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We are thrilled to announce that Uptic Studios has recently been featured in Mountain Living Magazine, a publication that celebrates the best of architecture, home design, interiors, and mountain destinations. The magazine, which can be found throughout the region and has national exposure, showcased our Saddle Mountain Project in an article titled “Hilltop Home Brings…

We are thrilled to announce that Uptic Studios founders and principals Matthew and Julie Collins recently recorded our firm’s first-ever podcast with Doyle Wheeler, the founder of the Behind the Seen Podcast. During the podcast, Matthew and Julie shared their experiences in building Uptic Studios into the successful architecture and design firm that it is…

Happy Spring and welcome back to coffee talks with Sean! I would like to introduce to you one of our more experienced designers, Taylor Stevens. Taylor is Spokane born and raised and received both his undergraduate degree from University of Montana and Master’s degree from the University of Oregon. He is an accomplished architectural designer…

Uptic Studios is a full-service architecture and interior design firm based in Spokane, Washington with a satellite office in Bellingham, WA. With projects located throughout the Pacific Northwest – our firm is passionate about designing unique and innovative projects alongside cool people and incredible clients. If you have a passion for design and are looking…

Uptic was a proud sponsor of this year’s 6th Annual Holiday Artist Studio Tour presented by MAC (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture). As a studio we always like to promote local artists, and we were honored and excited to promote and attend this year’s tour that took place on December 3rd.   The Artist Studio…

In early November, Spokane Journal of Business featured Uptic on the front page, showcasing some exciting new developments for our firm, while detailing our firm’s 12-year history in the region. The article written by the very talented, Karina Elias detailed our firm’s incredible culture, passion for our architects, our innovative team members and Matthew and…

On October 24th, Matthew Collins and Zak Sherick from Uptic Studios attended the official ground breaking ceremony of our commercial projects being designed at the intersection of Ramsay and Prairie in Hayden, ID. Congratulations to the entire team: Craig Hunter, Rob Kannapien, Jared Silvey with Silvey Construction & Legacy Group Development, Dr, John Pulsipher and…

Hello, and welcome to the first blog post of Coffee Talks! I recently had the opportunity to catch up with our very own Shae Fanning, to learn what drives her and inspires her professionally and personally. Shae is our Marketing and Communications Director who started with [us] in May of 2022. Shae came to Spokane…

Uptic (n): A rise or improvement. A change for the better, boost, upswing, upward movement. Fittingly named during the 2008 recession, Matthew and Julie chose the name Uptic to inspire growth and optimism in a time when many small businesses were losing hope. Today, growth and optimism remain driving themes at Uptic Studios. We currently…