Design Services
Honoring Culture,
Designing your Vision
At Akana, we are proud to be a Native American-owned design firm rooted in Portland, Oregon. For decades, we’ve partnered with Tribal communities, federal agencies, and municipal governments nationwide to deliver culturally responsive architecture and landscape architecture, sustainable infrastructure, and community planning. Our work reflects the communities we serve and brings their project vision to life.
Our services include:
- Architecture and Landscape Architecture for housing, educational, cultural, and medical facilities
- Full-Service Design from pre-design through construction administration for community and government facilities
- Transportation Planning
- Community Planning
- Integrating Community Values with built and natural systems
- Community Outreach and Public Engagement
Our Design Expertise
Our multi-talented team of architects, planners, landscape architects, and project managers—led by Vice President of Design Services Erika Price, AIA—brings ingenuity to every project. We provide comprehensive design services from programming and master planning through project close, including specialized planning and design for the following project types:
- Housing: Tribal, affordable, and elder housing
- Community and Cultural Facilities: Recreational centers, museums, and administrative buildings
- Educational Facilities: From early childhood through higher education
- Medical and Laboratory Facilities: Behavioral health, dental, wellness and industrial labs
- Water Infrastructure: Facilities for water, wastewater, and stormwater
- Food and Fisheries: Facilities for food processing, fish passage and hatcheries
- Transit-Related Facilities
