We are dextrous, creative professional problem solvers. Our womxn-owned architecture studio is located on Commercial Street in an accessible building in downtown Portland.

Our clients are value driven. Our projects include multi-family infill Fair-housing compliant apartments/condo buildings, dental and veterinary clinics, restaurants, art studios, coffee roasteries, lobster processing facilities and traditional floor malting houses. We like a challenge, whether it’s a tight-urban site, or highly detail-oriented, technical project.

We believe the best ideas in our projects originate with our clients. Their years of industry experience inform and guide our work. Their passion inspires us. We view our task as partners in developing projects which conform to the complex regulatory standards of the built environment while meeting our client’s programmatic goals.

Our commercial work is grounded-in our client’s employee and user experiences. We design work spaces which seek to make jobs easier, safer, more fun and performed in spaces that align with a company’s image and values. Our work is purpose-driven. In short, we seek to design spaces that make people feel good; physically and psychologically. We strive to improve lives and eliminate barriers by designing great spaces and places.

Our multi-family projects create new living spaces that allow occupants to age in place, increases accessible housing opportunities within communities and reduce reliance on fossil fuels for transportation. We believe in creating communities where front doors are accessible to walkers, cyclists, rollators, strollers and wheelchairs. We strive to find ways to leverage our projects to increase diversity. We strive to design spaces where neighbors know, care for and about one another.

We believe the skilled professionals who construct our spaces are equally respected collaborators in our work. Their expertise and knowledge are invaluable to achieving our client’s goals.

Tracie J. Reed | Licensed Architect, Founding President
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Licensed Architect, NCARB, AIA, NOMA

A Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts Licensed and NCARB-certified Architect, Tracie specializes in bringing people together to solve problems. Her experience and interests are diverse; with a background in master planning, architecture, public relations, political organizing and fundraising.

When not at the office, Tracie can be found teaching bicycle safety to elementary school students. A trained Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Educator (BPSE) and League of American Cyclists League Cycling Instructor (LCI) she is trained in safe and effective cycling techniques that empower cyclists to ride confidently as traffic and offers individual or group lessons with a focus on urban cycling.

Tracie also volunteers as a mentor at Portland Community Squash, for the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and running bike valets at special events in the Greater Portland area. In her free time she enjoys playing squash, cycling, mountain biking, quilting and gardening. An adoptee whose grandmother is Korean, she also works daily to practice reading, writing and speaking Korean with the help of a very patient teacher.