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Designed for collaboration and creativity, the @brainiumstudios HQ interiors offer a variety of spaces to connect with room for co-workers and dogs alike. A centrally located kitchen anchors the office, while flexible gathering spaces support everything from all-hands meetings to gaming sessions, complete with a ping-pong table. Architecture + Interiors: @hackerarchitects Contractor: @lewisbuilds Structural Engineer: @kpff_pdx MEP Engineer: @glumac_engineers 📸 @chriscolumbres #hackerarchitects #officedesign #workplacedesign #interiordesign #officeinspiration

FIELD NOTES FROM TUCSON 🌵 Visit our Stories to see and hear more from the recent travels of Sarah Hacker, Principal at Hacker! #tucsonarizona #tucson #landscape @sarahmhacker

Blending the industrial past with active city living, @hollowaypdx features a striking facade of formed #weatheringsteel panels whose staggered pattern creates shifting shadows inspired by basalt cliffs. Located in East Portland’s Kerns Neighborhood, the 229-unit #multifamily design includes two 7-story housing bars on a full-block, 2-story podium arranging ground-floor residential and amenity spaces around a central private courtyard. Architecture/Interiors: Hacker Developer: NBP Capital Contractor: @pathpdx Landscape: @langohansen Civil Engineer: Vega Structural Engineer: @harperhoufpetersonrighellis Facade Installer: @exteriorsdesign 📸: @jeremybittermann #hackerarchitects #apartmentdesign #portlandhousing

This week, Hacker Principal Nick Hodges led the @aianational Committee on Architecture for Education Spring Conference tour of @uw_bothell ’s Discovery Hall — 12 years since its completion, the building continues to serve the university as a high-performing hub for learning and innovation! Scroll for highlights from the tour as well as the conference including works by Chihuly and Steven Holl. 📸: @laraswimmer (1), @nickhodges (2-10) #aiacae #aiaconference #uwbothell #hackerarchitects

FIELD NOTES FROM MEXICO CITY 🇲🇽 Visit our Stories to see and hear more from the recent travels of Kelsey Smith, Architectural Designer at Hacker! #mexicocity #cdmx #inspiration @__kelseysmith

“The site is defined by high-desert geology [...] Perched atop and carved into a band of columnar basalt, the house becomes part of the landform itself. Its long, linear form traces the river, its roof planes tilt to the sky, and its courtyards pull the landscape inward,” says Corey Martin, Principal at Hacker, in the recent @sunsetmag feature on Riverfold House in Central Oregon. 🔗 in bio to read more. Architecture / Interior Design: Hacker Contractor: @knvisionshomes Structural: Madden & Baughman Engineering Mechanical: Cole Breit Engineering Landscape Architecture: @szabolandscapearch Lighting: O- LLC 📸: @jeremybittermann / @jbsa.images 🖊️: Sarah Yang / Sunset #hackerarchitects #hackerinteriors #centraloregonhomes #susnetmagazine #centraloregon

This #NationalLibraryWeek 📚 we are celebrating spaces that bring communities and us #joy! This year’s theme of #FindYourJoy is an open invitation to explore what sparks curiosity, connection, and creativity at your local library. Scroll for libraries built and in progress. Over the past 30+ years, Hacker has completed over 40 #library design and assessment projects – our first was the Spokane Public Library – and currently has 7 libraries in design. Serving communities in Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska, Utah, and soon in Montana and Idaho. 🔗: /libraries 📸: @laraswimmer , @jeremybittermann , @brucedamonte , Hacker (renderings)

This National Library Week, take a peek inside the new @lewisandclarklibrary , East Helena Branch 📚 In concept design, the library is imagined as a civic hub deeply connected to nature. Set along the edge of Prickly Pear Creek within John F. Kennedy Park, the library creates a welcoming gateway into the park. This is one of seven libraries currently in design at Hacker. Stay tuned for updates from Montana! Designed by Hacker with @mosaic_architecture . #nationallibraryweek #libraryweek #librarydesign #hackerarchitects #easthelenamontana

