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# Medici Architects

Original Houzz profile: [Medici Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/medici-architects-pfvwus-pf~1762104327)

## Professional summary

- **Primary category:** Architects
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA
- **Serves:** Seattle, Bellevue, Renton, Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish, Shoreline, Bothell, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Inglewood-Finn Hill, Lake Forest Park, Woodinville, Newcastle, Duvall, Clyde Hill, Medina, Beacon Hill, Yarrow Point, Beaux Arts Village, Hunts Point, Ballard
- **Houzz rating:** 4.2 out of 5 (5 reviews)
- **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2015), for Service.

## About

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Medici Architects, Inc. was founded in 1989 by principal Emily Dovey Buchwalter, AIA.

As a full service architecture and planning design studio, we offer architectural design, speculative house design, feasibility due diligence & site planning, interior design, tenant improvement design for retail, medical and franchisees, tenant improvement site surveys, building permit submittals, and construction administration design services.

Our residential design work reflects the diversity of our clients. We have worked in architectural styles from traditional, northwest to modern and sometimes a cross of multiple styles. We are independent of a prescribed style, and this allows us to achieve uniqueness in our designs for each project.

We work hard to understand our client’s aspirations, characteristics of the building site, and project budget. With our broad architectural skills and experience, we are able to tailor the scope of our services to each client’s needs to achieve clever designs, characteristic of our work.

Medici Architects, Inc. is able to listen and incorporate owner involvement from the beginning of a project through the completion. We want to make sure all are working together in harmony, so that the final building is functional and a place of joy and inspiration.

### Services Provided

- Architectural Design
- 3D Rendering
- 3d home design

### Areas Served

- Seattle
- Bellevue
- Renton
- Kirkland
- Redmond
- Sammamish
- Shoreline
- Bothell
- Issaquah
- Mercer Island
- Inglewood-Finn Hill
- Lake Forest Park
- Woodinville
- Newcastle
- Duvall
- Clyde Hill
- Medina
- Beacon Hill
- Yarrow Point
- Beaux Arts Village
- Hunts Point
- Ballard

## Business Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Business Name | Medici Architects |
| Address | 11671 SE 1st Street, Suite 302, Bellevue, Washington 98005, United States |
| Phone | (425) 453-9298 |
| Website | http://www.mediciarchitects.com |
| License Number | 30126150 WA, AR-1937 Idaho |
| Followers on Houzz | 177 |

**Social profiles:**
- Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/MediciArchitects/
- Blog — mediciarchitects.com

## Contact

- **Houzz profile:** [Medici Architects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/medici-architects-pfvwus-pf~1762104327)
- **Website:** http://www.mediciarchitects.com
- **Phone:** (425) 453-9298

## Credentials

**Certifications & Awards**
- Professional Affiliations:
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- The American Institute of Architects, AIA
- Registration:
- State of Washington and State of Idaho

- **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2015), for Service.

**Affiliations**
- [AIA Seattle](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/aia-seattle-pfvwus-pf~596784090)

## Reviews

**Overall rating: 4.2 out of 5 — 5 reviews**

### All 5 reviews

**★★★★★ — RW Anderson Homes, Jan. 2024**

> Medici is a fantastic architectural design firm.  We have loved partnering on several projects together.  Not only are their designs unique and custom-tailored to every customer, but they are effortless to work with and provide detailed drawings making construction a breeze.  We have recommended them for several jobs and will continue to!

**★ — Afshin Jahani, May 2023**

> I feel compelled to share my incredibly disappointing experience with Medici Architect. If you're looking for a company that excels at delivering delayed work and charges exorbitantly for simply checking on the status of your project, then this is the right company for you.
> My journey with Medici Architect has been nothing short of a nightmare. I entrusted them with my project, hoping to benefit from the expertise of a professional architect company. Little did I know that they would assign inexperienced new graduates to handle my project.
> To add insult to injury, it has been over 18 months, and I am still waiting for my building permit. Yes, you read that right – 18 months! Their inefficiency and lack of progress have caused significant frustration and financial strain and when I tried to confront them for the delay, it seemed like they were purposely avoiding any accountability.
> I have solid evidence to support my claims that Medici Architect is incapable of executing a project correctly and adhering to agreed-upon timelines. If anyone is curious and would like to see the evidence firsthand, I am more than willing to provide it.
> My sincere advice to anyone considering engaging Medici Architect for their architectural needs is to stay far, far away. Save yourself from the headaches, stress, and wasted time and money. Look elsewhere for a reliable, professional, and competent company that values its clients and delivers on its promises.
> I hope that by sharing my experience, others will be spared from enduring the same ordeal that I went through.

