Specialties

The work of Sam Rodell Architects is characterized primarily by thoughtful attention to the client and the site. Passive house design and certification is simply presumed for any project that involves mechanical systems for space conditioning. For Sam Rodell, the firm's principal and a Certified Passive House Consultant since 2012, Passive House design has become a fundamental baseline expectation, similar to how good hygiene is an unquestioned and unquestionable expectation in a restaurant. This embedded standard has been a strong draw for clients. The firm has become a Passive House advocate in the Spokane - Coeur d'Alene region and beyond, with a wide range of residential and commercial Passive House projects completed and in various stages of design or construction. Their 58-bed Sunshine Health Facilities resident building received top national honors last year from the Passive House Institute U.S. as an institutional certified passive house project. Rodell's leadership has ignited a growing interest in Passive House training among a number of builders across the Pacific Northwest. Their clients universally sing the praises of life in high-performance buildings.

History

Established in 1984.

Residential Commercial Institutional Architecture & Interiors Sam is currently licensed to practice architecture throughout the western United States, and is also certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) which expedites registration in other states and provinces should the need arise. NCARB Certified (1984 - Present) Registered Architect in CA, OR, WA, ID, MT Certified Passive House Consultant PHIUS LEED Accredited Professional American Institute of Architects Past President, Spokane A.I.A. SIREWALL Executive Board Member ACADEMIC Adjunct Professor Washington State University (1990 - 2013) Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Studies | Sustainable Design (2011) Washington State University University of Idaho Bachelor of Architecture (1980) University of London School of Architecture European Architectural History Studies (1978)

Meet the Business Owner: Sam R.

Sam has been practicing as an award winning architect for over thirty years, the majority of which of which he has also built his client's projects. This blend of experience balances the powerful artistic and theoretical interests of architecture with the pragmatic understanding of construction only available to experienced builders.