Atelierjones

Name

Atelierjones

Legal name

atelierjones

Website

https://atelierjones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Residential Remodelers (236118)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mass Timber & Structural Engineered Wood (CLT, Glulam, NLT/DLT) (IMADADAC)

Keywords

• Sustainable architecture services
• Mass timber design
• Prefabricated building design
• Workforce housing architecture
• Embodied carbon consulting

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Traditional architecture firm revenue through commissioned design services for residential (workforce housing, custom homes), commercial, institutional, and community projects. Revenue is project-based, varying by scope and scale of commissions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Atelierjones is an architecture firm that designs sustainable buildings using mass timber (Cross-Laminated Timber and glulam) and prefabrication methods to deliver a lower-carbon built environment. Its commissioned services span residential (workforce housing, custom homes), commercial, institutional (churches, schools), and community projects, with specialized expertise in tall timber housing (up to 18 stories), modular fire-replacement homes, and culturally significant buildings. Supporting capabilities include life cycle assessment research, ICC building code advocacy, and published research through books documenting mass timber design.

Product overview

Atelierjones is an architecture firm offering comprehensive design services centered on mass timber construction for a lower-carbon built environment. The core offering encompasses architectural services from concept through construction administration, with specialized expertise in tall timber housing, modular prefabrication, and sustainable design. Key products include mass timber buildings such as the pioneering Heartwood eight-story workforce housing, Sierra Houses fire-replacement homes, and the Maidu Roundhouse cultural center. Supporting services include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research, ICC code advocacy to enable tall timber construction, and published research through books like 'Mass Timber | Design and Research' and 'Light on Wood'. The firm also develops modular mass timber cottage prototypes for residential applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Heartwood Eight-story carbon-negative mass timber workforce housing project in Seattle's urban core for Community Roots Housing, pioneering tall timber construction under Type IV-C building codes.
• Sierra Houses Modular mass timber fire-replacement homes designed for resilient rebuilding after wildfires in Greenville, California, using prefabricated CLT elements and wet cores developed with the Sierra Institute and DR Johnson Wood Innovations.
• CLT House One of the first contemporary mass timber single-family homes in the United States, pioneering CLT residential construction for a private client.
• Roundhouse Youth Education Center Mass timber cultural and educational center for the Maidu Rancheria community in Greenville, California, featuring CLT construction with solstice-aligned skylights.
• Bellevue First Congregational Church CLT church renovation and sculpted spiritual addition bringing light and mass timber warmth to a progressive congregation in Bellevue, Washington.
• Modular Mass Timber Cottage Modular cottage/DADU prototype using thermally modified CLT produced locally from coastal western hemlock, designed for Washington State housing with the aim of creating local tribal jobs and sustainable housing supply.
• Green Diamond Forest Resources Office Building 18,000 SF mass timber office building designed for Green Diamond Forest Resources in California, demonstrating forest-to-building vertically integrated sustainable design for a corporate headquarters.
• 15 West 124th Street Harlem Mass Timber Housing Mass timber housing project redesigning a 7-story concrete building in Harlem as a 35-unit, 50,000 GSF mass timber development for developer Magna & York, delivered through the NYC EDC Mass Timber Studio program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 38% lower Global Warming Potential compared to concrete equivalent for 8-story Heartwood building; 108% reduction (carbon negative) at construction when offsetting sequestered CO2
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Clallam County EDCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Development partner for modular cottage/DADU prototype using thermally modified CLT from Composite Recycling Technology Center. Partnership aims to create local tribal jobs and sustainable housing.
• Composite Recycling Technology CentercoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Mass timber supplier for modular cottage project. Produces thermally modified CLT using coastal western hemlock harvested by Makah tribe on Olympic Peninsula.
• Space.CityminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Architecture nonprofit board membership for Meghan Doring. Partnership for community engagement and professional development.
• New York City EDC Mass Timber StudiomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Selected for inaugural cohort of NYC Mass Timber Studio program to redesign a 7-story concrete building in Harlem as mass timber. Program provides funding and support for bringing sustainable timber construction to NYC.
• Sage and Coombe ArchitectsmajorTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Architect of record for 15 West 124th Street mass timber project in Harlem. AtelierJones providing design expertise while Sage and Coombe serves as local architect of record.
• TimberlabcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Mass timber fabrication partner for Harlem project. Responsible for manufacturing CLT superstructure elements.
• SwinertoncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023General contractor for Harlem mass timber project. Experience with mass timber construction from Heartwood project.
• Vaagen TimberscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Mass timber supplier and fabricator for Roundhouse project. Produced CLT panels for Maidu community youth education center.
• Lights Creek ConstructioncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023General contractor for Roundhouse construction. Local contractor for wildfire rebuilding project in Greenville, CA.
• DCI EngineerscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Structural engineering partner on Heartwood project and subsequent mass timber projects. Collaborated on Life Cycle Assessment providing structural engineering expertise including foundation design and EOL analysis.
• The Sierra Institute for Community and EnvironmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Development partner for Sierra Houses mass timber modular fire replacement homes in Greenville, CA. Sierra Institute coordinated funding, local community engagement, and is developing local CLT production capacity.
• DR Johnson Wood InnovationscoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Mass timber supplier and fabricator for Sierra Houses project. Provided regionally-sourced CLT structure for modular fire-resilient homes.
• Method HomescoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2021Modular fabricator for Sierra Houses wet cores and prefabricated mass timber elements. Factory production enabled rapid on-site assembly.
• Grace Farms Foundation - Design for FreedomminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Member of Grace Farms Foundation Working Group on eradicating slave labor from building material supply chains.
• University of Oregon NetZed LaboratorymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration on CLT House Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment providing laboratory testing and analysis for carbon impact studies.
• TallWood Design Institute, Oregon State UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaborated on CLT carbon impacts study and research into sustainable building solutions with mass timber.
• Architecture 2030majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaboration on CLT House LCA supporting Architecture 2030's mission to reduce carbon footprint of the built environment.
• The Nature ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaboration on large international Mass Timber Life Cycle Assessment study. AtelierJones developed nine BIM models of mass timber buildings at 8, 12, and 18 stories for LCA comparison with concrete buildings across three North American regions. Study funded by The Nature Conservancy and US Forest Service. Results published 2020-2021.
• University of Washington, College of the Environment, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Research collaboration on mass timber LCA studies including Heartwood Life Cycle Assessment (2021-2024). UW conducted cradle-to-grave GWP analysis comparing mass timber to concrete equivalents.
• US Forest Service Forest Products LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Collaboration on mass timber research including fire testing protocols and LCA studies. Funder and research partner on Nature Conservancy study and ICC Tall Wood Building Committee work.
• Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (CORRIM)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Research partner on mass timber LCA studies providing expertise in renewable industrial materials lifecycle assessment.
• Portland State University, Population Research CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Research collaborator on mass timber LCA study examining impacts of increased demand for mass timber on global forestry.
• BTG Pactual Timberland Investment GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Industry partner providing timberland investment perspective on sustainable forestry practices in mass timber LCA research.
• International Code Council (ICC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Susan Jones represented AIA on ICC Tall Wood Building Committee (2016-2022) to change US building codes for tall mass timber buildings up to 18 stories.
• American Wood CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaboration on fire testing protocols and tall wood building code development. Provided funding and technical expertise for mass timber fire research.
• US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Host facility for five fire tests conducted at ATF facility outside Washington D.C. in summer 2017. Tests established mass timber fire performance data for code changes.
• RISE Research Institutes of SwedenmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaboration on five fire tests performed in Sweden in fall 2020. Testing compartment fires in structural mass timber to validate fire performance for code updates.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with an active mass timber research practice and several built tall-wood projects. Competes for institutional and developer commissions where sustainability mandates favor lower-carbon design.
• DLR Group: Large integrated design firm with significant K-12, civic, and housing work and emerging mass timber portfolio. Comparable sustainability messaging and overlaps on institutional clients like schools and civic projects.
• SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill): Global architecture and engineering firm with pioneering mass timber work (e.g., T3 projects, timber office towers). Competes for large-scale tall wood commissions; broader portfolio but overlapping capability in low-carbon structural design.
• SHoP Architects: New York-based architecture firm known for tall-wood innovation (e.g., 475 West 18th / American Copper Buildings concept research). Comparable in ambition around tall timber residential work, especially relevant for NYC expansion.

