MAKERS architecture and urban design

MAKERS architecture and urban design is an architecture and planning practice with its primary office at 500 Union St, Suite 700, in downtown Seattle, Washington, and a second office at 402 W Broadway, Suite 400, in San Diego, California. The firm was established in 1972 and describes itself as an award-winning planning firm.

Its stated goal is to help communities and organisations make good decisions, focusing on growth patterns in order to create vibrant communities, protect resources and promote design that responds to context and to clients' specific needs. The firm reports a staff of 30 professional architects, planners, designers and support personnel and offers a full range of planning and urban design services.

Specialties listed by the company include urban design, neighborhood and urban planning, development regulations, facility planning and comprehensive planning, alongside architecture, space planning, land use planning, military and industrial planning, facility master planning, sustainability, and park and recreational planning and design.

MAKERS states that it is known for innovative outreach practices and adapts creative techniques to engage citizens. MAKERS describes itself as an award-winning firm that has served clients ranging from the U.S. Navy to small Puget Sound ports since 1972, and as a nimble firm working to help shape communities throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The company is a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). Publicly posted project and client material includes comprehensive planning work for the City of Kennewick in Washington, leadership of the Washington State Zoning Atlas project for the Washington State Department of Commerce, and master planning of the Navy's first modern naval station in Everett, Washington, attributed to founder Gerald Hansmire.