--- title: "Workshop AD — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/workshop-ad-pfvwus-pf~277367151 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~277367151.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Workshop AD" category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/c8436dac03ebe919_6062-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "310 South Washington Street, Seattle, Washington 98104, United States" latitude: 47.6036 longitude: -122.3256 phone: "(206) 823-1453" website: http://www.workshopad.com rating: 4.8 review_count: 4 best_of_houzz_awards: 1 followers: 150 last_updated: 2026-09-07 --- # Workshop AD > Seattle-Based Professional Architecture & Design Firm - Best of Houzz Original Houzz profile: [Workshop AD](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/workshop-ad-pfvwus-pf~277367151) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** Seattle, WA - **Serves:** Seattle, Bellevue, Renton, Kirkland, Redmond, Shoreline, Burien, SeaTac, Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island, Inglewood-Finn Hill, Tukwila, Bryn Mawr-Skyway, White Center, Kingsgate, Newcastle, East Renton Highlands, Riverton, Eastgate, Boulevard Park, Indianola, Clyde Hill, Medina, Southworth, Beacon Hill, Yarrow Point, Ames Lake, Beaux Arts Village, Hunts Point, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Ballard, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Fairmount Park, Gatewood, Idaho, Montana, North Beacon Hill, Oregon, Rainier Valley, Riverview, South Colby, Utah, Washington - **Houzz rating:** 4.8 out of 5 (4 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2016), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Houzz Pro Software User - Star Houzzer - 1,000 Ideabook Saves - Verified Hires - Responds Quickly ### Business highlights - Responds Quickly - 2 Verified Hires Workshop Architecture + Design is a Seattle based architecture and design practice. We pursue architecture through a critical, insightful, and imaginative process of design. This creates a framework that guides our work to respond to the unique conditions of every context and the individuality of each client. Our current projects include single-family residences, rural retreats, multifamily dwellings, retail environments, office space, and modern adaptations of existing urban buildings. Our diverse and awarded body of work lies in the integration of strong building forms and environment, the considered use of materials and daylight, and a clear expression for the human experience of a place. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Building Design - New Home Construction - Sustainable Design - Energy-Efficient Homes - Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) - Multigenerational Homes - Custom Home ### Areas Served - Seattle - Bellevue - Renton - Kirkland - Redmond - Shoreline - Burien - SeaTac - Mercer Island - Bainbridge Island - Inglewood-Finn Hill - Tukwila - Bryn Mawr-Skyway - White Center - Kingsgate - Newcastle - East Renton Highlands - Riverton - Eastgate - Boulevard Park - Indianola - Clyde Hill - Medina - Southworth - Beacon Hill - Yarrow Point - Ames Lake - Beaux Arts Village - Hunts Point - Alaska - Alberta - Arizona - Ballard - British Columbia - California - Colorado - Fairmount Park - Gatewood - Idaho - Montana - North Beacon Hill - Oregon - Rainier Valley - Riverview - South Colby - Utah - Washington ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Workshop AD | | Address | 310 South Washington Street, Seattle, Washington 98104, United States | | Phone | (206) 823-1453 | | Website | http://www.workshopad.com | | Followers on Houzz | 150 | **Social profiles:** - LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bull-aia-leed-100478a/ - Blog — https://workshopad.com/ - Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/workshop\_ad/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Workshop AD](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/workshop-ad-pfvwus-pf~277367151) - **Website:** http://www.workshopad.com - **Phone:** (206) 823-1453 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - 2025 AIA Seattle, Honorable Mention, The Hillclimb - 2023 AIA Seattle, Honorable Mention, Basalt Canyon Shelter - 2011 Pacific Northwest AIA, Merit Award, Colman Triplex - 2010 AIA Awards for Washington Architecture, Honor Award, Colman Triplex - 2009 Sunset-AIA Western Home Awards, Urban Living Award, Colm - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2016), for Service. **Affiliations** - [AIA Seattle](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/aia-seattle-pfvwus-pf~596784090) ## Reviews **Overall rating: 4.8 out of 5 — 4 reviews** ### All 4 reviews **★★★★★ — Carl Gardner, March 2017** > Dan Rusler was our primary architect for a complete, to-the-studs interior remake of a 1950 home. He pushed us to expand our vision of what could be done, then worked with us and our contractor very practically and thoughtfully to pare the project back to what we could afford - still achieving enough "wow factor" to make it exciting. Dan has a terrific eye. Would definitely hire Dan and