**★★★★★ — User, July 2017**

> We were thrilled to work on a beautiful Clyde Hill custom home with Medici Architects as one of the key components of a great project. The design of this home is stunning, and lends credit to the talents of the Medici team!

**★★★★★ — Diana O., Nov. 2014**

> Emily is AMAZING! We hired Medici Architects to consult on a few design issues we encountered in the midst of building a new home. Within minutes of speaking to her I knew she was a no nonsense-efficient pro. Emily made time to come to our site late one evening and gave me a laundry list of fantastic ideas and solutions to help improve upon some frustrating oversights by the house designer we initially hired. We implemented many of the changes she suggested and I am VERY happy with the advice she gave (and the service referrals she provided). Money well spent! I wish we had hired Medici Architects sooner!

**★★★★★ — sweeneye, Oct. 2014**

> Medici Architects designed my home, and I am thrilled with the design.  Emily Buchwalter, the principal at Medici, has a keen sense of how to balance a modern structure with the land on which it is sited.  It was a delight to design the house with her, and she provided all that I wanted - and more.  She also works closely with the contractor ensuring that the design is carried out faithfully.  While the house is not yet completed, I am pleased with how the space is developing, and I'm very much looking forward to the completed project.

## Selected projects

- [Houghton Rail East](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/houghton-rail-east-pj-vj~1624830)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 7
  - Description: Architecture by Medici Architects, interiors by DCGrangerhomes.
- [Houghton Rail West](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/houghton-rail-west-pj-vj~1624881)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 4
  - Description: Contemporary two story home.
- [Houghton Upside Down Modern](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/houghton-upside-down-modern-pj-vj~1411108)
  - Location: Kirkland, WA
  - Photos: 22
  - Description: Split Level Modern Custom Home Custom modern home in the Houghton neighborhood of Kirkland, Washington. With a three car garage at the basement level and a mud room, the homeowners travel up one story to the first floor level to the main entry. Or, one can enter from the gentle front walk to the front door that enters onto the foyer with a polished concrete floor. On this main floor, the home office with walnut sliding barn doors is located off of the soaring two story foyer space. Five steps up…
- [Houghton House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/houghton-house-pj-vj~386556)
  - Location: Kirkland, WA
  - Photos: 14
  - Description: The Houghton district of Kirkland, Washington is central to the young, high-tech scene on Seattle's vibrant Eastside. Google and Microsoft campuses are in close proximity. Kirkland's waterfront, marina, promenade, restaurants, shops and art galleries are in walking distance. This site is a sunny corner lot, with broad Southern exposure, and is anchored by a large, sixty year old, historic oak tree on the South eastern corner. There are Western views toward Lake Washington and the Olympic Mountai…
- [Norkirk Modern](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/norkirk-modern-pj-vj~802334)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 14
  - Description: A new single family residence in Kirkland, Washington built by our friends at KL Builders, LLC. With views of the Olympics and Lake Washington, this house features a detached two-car garage with connecting breezeway, large recreation/media room and guest room downstairs, open great room on the main level, and 2 bedrooms plus a master suite upstairs.
- [Kirkland Highlands](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kirkland-highlands-pj-vj~661976)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 7
  - Description: Single Family Residence
- [Modern Built Green](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/modern-built-green-pj-vj~586932)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 12
  - Description: New Spec Home built by our friend dkwozniak Design\|Build LLC just South of downtown Kirkland, with a spacious floor plan that includes a main floor office and four large bedrooms upstairs.
- [Madison Valley Spec 13](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/madison-valley-spec-13-pj-vj~519290)
  - Location: Seattle, WA
  - Photos: 4
  - Description: The 24th & Thomas project was designed on a Seattle urban vacant site. Medici Architects was able to design a cluster of four free standing, fee simple town home like homes for it. This speculative home had the best view back at the City of Bellevue skyline. The main living was designed for the second level with a master suite and the two bedrooms were worked in on the ground level with the entry and garage and mudroom/laundry.
- [Kirkland Downtown](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kirkland-downtown-pj-vj~586991)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 14
