USA, Seattle, Washington. August 30, 2024

AXIS Architecture + Design, the noted and award-winning West Coast hospitality design, hotel renovation, multi-family residential design, and affordable housing architectural design firm, is extremely pleased to announce the promotion of Andrew Kluess to Principal.

With a career that includes 25 years of architectural design experience, including a combined 14 years with AXIS and our Seattle office prior to its amalgamation with AXIS, Andrew is recognized as one of the Pacific Northwest's most practiced and knowledgeable multi-family residential architectural designers. Internally to the firm, Andrew is additionally appreciated as one of the team's most talented and agile project managers, bringing to AXIS a unique appreciation for what makes a project successful by way of his significant client-side Owner's Representative experience prior to joining our Seattle office.

As one of his first mandates as Principal, Andrew will co-lead the continued growth of AXIS' multi-family residential design practice, with particular focus on further establishing AXIS' position as West Coast leaders in affordable housing community design. "In this new role, I look forward to continuing to develop AXIS' reputation as experts in designing appealing, safe, secure, modern, and efficient homes - for everyone," states Andrew Kluess, shortly after his appointment as Principal.

Currently, Andrew is helping lead AXIS' Seattle studio's design of our Victory Northgate affordable housing development, and the design of our massive SeaTac apartment community near South Seattle.

Andrew joins Founding Principal Architect Radim Blazej leading our Seattle office. In his new role, Andrew will continue to operate as one of the company's multi-family residential design experts, overseeing projects across the firm and along the entire West Coast.