Hacker is an architecture and interior design studio united by a call to create meaningful spaces that enrich the world—spaces that make us feel more connected to the landscape, each other and ourselves.


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Who is Hacker?

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Hacker’s mission is to create modern, meaningful, and timeless environments where occupants thrive. We believe that design is best when approached from every scale, and when it emerges from a rigorous creative process. We are known for a deep sensitivity to place and people, and we draw inspiration from the history and context of our projects.

The process to achieve this mission includes research and innovation. Pushing boundaries and traditional methods to an intentional outcome that aligns inspiration and technical criteria through exploration and discovery.

Founded: 1983

Staff Size: 56

Services Provided: Hacker is a full service architectural and interior design firm, providing pre-design through construction services. Hacker has established an excellent record of schedule and budget control and has the reputation of producing thorough construction documents.

Market Sectors: Our work primarily focuses on residential, office, and institutional/civic projects with secondary market in cultural and hospitality.

Awards & Certifications:

  • 2013 Firm of the Year, AIA’s Northwest & Pacific Region

  • #31 Firm in the Nation, ARCHITECT magazine, Top 50, 2019

  • Just Organization since 2018

  • Our new studio office is seeking WELL certification

 

We believe that architecture is best when it’s an honest expression of the people and institutions it serves, when it interacts dynamically with its surroundings, and makes humble use of the earth’s resources. More than a craft or practice, we see architecture as a calling to create beauty and serve humanity, requiring from each of us our deepest listening, questioning, curiosity, and engagement.

We work collaboratively in an open studio, coming together for investigative discussions and creative exploration, and inspiring in each other our most elevated work. Our partnership with clients, with their intimate understanding of the needs of those who will inhabit their buildings, is central to our process—we can only do our best work when we listen deeply and respond wholly and creatively to our clients’ aspirations.

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Hacker recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands we inhabit. These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities — past, present, future — and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.