  - Description: New Spec Home built by our friend DKWozniak Design\|Build LLC just South of downtown Kirkland, with a spacious floor plan that includes a main floor tech room and four large bedrooms upstairs!
- [Madison Valley Spec 14](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/madison-valley-spec-14-pj-vj~498916)
  - Location: Seattle, WA
  - Photos: 6
- [Madison Valley](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/madison-valley-pj-vj~535489)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 4
- [North Seattle Post War box Addition](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/north-seattle-post-war-box-addition-pj-vj~532112)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 5
  - Description: Dining room and mudroom addition with a kitchen remodel added life to this small post war box house in North Seattle neighborhood, for a family of four. Oversized double hung windows allow the dining room to live big and open to the Northwest green backyard landscape.
- [Madison Valley SPEC 16](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/madison-valley-spec-16-pj-vj~532186)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 8
  - Description: House 16 of a 4 unit Fee simple townhouse project in Madison Valley neighborhood of Seattle.
- [Mercer Island Mid-Century](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/mercer-island-mid-century-pj-vj~435273)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 17
- [Sunset Hill](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/sunset-hill-pj-vj~434883)
  - Location: Seattle, WA
  - Photos: 11
  - Description: Just blocks from the Sound, the Sunset Hill House is open to astounding views from the rooftop deck, as well as the front deck, living room and kitchen.
- [Kirkland Way Lot 1](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kirkland-way-lot-1-pj-vj~759730)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 2
  - Description: Transitional contemporary house in Kirkland, Washington.
- [Kirkland Highlands](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/kirkland-highlands-pj-vj~759554)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 5
- [Split Level Modern Custom](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/split-level-modern-custom-pj-vj~1410762)
  - Location: Kirkland, WA
  - Photos: 14
  - Description: Custom contemporary home in Houghton. With a three car garage at basement level, the second floor contain the main entry, bonus room, master bedroom and 2-3 additional bedrooms. The upper floors feature guest/away room, and living spaces opening up to large decks facing Lake Washington to the West. Team Members: Emily Buchwalter, Omar Torres & Schuyler Tutt Photos by VEI
- [Enatai Mid Century Remodel](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/enatai-mid-century-remodel-pj-vj~1231018)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 20
  - Description: Located in the old school suburban Enatai neighborhood of Bellevue, Washington, this house has been a perfect example of a comfortable, Northwest mid century home, but has always been asking for it’s roof to be raised. After twenty two years under the same ownership, finally the owners can enjoy the Southwest views of sky, lake, Mercer Island shores and the Seattle skyline in the distance. Medici Architects took the existing ridge beam location to begin the new roof uplift. With the floor to cei…
- [Rose Hill Rambler](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rose-hill-rambler-pj-vj~1206024)
  - Location: Not specified
  - Photos: 6
  - Description: 4 Star Built Green Rambler in Kirkland, WA.

[See all 39 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/medici-architects-pfvwus-pf~1762104327)

## Community Q&A

**Q: love wall color!** *(in Photo Questions)*

Will you please tell me the color you used on the walls?

A: I am so sorry, but we did not select the wall color so I do not have record of it.

**Q: How many Sq Ft is the House and how many bdrm ?** *(in Photo Questions)*

Interesting

A: The garage is an additional 750 SF.

**Q: Railing Source** *(in Photo Questions)*

I'd like to replicate this railing for a long set of outside steps with several landings. Please let me know if it is a custom design or the name of the manufacturer. Also, what is the materials and is it solid or hollow? Many thanks.

A: Yes, it is a custom.  Modern Metals was the welder.   Powder coated steel.

**Q: Beautiful Flooring!** *(in Photo Questions)*

Can you please tell me the manufacturer and color/name of the flooring? Thank you!

A: We were not the interior designer on this project, so no I can not say what the spec. on the floor is.  You can reach out to the builder Keith@Northwest-built.com

**Q: fireplace wall** *(in Photo Questions)*

how wide is the fireplace wall?

A: Ten feet.

**Q: Light fixtures over island** *(in Photo Questions)*

Where did you get these? Thx!

A: Do look at Wayfair, Houzz or LIghtingDirect.com. You should be able to find them.

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*Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-25.*