What Threesixty Architecture does

Threesixty Architecture is an award-winning, B Corp-certified architecture and urban design practice founded over two decades ago and led by Managing Director Alan Anthony. It operates from studios in Glasgow (the Garment Factory on Montrose Street) and Inverness (Academy Street), serving clients across the UK. Its core offering is professional design services across seven sectors: urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky and beverage, community, living (residential), and industrial, delivered through concept design, planning, masterplanning, interior design and project delivery.

The practice's distinguishing technical capabilities are an in-house Creative Lab (combining visualisation artists, model makers, filmmakers and graphic designers to produce photorealistic stills, VR experiences and physical models, with integration of AI and realtime rendering tools) and a proprietary methodology called PORTAL, a circular-economy industrial building toolkit co-developed with Scottish Enterprise, Zero Waste Scotland and Construction Scotland Innovation Centre. It has published thought-leadership documents including 'A Vision for High Street Regeneration' (with Scottish Government and Scotland's Towns Partnership), 'Healing The High Street' and 'The New Food Hall Model' (with Revo). Named clients include Landsec, Barclays, ScottishPower, Distell, Glenmorangie, Whyte & Mackay, Bunnahabhain, South Lanarkshire Council, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, SRUC and the SEC.

The business model is straightforward professional services. Revenue is earned on a per-project, fee-negotiated basis from commissions by public-sector bodies (local authorities, Scottish Government agencies, HIE) and private-sector clients (developers, retailers, whisky producers, financial institutions, energy and logistics operators). Project acquisition is sales-led and relationship-driven, supported by industry awards, published research, and senior visibility on industry bodies such as Revo Scotland. Pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed. The practice employs between 11 and 50 people and holds certified B Corporation status.

Name

Threesixty Architecture

Legal name

Threesixty Architecture

Website

https://360architecture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Threesixty Architecture is an award-winning, B Corp-certified architecture and urban design practice with studios in Glasgow and Inverness. It provides sector-specialised design services across urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky, community, living, industrial and healthcare for UK public-sector bodies and private enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Urban regeneration
• Masterplanning design
• Distillery architecture
• Workplace design

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services fees charged for architecture, urban design, masterplanning, and interior design services across sectors including urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky, community, living, and industrial. Revenue is project-based, earned through commissions from public and private sector clients on a per-project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Threesixty Architecture is an award-winning architecture and urban design practice delivering full-service architecture, masterplanning, and interior design across urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky, community, living, and industrial sectors in the UK. The practice operates an in-house Creative Lab for visualisation and model-making, and developed PORTAL, a circular-economy methodology for industrial building design.

Product overview

Threesixty Architecture is an award-winning architecture and urban design practice operating as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core service encompasses architecture, masterplanning, and design across multiple sectors including urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky/distillery, community, living (residential), industrial, and healthcare. Key products include their in-house Creative Lab for visualization and model-making, specialized whisky distillery architecture services, and their urban regeneration methodology 'Healing the High Street.' They also publish research such as 'The New Food Hall Model' in collaboration with Revo. Projects range from individual buildings (e.g., Port of Leith Distillery, Barclays Campus) to large-scale town centre masterplans (e.g., Paisley Vision, Inverness City Centre Vision). The practice operates from studios in Glasgow and Inverness and holds B Corp certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architecture and urban design practice offering concept design, planning, and delivery across urban regeneration, workplace, retail, whisky, community, living, and industrial sectors.
• Creative Lab

