Zervas Group Architects, P.s.

What Zervas Group Architects, P.s. does

Zervas Group Architects, P.s. is a privately-owned professional architectural firm headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, founded in 1961 by James (Jim) Zervas after his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship. The firm provides full-service architectural design across educational, healthcare, multi-family and single-family residential, commercial, and public/community facility projects for clients primarily in Northwest Washington. Its core technical stack comprises industry-standard tools — AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and Adobe Creative Suite — supplemented by BIM, GIS, and 3D modeling capabilities; the firm carries no proprietary technology platform and offers no software products or APIs. Service delivery emphasizes a collaborative, research-driven design process rooted in sustainable, 'modern organic' principles inherited from the founder's Wright apprenticeship, with staff credentials including AIA membership, Living Future Accreditation, and Building Condition Assessment Certification.

The firm operates a project-based professional services revenue model with custom quotations tied to scope and complexity and multi-year contract cycles. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, combining direct client engagement, competitive bidding on public-sector projects, and repeat engagements with established institutional clients such as Bellingham Public Schools, Skagit Regional Health, City of Bellingham, and Puget Sound Energy. Customer segments are diversified across education, healthcare, government, utilities, and nonprofit verticals, though individual large public projects can represent material annual revenue. The firm is led by three partners — Andrew Krzysiek, Jed Ballew, and Amy Zimmerman — supported by 15-20 professional and support personnel, with no external ownership, private equity involvement, or funding rounds disclosed. Marketing is modest: a corporate website, organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, X), earned regional press coverage, and participation in local civic and AIA committees.

Name

Zervas Group Architects, P.s.

Legal name

Zervas Group Architects, P.s.

Website

https://zervasarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Zervas Group Architects is a privately-owned, Bellingham-based architectural firm founded in 1961, serving Northwest Washington with full-service design for educational, healthcare, residential, commercial, and public facility clients through a 15-20 person team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Sustainable building design
• Educational facility architecture
• Healthcare facility design
• Public sector architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Bellingham

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural design services for residential, commercial, educational, medical, and public projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design, construction administration, and related professional services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Zervas Group Architects is a full-service architectural firm providing design, planning, and construction administration services across residential, commercial, educational, healthcare, and public-sector projects in Northwest Washington. The firm delivers concept-through-construction design services for K-12 schools, higher education campuses, hospitals and medical offices, multi-family and single-family housing, government and civic facilities, and commercial office/retail buildings, grounded in a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired modern organic design philosophy.

Product overview

Zervas Group Architects, P.s. is a full-service architectural firm offering comprehensive architectural design services. The firm operates as a unified service practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their portfolio spans multiple service offerings including educational facilities design (K-12 schools, higher education), healthcare and medical facility design (surgery centers, medical offices), multi-family and single-family residential design, commercial office and retail design, and public/community facility design. The firm also specializes in sustainable/green building design with LEED-certified projects. All services are delivered through their team of 15-20 professional and support personnel based in Bellingham, WA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Educational Facilities Design
• Healthcare/Medical Facility Design
• Multi-Family Residential Design
• Single-Family Residential Design
• Commercial Office and Retail Design
• Public and Community Facility Design
• Sustainable and Green Building Design

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Trammell Crow CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with Trammell Crow Company and Pennon Construction on the PSE Operational Training Facility project - a 45,000 SF building with state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, and training areas plus 40,000 SF outdoor training zone.
• Pennon ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor on the PSE Operational Training Facility project working with Zervas and Trammell Crow Company.
• BNBuildersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for Skagit Regional Health's new medical office building (SRH 13th St project).
• Faber ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for NWIC Health & Wellness Center project.
• Dawson ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Lighthouse Mission rebuild project, a landmark project nearing grand opening.
• Tiger Pearson ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for Anacortes Housing Authority 19th St. Townhouse project.
• Oracle ContractingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Sumas Elementary School Bus Barn project, finishing drive lanes, exterior site lighting and erecting the 4-bay metal building.
• RAM ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Trans-Ocean Products factory expansion project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ZervasGroup
• Facebookurlgeni.us/facebook/VgawF
• Instagraminstagram.com/zervasarchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zervas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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