W/AD again! **★★★★ — darinpope9, July 2015** > The team at Workshop AD was responsive and respectful during the course of design and building of our project. They were very helpful tracking our permit, and during construction they very responsive to questions that came up, saving both time and money. **★★★★★ — mm\_mg, July 2015** > Workshop AD (Steve Bull and Dan Rusler) were chosen based on recommendations from a prior client and site visit of major home remodel. We found Steve to be a wonderful mix of creativity, integrity, professionalism and client advocate. Steve and Dan listened to us and helped us to really define our needs and then created a design which exceeded our expectation. Our family would not hesitate to recommend Workshop AD. **★★★★★ — Michael, June 2015** > Workshop AD is a team of experienced architects with the rare ability to balance refined design with the practical and functional realities of constructability, use and everyday life. Steve and team listen well, are responsive to client requirements (program, budget, schedule, etc.), have a deep roster of resources and can efficiently move a project from conceptual design thru permitting and construction administration. ## Selected projects - [Nearpoint Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/nearpoint-residence-pj-vj~641844) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 19 - Description: Located on a small knoll at the base of Alaska’s Chugach Mountains, this new residence forms strong visual and physical ties to the landscape. The site is forested with birch and spruce trees and offers commanding northern views of downtown Anchorage and the Alaska Range beyond. Stretched long the house creates a sequential and spatial response to the changing landscape character of the ridge. Beginning with the very near and intimate ground-related forest under-story the spatial scale of the ho… - [Colman Triplex](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/colman-triplex-pj-vj~641871) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 13 - Description: The design of this 3,800 square foot triplex was informed by four primary considerations: economy of space, variations in dwelling program and configuration, direct access to landscape and exterior space, and an exploration of the exterior cladding screen. The site, near the historic Colman School building, is a forty by one-hundred foot lot that slopes eight feet from west to east. The property has views of downtown Seattle across a city park to the east and north. To the south is an early twen… - [Golden View](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/golden-view-pj-vj~641884) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 15 - Description: This project involved the redesign and completion of a partially constructed house on the Upper Hillside in Anchorage. Construction of the underlying steel structure had ceased for over five years resulting in significant technical and organizational issues that needed to be resolved in order for the home to be completed. Perched above the landscape, the platform stretches across the hillside like an extended tree house. Interior and exterior surfaces are clad with walnut panels, natural stone,… - [Janus Residence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/janus-residence-pj-vj~641906) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 14 - [The Hillclimb](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/the-hillclimb-pj-vj~7850432) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 8 - Description: The Hillclimb is our shortlisted entry to the Denver Single-Stair Housing design competition. The international competition challenged architects, urban designers, and policymakers to rethink the Point Access Block—a common mid-rise housing typology found in cities worldwide. In urban areas, housing affordability continues to be challenged by high land and construction costs, a difficult lending environment, and building code limitations that make compact apartment typologies infeasible. This is… - [Havard Denny](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/havard-denny-pj-vj~7850428) - Location: Seattle, WA - Photos: 10 - Description: Harvard + Denny is a seven-story 93-unit multifamily building located one block west of Broadway in Seattle’s vibrant Capitol Hill neighborhood. Broadway was originally platted as a hilltop connection through neighborhoods directly east of downtown - areas of established commercial activity and generous home tracts. With an active streetcar, a livable and dense neighborhood developed around this north-south connector. Today, with rapid urbanization of the Cascade and South Lake Union neighborhoo… - [Two Courtyards](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/two-courtyards-pj-vj~7850425) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 12 - Description: Situated on the western edge of Mercer Island, this property descends along a steep slope, granting the residence unparalleled panoramic views of Lake Washington. The house was designed as a succession of platforms integrated into the natural slope of the site, all