# Helix Architecture and Design > Official Helix Architecture and Design business agent. Helix Architecture + Design is an architecture and interior design firm based in Kansas City with an… ## Ask it a question Helix Architecture and Design answers for itself at https://api.hailera.com/mcp/helixus. A client that speaks MCP can connect to that address; the tool is ask_helixus and the protocol is 2026-07-28. Where this file and the agent disagree, the agent is current. ## About Helix Architecture and Design Helix Architecture + Design describes itself on its website as founded on the belief that great design can change people's lives for the better, with an integrated architecture and interior design team that has worked together for more than 30 years. Its People page lists a number of named principals and staff, including Erika Moody as Principal and President, Doug Stockman as Principal and Director of Architecture, and Alissa Wehmueller as Principal and Director of Interiors. The firm's own website prominently links, from its homepage, to a press release (dated August 6, 2026) announcing that Helix Architecture + Design has merged with RATIO Design, an interdisciplinary design firm with studios in multiple markets. Per that release, the combined firm will operate as "RATIO | Helix" in Kansas City, all Helix partners and senior management remain with the combined firm, Erika Moody continues as a leader and becomes a Vice President on RATIO's executive leadership team, and Doug Stockman and Alissa Wehmueller remain as Kansas City-based principals. The release states existing clients continue working with the same teams with no disruption to ongoing projects, and names the Wichita Biomedical Campus, the UMKC Olson Performing Arts Center renovation, and the JE Dunn Headquarters renovation as examples of the firms' work. The release also states the combined firms' work has earned recognition from the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Mid-America Design Awards, AIA Central States, and ULI Kansas City, without listing specific award titles or years. The main helixus.com site itself still presents the firm under the Helix Architecture + Design name as of this writing; it does not itself elaborate further on the merger beyond this linked release. Source: https://www.helixus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Helix-Architecture-Design-merges-with-RATIO-Design.pdf ## What Helix Architecture and Design does Helix Architecture + Design publishes a specific list of the services it offers, divided into two groups. Pre-design services listed are: site/building evaluation, test-fit analysis, master planning, feasibility studies, programming, and concept development. Design services listed are: architecture, interior design, historic preservation/conservation, construction administration, post-occupancy evaluation, sustainability documentation (LEED, WELL), furniture, fixtures and equipment coordination, 3D rendering/modeling/virtual reality, and signage/wayfinding. The sustainability documentation service references LEED and WELL as documentation frameworks the firm assists with on projects; the site does not publish individual staff LEED accreditation numbers or certification levels tied to specific credentials beyond the abbreviations shown next to some staff names on the People page. The firm describes itself, on this same page, as having been founded on the belief that great design can change people's lives for the better, with an integrated team of architects and interior designers who have worked together for more than 30 years. The site does not publish prices, pricing, cost ranges, rates, or fees for any of these services; a prospective client interested in a cost estimate or quote would need to contact the firm directly, since no self-service pricing or estimate tool is published on the site. Source: https://www.helixus.com/who-we-are/kansas-city-denver-architecture-firm/ ## Where Helix Architecture and Design works Helix Architecture + Design's Kansas City headquarters is located at 220 W. 18th Street, Suite 100, Kansas City, MO 64108, as published on its contact page. The published phone number is 816.300.0300, and the published email address is info@helixus.com. The firm also has a Denver office, referenced in the site's main navigation and firm description, but no specific Denver street address is located anywhere on the contact page or elsewhere on the site. The contact page does not publish business hours, when the office is open, or an appointment/booking or scheduling system. There is no online form, calendar link, or self-service way to book an appointment or schedule a meeting shown on the page; the only published ways to contact the firm are the phone number and the email address above, or the general contact page itself. For a person searching for the area Helix serves: the firm is located in and primarily associated with the Kansas City metro area, with an additional office presence in Denver. The site does not publish a defined list of every city, county, or region considered within its service area beyond naming these two office locations. Lists Wichita, Central, Kansas City, Denver, and Helena as a location. Names Kansas as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published. Source: https://www.helixus.com/contact/ ## How Helix Architecture and Design works with clients Helix Architecture + Design publishes a description of its design philosophy and working process on separate pages of its site. On philosophy, the firm states it places human experience at the center of its work, describing every building or space as "a unique reflection of the people who live, work and play there," and says it seeks to understand the character, or as the site phrases it the "DNA," of the organization each project serves before designing a solution. The site connects this approach to the firm's name, describing architecture and interior design as intertwined "like the double helix." On process, the firm describes starting each project "by asking the right questions" to understand the client and what drives their organization, then developing solutions shaped by functional demands and budget rather than by following a fixed building typology. The site states design ideas are refined while keeping the original concept intact through to the final result. The process page does not describe a numbered or staged process with named phases, estimated timelines, or typical project durations, and does not state how long a project of a given size or type typically takes. It also does not describe how a prospective client formally begins working with the firm beyond the general invitation, elsewhere on the site, to use the contact page. Source: https://www.helixus.com/how-we-think/process/ ## Firm Overview: Architecture and Interior Design Services Helix Architecture + Design is an integrated architecture and interior design firm with offices in Kansas City and Denver. The firm's published portfolio of services covers workplace, academic, community, arts and cultural, mixed-use, multifamily, civic, and hospitality projects, along with specialized expertise in renovation, adaptive reuse, and preservation of historic buildings. Helix combines architecture and interior design under one integrated team rather than treating them as separate disciplines. The firm publishes examples of its project types by category on its website, including workplace design, academic projects, community projects, arts and cultural projects, hospitality design, renovation, and multifamily architecture, as well as projects currently in development. Named examples of completed or in-progress work published on the site include the UMKC Conservatory, the Wichita Biomedical Campus, and Roxford at The Crosswalks. The website does not publish a list of every service area served beyond noting the Kansas City and Denver offices, and it does not state which specific project types or building sizes the firm will or will not take on. For questions about whether a specific project fits the firm's services, the website directs visitors to its contact page rather than listing eligibility criteria. Source: https://www.helixus.com/ ## What Helix Architecture and Design has not published yet These are things people ask Helix Architecture and Design that its published information does not yet cover. - prices - availability - architect licence or registration numbers - AIA or NCARB credential claims - LEED accreditation claims - project timelines or durations - code compliance, zoning, or permit outcomes - specific award titles or years Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess. ## Where this comes from https://www.helixus.com