Direct peers

• LEVER Architecture: Portland-based architecture firm widely recognized for pioneering mass timber design (e.g., Albina Yard, Carbon12, Brock Commons consultation). Directly comparable focus on CLT/lower-carbon building and similar firm size, making it the closest peer in mission and methodology.
• Mithun: Seattle-based integrated design firm with deep sustainability and mass timber credentials (e.g., Mercat at Yesler, The Soto). Comparable in scale, regional base, and design-led approach to lower-carbon building, with broader typology reach.
• Michael Green Architecture: Vancouver-based architect whose firm coined the "Tall Wood" thesis and authored the influential TALL WOOD report. Closely comparable as a small architecture practice specialized in mass timber design, research, and code advocacy across North America.

Regional players

• ZGF Architects: Pacific Northwest-headquartered architecture firm with a large mass timber portfolio (e.g., Carbon12 with LEVER, First Tech Federal Credit Union). Comparable regional sustainability emphasis but at much larger scale; competes for similar institutional and developer clients.
• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based architecture firm with strong residential and hospitality portfolio. Comparable Pacific Northwest base and high-end custom residential client overlap, though not mass timber focused.

Others

• Timberlab: Pacific Northwest mass timber fabricator and CLT supplier (a Swinerton company) that partners with atelierjones on the Harlem project. Listed as an adjacent ecosystem peer rather than direct competitor — they fabricate where atelierjones designs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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