oriented westward to fully embrace the view. Given the clients' vision of seamless indoor-outdoor living, oversized sliding doors open fully to the western deck and central courtyard, effortlessly expanding the living space into the o… - [Basalt Canyon](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/basalt-canyon-pj-vj~2065757) - Location: Ellensburg, WA - Photos: 10 - Description: Situated at the transition from basalt canyon to broad rolling ridge, the shelter creates a bridge between these two distinct features of the landscape. By inhabiting the edge of each of these territories the shelter is not consumed by either. It can comfortably live at the edge for it is the exact point where scales begin to change. It can be the change. It is precisely here, at the edge, that the inhabitants are able to occupy the space of the canyon while simultaneously experiencing the broad… - [Light Box](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/light-box-pj-vj~6645893) - Location: Seattle, WA - Photos: 9 - Description: Situated on the east edge of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, the project site is an original lot of record that was subdivided from a larger lot that included the neighboring home. The resulting lot, at 3,060 square feet, was subject to additional land use constraints such as an eighteen foot height limit and restrictions on structure depth. These limitations are further compounded by taller homes to the south and west, a major arterial to the east, and topographic drop across the site. With few… [See all 9 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/workshop-ad-pfvwus-pf~277367151) ## Frequently Asked Questions **Do you handle permitting, zoning, and regulatory approvals?** As licensed architects, we routinely navigate permitting, zoning, and regulatory approvals for our projects in Seattle and beyond. It's an integral part of our architectural design process to ensure your vision is realized smoothly and compliantly, responding to the unique conditions of every context. **What types of projects do you specialize in (custom homes, remodels, additions)?** We specialize in a diverse range of projects, including custom homes, new home construction, and modern adaptations of existing urban buildings, which often involve remodels. We also have expertise in Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), multigenerational homes, and sustainable design, creating unique solutions for each client. **Do you provide full-service architectural services through construction?** As a full-service architectural and design practice, we guide our clients through every stage of their project, from initial concept and design development to construction documentation and oversight. Our goal is to ensure a cohesive and successful outcome from start to finish. **Do you design fully custom homes?** Absolutely, we specialize in designing fully custom homes. Our process is centered around understanding your unique vision and the specific conditions of your site, allowing us to create a truly bespoke residence that reflects your individuality and lifestyle. **Do you specialize in specific architectural styles?** While we don't adhere to a single style, our work is characterized by strong building forms, considered use of materials, and modern adaptations. We focus on creating designs that respond uniquely to each context and client, resulting in a contemporary and insightful architectural expression. *FAQ content may be generated based on the Pro's Houzz profile and website.* ## Community Q&A **Q: Can those lights be mounted to concrete?** *(in Photo Questions)* I have a concrete ceiling and I want overhead light A: hcoppek: thanks for the question. The tracks and pendants in our Golden View Residence are from Juno Lighting. They are low voltage MR16, 50 watt adjustable heads, on dimmers. If you're mounting directly to a raw concrete ceiling surface we recommend using a short stand-off or washer shim. As RM&Co mentions, unless the concrete is true and flat surface mounting the track may be challenging. Also, you'll need to core out the concrete to make the electrical connection unless you want to see surface mounted conduit snaking across your ceiling. Hope this helps, best of luck. **Q: Who did your tile work?** *(in Photo Questions)* Looking for a good tile contractor in Anchorage, who did the tile in your bathroom. A: Thanks for the inquiry. Please contact Hawkinson Construction in Anchorage - 907.345.7764 - to confirm the tile subcontractor for this project. **Q: What is the counter top and backsplash material** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Walls and ceilings are Benjamin Moore - Eco Spec - bone white satin. **Q: Where is the sectional from?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: The sectional is from Della Robbia **Q: Love this kitchen! What type of wood are the cabinets?** *(in Photo Questions)* A: Thanks @dybalski ! The casework in the house are custom, made using PLYBOO, a 3/4" tick bamboo plywood, stained, then sealed with a matte finish. --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-07.*