What Board & Vellum does

Board & Vellum is a Seattle-based multidisciplinary design firm founded in 2011 by Jeff Pelletier, operating as a private professional services company with 11-50 employees headquartered in the Smith Tower in Pioneer Square. The firm delivers architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services through four internal studios (Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Sustainable Practice) organized around four service verticals: Custom Residential, Multifamily Residential, Commercial (hospitality, retail, offices), and Community & Civic (parks, campuses, master plans). Projects are delivered via integrated cross-disciplinary teams or standalone single-discipline engagements, supported by an in-house culture of weekly cross-disciplinary design critiques and deep sustainability credentials including LEED, Passive House, and a 2023 Just label from the International Living Future Institute.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees, with pricing provided on a quote basis via direct client engagement and supported by a content-led marketing program that includes two proprietary podcasts (Living Shelter on sustainability, Design Goggles on design culture), a blog, Instagram, Houzz reviews, and an AIA/contractor referral network. The firm's geographic footprint is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Seattle metro area, and its customer base spans SMB (hospitality, retail) and enterprise (multifamily developers, civic clients) segments with named projects including Stellar Apartments, Harrison South, Lucille on Roosevelt, and the Westside Park Rejuvenation. Board & Vellum is founder/management-owned, has no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A history, operating as an independent boutique firm.

Name

Board & Vellum

Legal name

Board & Vellum

Website

https://boardandvellum.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Board & Vellum is a Seattle-based, founder-owned multidisciplinary design firm delivering architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and sustainable practice services across custom residential, multifamily, commercial, and civic projects for SMB and enterprise clients in the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Board & Vellum generates revenue through professional design services including architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture for private residences, multifamily buildings, commercial spaces, and community/civic projects. Services are offered as integrated packages or à la carte based on client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Board & Vellum provides integrated architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services for private residences, multifamily buildings, commercial spaces, and community/civic projects. Services are delivered through four in-house studios (Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Practice) either as fully integrated teams or as à la carte discipline-specific engagements. The firm serves clients primarily in the Seattle metro area and Pacific Northwest region.

Product overview

Board & Vellum is a multidisciplinary design firm offering integrated architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture services through four internal studios: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Sustainable Practice. The firm's core service offerings span four sectors: Custom Residential (single-family homes), Multifamily Residential (apartments, condos, mixed-use), Commercial (hospitality, retail, offices), and Community & Civic (parks, campus design). Services are available as standalone discipline engagements or as fully-integrated cross-disciplinary teams. The firm also produces two podcasts—Living Shelter (sustainable building) and Design Goggles (design culture)—as thought leadership content. The firm operates from offices in Seattle's Smith Tower and does not offer a software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Living Shelter: A podcast on sustainable practices hosted by Terry Phelan, an architect and sustainability specialist with 30+ years of hands-on experience.
• Design Goggles
• B&V Radio

Products and services

• Custom Residential Design

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Emerald SevenminorOthersEmerald Seven designed, developed, and manages the Board & Vellum website. This is an operational/technology partnership for web infrastructure rather than a core business partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: Landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with strong sustainability credentials and integrated work across public realm and development projects; directly comparable on the landscape architecture studio offering and Westside Park-type civic work.
• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based multidisciplinary architecture and design firm of similar size and ethos, blending custom residential, commercial, and adaptive reuse work with a strong individual design voice — directly comparable to Board & Vellum's boutique, design-led Seattle positioning.
• Mithun: Seattle-headquartered integrated design firm combining architecture, interiors, and landscape architecture across residential, commercial, and civic projects; closest direct analogue to B&V's integrated multidisciplinary model.
• Miller Hull Partnership: Seattle architecture firm with strong civic, public, and sustainable-design portfolio; similar size band and Pacific Northwest geographic anchor, overlapping with B&V on community & civic and multifamily work.
• LMN Architects: Seattle-based architecture firm focused on civic, cultural, and commercial projects with national reach; comparable on the architecture-services core but operates at a larger project scale than B&V.
• Lake|Flato: Texas-based sustainable architecture firm with strong residential, civic, and commercial portfolio and emphasis on integrated design and environmental stewardship — closely parallels B&V's sustainability-driven, multidisciplinary studio model.
• KieranTimberlake: Philadelphia-based architecture firm recognized for research-driven, sustainability-focused design across cultural, academic, and residential sectors; comparable on integrated design philosophy and thought-leadership content production.

Broad incumbents

• NBBJ: Large Seattle-headquartered global architecture practice with broad sector coverage and major institutional clients; competes for the same Seattle-based commercial, multifamily, and civic RFPs but at a materially larger scale and price point.
• Snøhetta: Global interdisciplinary design practice integrating architecture, landscape, interior, and graphic design; relevant broad incumbent comparable on cross-discipline model and sustainability branding, though substantially larger and globally distributed.

Emerging players

• Field Operations: Landscape architecture and urban design firm known for high-profile public-park and waterfront projects; overlaps with B&V's landscape architecture studio and community & civic segment, but operates at significantly larger project scales (e.g., Pier 52, Domino Park).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/boardandvellum
• Xx.com/boardandvellum
• Facebookfacebook.com/boardandvellum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/board-and-vellum

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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