Emily Moneymaker, RA | Associate

Thorough. Organized. Communicative. Tech-Savvy.

“The end user is really what brings a building to life.”

Emily Moneymaker is an architectural designer with a passion for school design. With projects ranging in scale from early learning centers to college facilities, her work is informed by both the personal experience she seeks from the teachers in her family and from post-occupancy input she requests from clients, colleagues, and end users. With her strong graphic skills, Emily is a proponent of technology to help clients and stakeholders envision their spaces, using the Adobe Creative Suite to create graphically organized space plans, and Sketchup for early massing studies and to explore options for finishes.

“Schematic design is my favorite phase of design because I get to focus on space planning — laying out spaces in a building and graphically showing the efficiencies and adjacencies of the owner’s and occupant’s space. My next favorite phase is construction documents because I can pour into the fine details.”

Emily is a skilled communicator who can effectively describe her ideas and concepts to a variety of audiences — from clients and user groups to agency staff, subconsultants, architects, and contractors. She takes a practical approach to her work, ensuring that design decisions are supported by sound rationale. Because of her organized and detail-oriented nature, Emily successfully manages the competing priorities and concurrent deadlines inherent in architecture.

“It’s particularly rewarding when I get to go back and see a space in use. When I returned to W.F. West High School to photograph the STEM addition, I talked to the teachers and heard how much they enjoy the new space — a dedicated space for their specialized biochemistry and genetics equipment — as opposed to the old closet they were using before.”

Outside of work, Emily continues to hone her creativity. She creates what she calls “halfway homemade furniture” by refinishing and repurposing existing pieces, while her Anatolian Shepherd mix looks on, hoping it’s time for another hike at Mount Rainier. Gaming is another creative outlet for Emily, where she imagines new built environments in The SIMS video game or stumps her friends in Clue at their monthly board game meet-up.

Architectural Specialties

Education
State of Washington

Education

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, with a minor in Construction Management, Washington State University

Master of Architecture, Washington State University

Registration

Architecture, State of Washington