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We’re excited to share that Matthew Bissen will be participating as a panelist in an upcoming discussion on the design and construction of inclusive teaching laboratories through sustainable and ecological practices. Matthew will join the Design/Build team and Pierce College leadership to reflect on the recently opened Johnson Science Building at Pierce College’s Puyallup Campus. The panel will explore how sustainability and ecology were integral to realizing the College’s mission of truly accessible and inclusive access to the sciences, with a focus on what the team calls a “radical welcoming to science.” The conversation will highlight lessons learned and insights from academic, design, engineering, and construction partners, centering ecology and sustainability as essential tools for creating inclusive, high‑performance learning environments. We’re proud to have Matthew representing our firm in this important dialogue. @piercecollege Absher PAE @siteworkshop #InclusiveDesign #SustainableDesign #ScienceEducation #HigherEdDesign #DesignBuild #AcademicArchitecture #SustainableLabs #LeadershipInDesign #integrusarchitecture

Preservation Month | Opera House / FICA During Preservation Month, we reflect on places that continue to shape community life across generations. Originally built for Expo ’74 as the Spokane Opera House, the First Interstate Center for the Arts remains a cultural anchor for the region. Its revitalization honors the building’s iconic character while renewing it with modern accessibility, technology, and audience experience—ensuring that this historic venue continues to bring people together through music, performance, and shared experience. #PreservationMonth #HistoricPreservation #PowerOfPlace #integrusarchitecture @ficaspokane 📷: @laraswimmer

We were excited to welcome AIA CAE for a recent project tour of Surprise Lake Middle School - a learning environment designed to elevate connection, collaboration, and innovative teaching. Designed for belonging, spaces enhance and foster relationships throughout the school. The light-filled Commons and adjacent outdoor plaza welcome students and provide a variety of opportunities to connect and explore. Learning communities organized around shared spaces promote collaboration and social learning, providing students choices in how and where they learn within a supportive and safe environment. Thank you to AIA CAE for spending time with us and engaging in meaningful conversations about belonging and student-centered design. #EducationDesign #StudentCenteredLearning #LearningEnvironments #SchoolDesign #InnovativeDesign #DesignForBelonging #ArchitectureInEducation #LearningSpaces #DesignMatters #BuiltForLearning #AIACAE @fifepublicschools 📷: @laraswimmer

Next week, Rogue Community College takes a major step forward with the groundbreaking of two new Transportation Technology Buildings at the Table Rock Campus in White City, Oregon, and the Redwood Campus in Grants Pass, Oregon. These projects represent a commitment to possibility, expanding access to modern, hands-on learning environments that support RCC’s Automotive and Diesel Technology programs and connect education to real-world careers. Both buildings reflect a commitment to people, place, and progress, supporting meaningful learning today while investing in long-term campus and community vitality. Designed in collaboration with RCC and @arkitek_design , the buildings are united by a shared academic mission while thoughtfully tailored to their distinct communities. At Table Rock Campus, the design establishes a visible, industry-forward gateway tied to workforce training and regional connections. Groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 5 at 3:00 p.m. At Redwood Campus, the building strengthens campus life and reinforces a strong sense of place within the Rogue Valley. Groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. These projects mark an early step in RCC’s broader vision to align education, industry, and opportunity throughout Southern Oregon. #RogueCommunityCollege #IntegrusArchitecture #ArkitekDesign #TransportationTechnology #CareerTechnicalEducation #WorkforceDevelopment #HigherEdDesign #Placemaking #StudentSuccess @roguecommunitycollege @arkitek_design

To celebrate Earth Month Integrus is proud to announce our practice is Carbon Neutral across all three locations! We know this has become a vague and overutilized term in the industry, so what does this mean? Our “Path to Carbon Neutrality” includes: - Internal Carbon Footprint audit - measuring energy, electricity, water and travel (scopes 1, 2 and 3) - Targeted Reductions – bike incentives, efficient office lights, local catering and supplies, virtual meetings when applicable - Balance Footprint - purchasing credible, third-party-verified Carbon Credits, Green-e Certified RECs, and Water Restoration Certificates® through local partner Bonneville Environmental Foundation. But this isn’t a finish line. It’s a commitment to continually push our practice forward — just as our practice of architecture must be part of the solution, we commit to tracking and reducing the carbon footprint of our office operations and balancing the remainder through certified carbon offset initiatives that support reforestation, renewable energy, and community‑driven climate solutions. Happy Earth Month 2026! #SustainbleDesign #BonnevilleEnvironmentalFoundation #CarbonCredits #RECs #WRCs #EarthMonth Check out more... /sustainability/

The beautiful city of Seattle is proud to host the 2026 AIA Committee on Architecture for Education Spring Conference, exploring Designing Belonging: Reciprocity, Resilience, and Regeneration. Set within a region shaped by powerful landscapes, innovation, and cultural diversity, the conference invites meaningful dialogue on how learning environments can support well-being, equity, and long-term resilience. We’re especially proud that Rebecca Baibak, Integrus’ Seattle Managing Principal, Chairman of the Board, and national K–12 education expert, is serving as Conference Chair. Through architect-led tours, place-based learning, and shared conversation, the week ahead highlights Seattle as a living laboratory for inclusive, regenerative design. Welcome to Seattle! #AIA #AIACAE #ArchitectureForEducation #DesigningBelonging #EducationDesign #K12Design #LearningEnvironments #SeattleArchitecture #DesignForTheCommons #IntegrusArchitecture

