Every AOME Architects luxury home, is unique — tailored to each client’s needs. AOME empowers our clients to collaborate in the creation of their own custom designed home in which their family life can flourish and create lasting memories.

Project Snapshots

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The sheer beauty of our home still stuns me, still moves me now. It’s a beautiful experience for me and it gives me serenity and peace.

From an interview with the homeowner, Carolyn

It is imperative for an architect to clearly communicate their vision to the client. AOME builds a virtual model of the design that you visit through a viewing app (BIMx) that you can use on your own phone or tablet or on a headset (AOME’s Apple Vision Pro headset is available for client viewings)—what better way to see your new home than in person?

You will see for yourself what the home will look like, what it will feel like to walk through it or sit at a window or at the counter in the kitchen. And we first place you in your home just a few weeks after we begin the design process!

Mark Elster, AOME

Visualizing Your New Home

Visualizing Your New Home: AOME Architects utilize state of the art CAD software to create your design within a life–size 3D virtual environment that we can use to draft plans, elevations and section views of your project, and visit it in a 3D virtual environment using a free viewing app (BIMx) that you can use on your own phone, tablet or on AOME’s headset. Click here to learn more about our process.


How it all started

AOME: A Premier Custom Residential Architecture Firm in Seattle, Washington

AOME started in 1986 by four cofounders, now directed by Mark Elster (Retired partners Anderson, Olason, and Marsh round out the remainder of the AOME acronym). Mark Elster studied Architecture and graduated from the University of Washington. Elster and the other founders discovered their shared passion and excitement for the personal nature of residential design and they had huge dreams and inspiration from both contemporary and historical contexts that led to the creation of AOME which has had over 38 years of success. Although the firm has since won many awards for our custom home designs, the true source of our passion for the work and our creative spark remains our many satisfied clients.

Every Home is Unique so Our Approach to Your Home is Unique

AOME Architects truly believes every client and every project site is unique in its own way — our design response must also be unique. AOME responds with personalized service and individual designs tailored to each client. From concept to completion the work combines creativity, imagination, and attention to detail.

The principals and skilled employees of AOME approach design in a manner that respects both contemporary and historical contexts, while acknowledging the many modern developments that enhance comfort, livability and enjoyment. Good design is easy — it takes something more to go to the next level. AOME successfully strives for the best in design by applying an abiding sense of proportion, massing, scale, light and volume, along with rigorous attention to detail and process. AOME’s next-level ability to foster a cohesive collaborative team from among the best and brightest in the construction industry stands apart. Our deep respect for each team member’s expertise and valuable insights helps elevate the combined result of our efforts to a higher level.


About AOME Architects

Our Mission. At AOME Architects, client satisfaction reigns supreme. Since 1986, we’ve honed our expertise in residential projects, offering tailored designs ranging from $3.5–$25 million or more. Our dedicated team collaborates closely with clients, ensuring their dreams materialize in every detail with impeccable service.

Design Philosophy. We believe in crafting timeless spaces that anticipate future needs. Our commitment to innovation and sustainability shapes each design, blending creativity and attention to detail.

Responsibility & Innovation. Our designs not only transcend time but also prioritize responsibility. We continuously research and collaborate to offer cutting-edge solutions that meet unique challenges and aspirations.

Pre-Design Project Assessments. Before any design work begins, we thoroughly evaluate projects, beginning with our Requisites & Opportunity Brief process — your first investment in the success of your project. During this important step we delve deeply into your requirements and how they relate to the unique site characteristics of your property and the ultimate feasibility and do your project. This is how we give you confidence to move forward, knowing that your vision aligns with reality on the ground. To schedule a consultation, click here.

Our Design Process. Building upon the Requisites & Opportunity Brief findings, we probe further into your requirements, lifestyle, and vision to quickly propose design solutions for evaluation. Our 3D virtual model allows you and our team to visualize and refine the design collaboratively throughout the process. We guide you through the entire design journey, assembling the best project team and navigating regulatory aspects for a seamless journey to your dream home.

Finalizing Plans & Specifications. This crucial next step shapes your aspirations into tangible designs. With meticulous attention to detail and a collaborative approach, we refine designs to blend functionality and luxury seamlessly. Here again, the 3D virtual model enables the project team and yourself to envision the final result.

Construction Process. Contractors who have worked with AOME, often share favorable candid contrasts drawn between our approach to the construction phase and that of other architects they work with. This is because of our unusually high–level engagement during the building process. We assist you and your contractor with procurement decisions, evaluating and selecting the most skilled craftsmen, and interpreting the design intent to ensure every detail meets our exacting standards.

AOME Architect regularly reviews the work under construction with the contractor and clients to assure that the design is being executed faithfully: In this image the clients, contractor and AOME are seen here on site preparing to observe a pressure test and you can see the temporary door behind them in the future garage space.

AOME Architects: Elevating Luxury Living in the Pacific Northwest.

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