Happy Earth Day 🌎 Breathing new life into existing buildings and extending them for renewed purpose is of ever increasing importance for addressing climate change by making use of already emitted carbon. Hacker is proud to mark our 12th year reporting toward the #2030Challenge! At @CUBoulder Hellems Arts & Sciences Building, high-efficiency mechanical systems and a substantially improved building envelope addressed long standing comfort issues while enhancing overall performance. Targeting LEED Gold and an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 50, the project has achieved a 65% reduction in energy use compared to baseline. 🔗 in bio to learn more about the renewal of this historic 105-year-old building and AIA 2030 Commitment 🌿 Architecture/Interiors: Hacker + @handprintarchitecture Contractor: @ap_construction MEP: @catorruma Structural: @martinmartininc Landscape Architect: @wenkassociates Lighting: @aedesign_inc Theater Consultant: @theatre_projects Art Installation: @jamiebardsleystudio #hackerarchitects #hackerinteriors #earthdayeveryday #sustainability @aianational

FIELD NOTES FROM NEW ZEALAND • Visit our Stories to see and hear more from the recent travels of John Dalit, Associate at Hacker, to the South Island 🇳🇿 #newzealand #landscape #inspiration @john.dalit

Featured by @sunsetmag is the Riverfold House in the article ‘A Central Oregon Home Was Designed to Connect to the Land, Water, and Sky: It’s an oasis near an urban setting.’ Visit link in bio for the story and home tour. “The end result is a beautiful, visually layered home that emphasizes its natural surroundings.‘ Together, these orchestrated spaces create more than a home: they form a continuous experience shaped by river, rock, sky, and city,’ says Corey Martin, principal at Hacker. ‘Every element—from the smallest tile to the largest view—is crafted to cultivate a deeper appreciation of this extraordinary place where the natural and built worlds meet in constant, dynamic exchange.’” Architecture / Interior Design: Hacker Contractor: @knvisionshomes Structural: Madden & Baughman Engineering Mechanical: Cole Breit Engineering Landscape Architecture: @szabolandscapearch Lighting: O- LLC 📸: @jeremybittermann / @jbsa.images 🖊️: Sarah Yang / Sunset 🔗: /home-garden/home-tours/central-oregon-riverfront-home #hackerarchitects #hackerinteriors #centraloregonhomes #susnetmagazine #centraloregon

Last Friday, we gathered together to celebrate the grand reopening of the @CUBoulder Hellems Arts & Sciences Building — a renovation made possible through collaboration, creativity, and dedication 🎉 The renewal of this historic 105-year old building unites heritage preservation, sustainability, and inclusivity, transforming a once-exclusive academic core into a welcoming, high-performing model of building modernization. Renovations reduced the building’s energy use intensity (EUI) by nearly 68%, even with the addition of air conditioning. As the first building designed by Charles Klauder in CU Boulder’s iconic Tuscan Vernacular style, Hellems continues to play a central role on campus — home to English, History, Linguistics, and Philosophy, as well as ALTEC and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Today, it touches nearly every student experience, with half of all first-year students and 85% of undergraduates taking at least one class here. In CU Boulder’s 150th Anniversary year, it was especially meaningful to celebrate this milestone alongside the incredible team who brought it to life. Congratulations! Learn more at the 🔗 in bio about the Hellems renovation. Architecture/Interiors: Hacker + @handprintarchitecture Contractor: @ap_construction Cost Estimator: Rider Levett Bucknall MEP: @catorruma Structural: @martinmartininc Acoustics: K2 Audio Landscape Architect: @wenkassociates Lighting: @aedesign_inc Specifications: m.thrailkill.architect.llc Theater Consultant: @theatre_projects Art Installation: @jamiebardsleystudio 📸: Yi Wang / Hacker #hackerarchitects #hackerinteriors #cuboulder #renovation #schooldesign