research facilities, mixed-use developments, and tenant improvements for commercial clients.
• Civic/Governmental Design Services Government and civic facility design services including city halls, fire stations, correctional facilities, and public safety buildings, with expertise in campus master plans and sustainable design for cities, counties, agencies, and federal clients.
• Residential/Mixed-Use Design Services Residential architecture including single and multi-family homes, multi-unit buildings, townhomes, condominiums, and mixed-use developments throughout Idaho and the Pacific Northwest.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services including finishes selection, furniture selection and layout, floorplans, and millwork layouts delivered throughout the design process to create purposeful interior environments for project clients.
• Architectural Visualizations Architectural visualization services including interior renderings, exterior renderings, 360 virtual tours, walk-through videos, site analysis, materials selection, and lighting simulations used to communicate designs to stakeholders and the public.
• Adaptive Reuse/Historical Preservation Services Expert services in repurposing and redesigning existing structures, including entitlements, architectural design, and visualizations, for historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects.
• Sustainable Design Services Sustainable and high-performance building design with expertise in LEED certification, energy efficiency studies, campus planning, feasibility studies, and building evaluation, embedded across the firm's projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 750,000+ SF of healthcare projects completed in the last 10 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hoffman Construction CompanycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2023Design-build collaboration on Idaho Department of Correction East Dorm project. Progressive design-build partnership for correctional facilities.
• KMB ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborative design partnership on Idaho Department of Correction East Dorm, working together with Hummel and Hoffman Construction.
• Rice Fergus MillercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Design partnership on City of Boise Fire Training Facility and Boise Fire Station No. 5. Collaborative design approach for civic and public safety projects.
• Anderson Mason Dale ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Ongoing collaboration on Boise State University projects including Micron Business & Economics Building, Micron Center for Materials Research, and Syringa Hall residence hall. Association partnership for higher education projects.
• GGLOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on The Gibson mixed-use project in Boise's Old Boise Historic District. Partnership for residential/mixed-use developments.
• Big-D ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign-build partnership on Boise State Syringa Hall and Alpine Academy Charter School. Ongoing collaboration on educational facility projects.
• Swanby InvestmentsminorOthersClient for Carnegie Library renovation project in Boise. Property owner/investor engaging firm for historic adaptive reuse project.
• Treasure Valley Community CollegecoreOthersClient for Nursing-Allied Health Professions Center in Ontario, Oregon. Educational institution partner for healthcare training facility design.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mithun: Pacific Northwest architecture and planning firm with education, residential, and mixed-use practices; comparable size and design-led ethos with regional focus.
• SRG Partnership: Pacific Northwest architecture firm with healthcare, education, and civic portfolios of comparable scale; competes for similar institutional clients across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
• Anderson Mason Dale Architects: Regional architecture firm specializing in higher education and civic projects; existing Hummel design partner on multiple Boise State University projects. Highly comparable in scale, market, and project type.
• GGLO: Pacific Northwest architecture and planning firm with strong residential, mixed-use, and education practices; existing Hummel partner on The Gibson mixed-use project in Boise.
• Rice Fergus Miller: Pacific Northwest architecture firm with civic, education, and public safety portfolios; existing Hummel partner on City of Boise fire facility projects.
• Cushing Terrell: Mountain West and Pacific Northwest architecture and engineering firm of similar scale with deep institutional, healthcare, and education portfolios. Comparable in size, regional footprint, and multi-disciplinary service mix to Hummel Architects.

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: National integrated design firm with strong healthcare, education, and civic practices and significant Pacific Northwest presence. Competes for larger institutional commissions across Hummel's core verticals.
• ZGF Architects: Large Pacific Northwest-headquartered architecture firm with institutional, healthcare, and higher education practices. Operates at greater scale but competes for similar regional clients and project types.
• HKS Architects: National architecture firm with one of the largest healthcare design practices in the U.S.; competes for major healthcare commissions across regional markets including the Mountain West.
• LMN Architects: Seattle-based architecture firm specializing in higher education, civic, and performing arts projects; larger than Hummel but competes in the Pacific Northwest institutional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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