Quantifiable outcome

• Bunnahabhain Energy Centre: 95% carbon saving over oil, removing 5.5k tonnes of CO2 per year, achieving net zero distillation 15 years ahead of Scotch Whisky Association's 2040 target
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture serves as Lead Architect and Masterplanner for Inverness Campus Phase 2, a major 40-hectare expansion commissioned by HIE. The practice worked collaboratively with HIE, The Torrance Partnership, and Turnberry Consulting to deliver approximately 83,000m² of mixed-use floor space.
• The Highland CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture works with The Highland Council on multiple projects including masterplanning for Stratton Culloden (150 houses), Aultbea Community Centre, and other community and urban regeneration projects across the Highlands.
• Scottish EnterprisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty partnered with Scottish Enterprise (alongside Zero Waste Scotland and Construction Scotland Innovation Centre) to design and launch PORTAL, a circular economy approach to industrial building design and delivery.
• Scottish GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture worked with the Scottish Government to develop 'A Vision for High Street Regeneration' - national guidance for urban centre regeneration. This methodology is now used across multiple Scottish town centre visions including Paisley, Falkirk, and Fort William.
• Scotland's Towns PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture partnered with Scotland's Towns Partnership alongside Renfrewshire Council and the Scottish Government to produce the 'Vision for Paisley Town Centre 2030' as a test case for bold ideas on reversing high street decline.
• RevocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture collaborated with Revo (the retail property and placemaking community) to author 'The New Food Hall Model' research publication, providing design guidance on European food hall models. Managing Director Alan Anthony serves as Scottish Chair of Revo.
• Barclays Design TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture collaborated with the Barclays Design Team to determine requirements for lifestyle and culture spaces across the three buildings forming Barclays new Glasgow Campus, designing amenity spaces including the Marketplace, Wellness Suite, and Agora.
• Transport ScotlandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture provided architectural services to support Ecosystems (Lead Designer) in preparing a feasibility study for NearHome - a product exploring localised and accessible workplace hubs to reduce commuter carbon footprint, with a demonstrator project at Unit 26, East Kilbride Shopping Centre.
• Black Isle BreweryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture (Creative Lab) is collaborating with Black Isle Brewery to design a new brewery, distillery, and taproom in Inverness. Both companies are certified B Corp, prioritising environmental and social responsibility in the project.
• New River (Highcross Leicester)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture is engaged by New River (owner of Highcross Leicester) for a regeneration project reimagining the retail centre's entrances with a unique 'Highcross Style' design language drawing on Leicester's textile heritage.
• LandseccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreesixty Architecture was commissioned by Landsec for the transformative repositioning of Buchanan Galleries Glasgow, including The Crown Building and a major food hall. The £50M project aims to turn an inward-facing mall outwards.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Allies and Morrison: Award-winning UK architecture practice with comparable sector breadth (workplace, masterplanning, cultural and residential) and a similar reputation-led, relationship-driven business model. Directly comparable as a UK peer of similar standing.
• Reiach and Hall Architects: Edinburgh-based architecture practice of similar size and reputation, working across education, civic and cultural sectors in Scotland. Directly comparable as a peer Scottish mid-sized practice with comparable award-winning public-sector portfolio.
• Page\Park Architects: Award-winning Glasgow-based architecture practice with comparable specialisms in heritage, conservation and sustainable design. Closely comparable to Threesixty in scale, Scottish footprint and focus on civic and cultural projects.
• Jestico + Whiles: London- and Edinburgh-based architecture practice with overlapping sectors including workplace, hospitality and education. Comparable mid-sized UK firm with similar design-led, relationship-based approach.
• Purcell: UK architecture firm with a strong heritage, conservation and adaptive reuse specialism that overlaps directly with Threesixty's community, retail and urban regeneration work. Comparable in its emphasis on public-sector and place-making commissions.
• FaulknerBrowns Architects: UK architecture practice known for leisure, workplace and masterplanning work. Comparable in size and sector mix, particularly around mixed-use regeneration and destination-led design similar to Threesixty's food hall and town-centre work.
• Anderson Bell + Christie: Glasgow-headquartered architecture firm with a similarly broad sector mix including workplace, education, residential and community projects across Scotland. Comparable in size, geography and practice scope to Threesixty.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm that competes with Threesixty for major workplace, urban regeneration and high-profile commissions. Acts as a broad incumbent whose reach Threesixty benchmarks against, though operating at vastly larger scale.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): International architecture practice competing in the same high-profile workplace, masterplanning and cultural sectors. A broad incumbent for benchmarking Threesixty's brand positioning and award trajectory, despite operating globally.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Major UK architecture, design and masterplanning practice with deep involvement in civic, healthcare, workplace and regeneration projects. Comparable sector overlap and a competitor for public-sector framework commissions, though at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/threesixtyarch

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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