Located in Tacoma, Wash., Helix Design Group, began in 1994 with a single employee. From its modest, single-employee beginnings, the design firm has been recognized with multiple awards and citations for its commitment to design excellence and consistent and impressive growth.

In February 2024, Helix Design Group joined Shive-Hattery and is now operating as Helix Design Group, a Division of Shive-Hattery.

Shive-Hattery, founded in 1895, is a 575-person, full service- architecture and engineering design firm with 16 design offices in across the United States.

As a division of Shive-Hattery, Helix Design Group is able to provide clients with enhanced architectural and engineering capabilities. In addition, the strengthened and diversified service capabilities and portfolio will benefit and better serve its clients at the local, regional and national level.

Turning clients’ dreams into reality

Helix Design Group was founded on the principle that to succeed, a design firm must recognize the equal importance of its clients and employees. One cannot prosper without the other. Adhering to this belief, we have developed an exceptional client-base, serviced by an equally exceptional staff.

We seek to turn our clients’ dreams into reality with creativity, imagination, and technical skill. We also act as catalysts to stimulate the clients’ own imagination, and ultimately deliver designs of superior quality and cost-effectiveness. To do this, our staff must be given the opportunity to grow and to prosper. They must have the freedom to use their talents and realize their fullest potential.

We believe in diversity but also do not attempt to be “everything to everybody.” Instead, we pick our target markets carefully and do our best to develop and service those markets. As a result, we have been very successful over the years, and have weathered the many fluctuations in the local, regional, and national economies better than most.

We are not proponents of any particular design style, but favor timelessness over transient trends and fads. Our ambition is to create designs of lasting appeal and quality, and facilities that are sources of pride to owners and designers alike, throughout their functional lives.