Our mission
High Plains is committed to designing architecture that responds to and enhances a sense of place—our firm name itself reflects our love and awe for the plains of Montana, our home where we work and thrive. The work that we do here responds to the uniqueness of our climate, local materials, cultural traditions, and functional necessity imposed by its geographic location, making it a truly regional architecture.
Our mission is to serve and inspire our clients, community, heritage and environment by designing innovative, cost-effective, high-performance buildings that people love. Together with our clients, partners, and teammates, we believe that we can design places that help shape our communities without depleting the valuable resources that define this place and make it unique.
Our Expertise
High Plains has taken on a wide variety of projects which have refined our process and defined our specialties. Through this process we have developed what we call our Four Pillars of Practice:
High Performance Design - With a state-most 13 LEED Platinum projects, we are Montana’s leader in high performance, sustainable architecture
Historic Rehabilitation - The regional leader in certified Historic Tax Credit projects
Downtown Revitalization - Experienced in downtown master plans, feasibility studies, and brick-and-mortar projects that create walkable, resilient downtowns
Property Development - A proven record of successfully managing the development of both adaptive reuse and infill projects
Looking back as we move forward
High Plains Architects has been designing places people love for 25+ years. Scroll through our timeline for our most notable milestones.
“High Plains Architects is deeply rooted in the community. When Randy has taken advantage of the economic development tools that we have, it is for the whole and does not seem to be self motivated. It is for the pure love of historic preservation and urban redevelopment and for love of community. As a leader in the community, Randy is involved on boards and commissions. It is not a one-way street with High Plains. ”
Lisa Harmon
Former Executive Director for Downtown Billings Alliance