Designing Human Centered spaces for Innovation, Collaboration and Creativity with AI We are excited to celebrate the opening of the new Center for Informatics and Applied Technology at Gonzaga University. The new center transformed existing, outdated classrooms, offices and conference room in the Herak Center into open, flexible classroom spaces that provide opportunities for collaboration and creativity. The new Institute for Informatics and Applied Technology fuses people and ideas together to help foster a culture that brings data, AI and innovation together for the greater human good. The design team incorporated experiential graphics, abundant daylight, and a flexible furniture allowing the faculty to engage with students and industry partners in achieving their program goals. #InnovationSpace #Collaboration #Creativity #AppliedTechnology #GonzagaUniversity #HigherEducation @gonzagau 📷: @patrickmartinezphotography

The Future of Libraries is Rooted in Possibility. As communities evolve, libraries are becoming more flexible, more connected, and more responsive while continuing to be places where learning, creativity, and community life come together. Today, libraries are expanding their services in ways that reflect real community needs. Library of Things collections lend out tools, instruments, and equipment. Some branches serve primarily as flexible community spaces—with fewer books and more room for programs, making, gathering, and digital access. And across the country, libraries are rethinking their role not just as repositories, but as hubs for belonging, skill‑building, and connection. What won’t change is their role as welcoming civic anchors. Libraries will continue to reflect the needs, identity, and aspirations of the people they serve. For us, designing the future of libraries means shaping spaces that listen through flexible, daylight‑filled, intuitive places that are ready to grow with their communities. The future of libraries is bright and built around people. #NationalLibraryWeek2026 #FutureOfLibraries #LibraryDesign #CommunitySpaces Central Library, @spokanepubliclibrary & @g4arch The Hive, @spokanepubliclibrary & @spokanepublicschools B Library, @spokanepubliclibrary @laraswimmer

National Library Week was the perfect moment for Open Window School to celebrate the opening of their new library addition with a special school assembly. Guided by the concept of More Space, Same Story, the design responds to the school's need for more space with care, quietly weaving into the existing campus as if it had always been there. Designed for K–8 learners, the new Open Window School library uses thoughtful zoning and a range of opportunities giving learners of all ages the choice to engage with the space in ways that support curiosity, comfort, and growth. #NationalLibraryWeek2026 #OpenWindowSchool #LibraryDesign @openwindowschool

For decades, Integrus has partnered with communities to design libraries as long‑term civic anchors—spaces built to evolve and serve generations over time. Spokane’s South Hill Library embodies that legacy. Originally designed by Integrus in 1998, it quickly became a beloved neighborhood hub. When Spokane Public Libraries began planning for the future, community engagement made one thing clear: this building mattered. The community didn’t want it replaced, they wanted it renewed. In 2023, we returned to South Hill to refresh and modernize the building—honoring what the community loved while improving daylight, flexibility, and usability for the future. This is the power of thoughtful library design: when buildings are rooted in people and place, they gain longevity. #NationalLibraryWeek2026 #LibraryDesign #CivicArchitecture #IntegrusArchitecture #CommunitySpaces #SpokanePublicLibrary South Hill Library, @spokanepubliclibrary 📷: @laraswimmer

Yesterday we gathered to dedicate a building created not only to be occupied, but to actively shape how students think, question, and create. From research to design to making, this space is intended to support learning as a process rather than a product. Speakers included Whitworth President Scott McQuilkin, Dr. Kamesh Sankaran, professor of engineering and physics, and Mark Pigott of PACCAR, who spoke to the research already underway from micro devices and “labs on a chip” (a fitting and memorable takeaway gift) to the ways this building will support students in expanding the boundaries of knowledge through hands on design exploration and application. The ceremony closed with a reading of Seamus Heaney’s Scaffolding, a powerful reminder of why buildings like this matter. The poem speaks to the temporary structures we rely on while something lasting is being formed. In the same way, this building is scaffolding for students, a place to try, fail, iterate, and grow so that, in time, the scaffolding can fall away and what remains is confident, durable understanding and purpose. A meaningful dedication for a building intended to support exactly that kind of work. We’re grateful to have been part of this milestone moment with the Whitworth community. Learn more about the project here: /project/paccar-engineering/ @whitworthuniversity @bouten_construction / Contractor MW Consulting Engineers / MEP @coffmanengineers / Civil Engineer Land Expressions / Landscape Architect #WhitworthUniversity #PACCAREngineering #EngineeringEducation #HigherEdDesign #DesignForEducation #LearningEnvironments #HandsOnLearning #BuildingDedication

Libraries Shaped by People and Place. Each one reflects the community it serves - its needs, its identity, and its evolving story. Libraries are never one-size-fits-all. They respond to the people who use them and the context in which they live. They adapt to local culture, support community priorities, and provide services that are meaningful right now. As shared public space becomes more limited, this responsive approach matters more than ever. For us, designing a library begins with listening and connecting to the community. Understanding daily rhythms, gathering local perspectives, and studying the character of the site. From there, we shape spaces that invite community in and feel unmistakably rooted in place. When a library reflects its community, it strengthens it. See more... /projects/ #NationalLibraryWeek2026 #LibraryDesign #CivicArchitecture #CommunitySpaces Liberty Park Library, @spokanepubliclibrary The Hive, @spokanepubliclibrary & @spokanepublicschools Spokane Valley Library, @spokanecountylibrary 📷: @laraswimmer