Professional and Experienced Architectural Firm

About Us

Ehm Architecture was founded in 1992 by Architect Randal Jay Ehm and his wife Grace, a Bookkeeper and Administrator. The firm started in San Diego, where Mr. Ehm spent much of his early career, and expanded to Seattle in 1996 when Randal became licensed in his home state of Washington.

We have amassed a tremendous amount of knowledge on over 2,800 diverse projects and have never had a claim for professional liability in our 38-year history. Our dynamic design work has won design awards and has been published internationally.

We are a CALTRANS and King County SCS-Certified Small Business Enterprise. We obtained our Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (OMWBE) Certification in Washington State in June 2023.

Our Principal Architect, Randal Jay Ehm AIA, is currently licensed in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Through his national certification by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, he can obtain his license in any other US state, territory, or Canadian province within about 30-45 days.

Our typical customer base includes:

We’ve earned a strong reputation for creating buildings of distinction and developing unique design solutions with mastery and finesse. Our firm is led by Principal Architect Randal Jay Ehm AIA -- a true renaissance man. We serve a diverse clientele, bringing our extensive design and project management experience to bear on large and small projects alike and consistently delivering projects on time and budget.

Homeowners
Entrepreneurs

Developers Federal Military

School Districts

State Agencies

Charter Schools

Corporations
Port Districts

Institutions

Counties
Non-Profits

Our Philosophy

We are committed to providing exemplary services for our clients. Our fundamental design philosophy is that built projects should enhance and harmonize with their surrounding environment. Whether blending a rural building into the scenery or creating a new civic icon in an urban setting, we focus on responsive and responsible design at every opportunity.

We believe in achieving the highest design aesthetic possible within a project’s budget and have found that design quality can be greatly increased by using affordable materials without negatively affecting the bottom line. We are fully committed to the environment, having been involved in sustainable design well before the term was coined; in fact, it dates back to the days of “ecology” in the late 1970s.

We engage the entire Design Team in the creation of timeless architecture that meets or exceeds our client’s needs and will achieve the longest practical service life possible within the project scope, program, and budget.