KOBI KARP ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN

What KOBI KARP ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN does

Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design (KKAID) is a privately held architecture and interior design firm founded in 1996 by Kobi Karp in Miami, Florida. The firm provides three integrated core services — architecture, interior design, and planning — delivered under a unified full-service model for luxury residential, hospitality, commercial, mixed-use, institutional, and historic preservation projects. Its work spans high-rise condominiums, boutique hotels, adaptive reuse of historic structures (notably within Miami Beach's Art Deco Historic District), Class A office, master planning, and emerging work in affordable housing under Florida's Live Local Act framework. The firm is licensed across 16 U.S. states and Abu Dhabi (UAE), and operates from a Miami headquarters with branch studios in the Middle East, with a project portfolio extending across the Caribbean, the Americas, the Black Sea region, the Gulf, and the Middle East.

The business model is project-based professional services: KKAID secures engagements through direct B2B relationships with real estate developers, hospitality operators, and property owners, and bills on negotiated per-project fees. The firm has no public listing, no institutional investment, and no parent company; it remains founder-owned and operated. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by project scope, complexity, and scale, with engagements typically structured as multi-year contracts. Go-to-market is relationship-driven and reputation-led, supported by earned media coverage (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Forbes, Hospitality Design Magazine, CBS, NBC, CNN), a substantial industry award portfolio (AIA, IDA, Global Future Design, Green GOOD Design, LIV Hospitality Design, Architecture Madrid Awards), and a publicly searchable project portfolio on its website.

The underlying technical capability rests on human design expertise rather than proprietary technology — there is no disclosed software platform, API, or AI/ML component, and the firm does not offer a partner-facing technical product. Differentiators are domain specialization in historic preservation, sustainable design (with LEED-certified projects such as the Four Seasons at the Surf Club), and indoor-outdoor living design for coastal and waterfront properties. The founder's personal credentials (dual degrees from the University of Minnesota, multi-state and international licensure, and a 30-year track record) and the firm's accumulated design IP across a large, award-winning portfolio constitute the principal defensible assets. No patents, trademarks, or technology licensing arrangements were disclosed in the available source material.

Name

KOBI KARP ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGN

Legal name

Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design

Website

https://kobikarp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design is a Miami-based, founder-led architecture and interior design firm founded in 1996, delivering full-service architecture, interior design, and planning for luxury residential, hospitality, commercial, and historic preservation clients across the U.S. and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior architecture design
• Urban planning services
• Historic building restoration
• Sustainable hospitality design

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through architectural design, interior design, and planning services for commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments. Projects are typically one-time engagements with developers and property owners, billed on a project fee basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design provides full-service architecture, interior design, and planning for hospitality, high-rise residential, commercial, mixed-use, and institutional projects. Its work also includes historic preservation, adaptive reuse, sustainable design, and interior design for residences, hotels, and commercial environments.

Product overview

Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design (KKAID) is a full-service architecture and interior design firm providing three core services: Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning. The firm delivers over $120 billion in award-winning projects spanning hospitality, high-rise residential, mixed-use, single-family, commercial, institutional, and historic preservation across the Caribbean, Americas, Middle East, Black Sea region, and Gulf. The portfolio includes featured projects like 1 Hotel South Beach, Four Seasons at the Surf Club, AC Hotel Midtown, Moxy Miami South Beach, and Palazzo Del Sol, alongside broader project categories covering mixed-use, multi-family, single-family residential, commercial, institutional, master planning, and affordable housing developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design covering hospitality, high-rise residential, commercial, mixed-use, and institutional projects.
• Interior Design Services Interior architecture and design creating refined, purposeful spaces for residences, hospitality interiors, and commercial environments.
• Planning Services Urban and architectural planning including coordination with planning regulations, public/private space creation, and historic preservation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $120 billion in delivered projects across multiple global regions

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered key client and minor.

• Fort Partnerskey clientOthersFort Partners, a Fort Lauderdale-based developer, engaged Kobi Karp Architecture to design Surf House, an 11-story, 17-unit oceanfront condominium development in Surfside. Kobi Karp is serving as the architect/designer for this luxury oceanfront project.
• Nahla Capitalkey clientOthersNahla Capital, a development company, engaged Kobi Karp for the Raleigh Miami Beach luxury condo and hotel project. The project received a 5-1 recommendation for approval from the Miami Beach Planning Board for comprehensive plan and code amendments.
• Palm Tree Crew / Property Markets Group / Lion Development Group / EDEN Residential / Sterling Equitieskey clientOthersA consortium of developers including Property Markets Group, Lion Development Group, EDEN Residential, and Sterling Equities in partnership with Palm Tree Crew engaged Kobi Karp for Palm Tree Residences Miami, a 37-story residential tower in Downtown Miami's Park West district.
• Car Charging GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCar Charging Group partnered with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design to incorporate electric vehicle charging stations into the company's design concepts, representing an integration of sustainable technology into architectural designs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arquitectonica: Miami-headquartered architecture firm with a comparable focus on luxury high-rise residential, hospitality, and mixed-use developments across Florida, Latin America, and internationally. Directly competes for the same luxury developer clients (e.g., Fort Partners, Related Group) and similar South Florida luxury condo commissions.
• Rockwell Group: New York-based architecture and design firm specializing in luxury hospitality, restaurants, and integrated interiors — directly overlapping with KKAID's hospitality interior design work (e.g., Moxy, 1 Hotel) and competing for the same boutique-luxury operator clients.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto-based luxury interior design firm with deep hospitality and residential credentials (Four Seasons, Edition, Ritz-Carlton). A direct competitor for the interior design scope on the same class of luxury hotel and branded residence projects that anchor KKAID's portfolio.
• Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA): New York-based firm known for luxury residential towers and hospitality projects with a traditional/classical aesthetic. A direct competitor for ultra-luxury branded residential and hotel commissions in Florida and the Caribbean.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Global architecture incumbent with extensive luxury hospitality and high-rise residential work. Competes for marquee commissions where developers want a globally branded "starchitect" firm, and operates at a broader scale across multiple sectors beyond KKAID's hospitality/residential focus.
• Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF): Major international architecture firm with a strong luxury high-rise residential and mixed-use portfolio (e.g., One Vanderbilt, Hudson Yards towers). A broad incumbent that competes for the largest South Florida and global luxury tower commissions.
• SHoP Architects: New York-based design firm with a portfolio spanning luxury residential towers, hospitality, and large-scale mixed-use. Competes at the higher end of the same luxury developer client base, though with a wider technology and public-sector footprint than KKAID.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Globally recognized architecture firm with a luxury residential and hospitality portfolio and strong brand pull among marquee developers. Represents the kind of high-profile incumbent KKAID competes against for signature luxury commissions.
• Stantec (formerly Stantec Architecture): Large global design and engineering firm with significant hospitality, commercial, and mixed-use architecture practice. Competes for institutional and large commercial portions of projects KKAID also bids on, though at much broader scale.

Regional players

• Chahan Interiors & Architecture / Chahan Design: Paris-based luxury interior design and architecture studio serving ultra-high-net-worth residential and hospitality clients across Europe and the Middle East. Comparable in boutique scale and luxury clientele, but operating in different geographies with limited direct overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kobikarp
• Facebookfacebook.com/KobiKarpArchitectureAndInteriorDesign
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kobi-karp-architecture-interior-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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