What Avant Architects does

Avant Architects, Inc. is a privately held architectural and interior design firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The firm operates as a small, close-knit team of approximately 8 named professionals — two principals (Lori Krejci as founder/principal and Larry Smith as principal, both with over 40 years of experience), senior architects, interior designers, and an intern architect — delivering comprehensive design services spanning pre-design programming, master planning, schematic design, contract documents, and construction administration. Avant serves enterprise clients across healthcare, banking/financial services, retail (including automotive dealerships and large shopping centers), multifamily residential, senior living, commercial/corporate office, hospitality, and education sectors, with completed projects across Nebraska, Minnesota, North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Illinois.

The firm's core technology centers on 3D modeling and rendering for client visualization, sustainable design planning with LEED certification capability, and full interior design services including space planning, furniture and artwork consulting, finish standardization, and wayfinding/signage design. Notable project capabilities are evidenced by scale: Nebraska Crossing (36 acres, 333,000 SF retail across 9 buildings and 2 kiosks), 39th & Dodge Apartments (138 units, four stories), Faith Regional Health Services South Medical Office Building (131-bed acute care facility), and Porsche Omaha (luxury automotive retail). Repeat enterprise relationships include multiple Pinnacle Bank branches and multiple Faith Regional facilities.

Avant generates revenue through professional services fees structured as a percentage of construction cost, hourly rates, or fixed fees depending on project scope and phase, with multi-year contracts spanning the full project lifecycle. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales, with each project staffed by a dedicated Design Leader and Project Manager from initiation through construction administration. The firm is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), enabling federal contracting access, and has received multiple Architectural Honor Awards from AIA Nebraska, AIA Central States Region, and ASID Nebraska/Iowa Chapter. No revenue, funding, or external investors are disclosed.

Name

Avant Architects

Legal name

Avant Architects, Inc.

Website

https://avant-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Avant Architects is a privately held Omaha-based architectural and interior design firm founded in 1988, serving enterprise clients across healthcare, banking, retail, multifamily, and senior living sectors with projects in Nebraska, Minnesota, North Carolina, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Illinois.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Interior Design Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Commercial architecture
• Healthcare facility design
• Multifamily residential design

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Full-service architecture and interior design fees, typically structured as a percentage of construction cost, hourly rates, or fixed fees depending on project scope and phase. Services span from pre-design programming and master planning through design development, contract documents, and construction administration. Projects range from small offices to large healthcare campuses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Avant Architects is an architecture and interior design firm providing comprehensive design services across the full project lifecycle, from pre-design programming and master planning through design development, contract documents, and construction administration. Core offerings include architecture services, interior design services, planning services, and project management services delivered across healthcare, retail, multifamily residential, commercial, banking, hospitality, and education project types. The firm uses 3D modeling and rendering for client visualization and supports LEED-certified sustainable design.

Product overview

Avant Architects is an architectural design firm offering a unified portfolio of design services rather than a modular software product. Their core offerings include Project Management Services, Planning Services, Architecture Services, and Interior Design Services, which work together to guide clients from project inception through completion. They specialize in distinct project types including Healthcare Facility Design, Retail and Commercial Design, Multi-Family Residential Design, and Private Residence Design. The firm's approach emphasizes collaboration between architecture and interior design disciplines to create functional and visually appealing spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Architecture services spanning pre-design, schematic design development, contract documents, and sustainable design for commercial and residential projects, delivered to enterprise and institutional clients across healthcare, banking, retail, multifamily, hospitality, education, and corporate sectors.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services including programming and space planning, furniture consulting, artwork consulting, finish standardization, and wayfinding and signage design, delivered to enterprise and institutional clients across healthcare, banking, retail, multifamily, hospitality, education, and corporate sectors.
• Planning Services Comprehensive planning services including site development planning, master planning, space programming, sustainable design planning, and 3D modeling and rendering to support pre-design and project visualization for commercial and residential clients.
• Project Management Services Comprehensive project management services guiding clients through all project phases including initiating, design development, construction documents, and construction administration, with a dedicated Design Leader and Project Manager assigned to each engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nationally practicing architecture firm with projects across Nebraska, Minnesota, North Carolina, Connecticut, and New Jersey

Named customers16 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• TD2minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStructural engineering consultant on multiple projects including Pinnacle Bank Grand Island, Mahoney Riverview Lodge, A View West Shores, and Nebraska Crossing. Provides structural engineering design services as part of the project team.
• Morrissey EngineeringminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (M/E/P) engineering on projects including Pinnacle Bank Grand Island, Mahoney Riverview Lodge, 39th & Dodge Apartments, and Trio Cocktails custom light fixture design collaboration.
• Lamp Rynearson AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering and landscape architecture consultant on Faith Regional Health Services South Medical Office Building and Mahoney Riverview Lodge projects.
• OlssonminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering consultant on the Pinnacle Bank North Shore project in Papillion, Nebraska.
• DarlandminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the DMSi Software interior remodel project in Omaha, Nebraska.
• Kessler PhotographyminorOthersProfessional photography services for Pinnacle Bank Grand Island project documentation.
• Praxis3 ArchitectureminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign Architect on the Porsche Omaha project, with Avant Architects serving as Local Architect. Collaborative design partnership on the luxury automotive retail facility.
• Ultimate ThermalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor and equipment layout/plans provider for Great Plains Beef processing facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, collaborating with Avant on visual appeal and total functionality.
• Mulhall'sminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture and landscaping services provider for Nebraska Crossing shopping center project.
• Schnackel (Schnackel Engineers, Inc.)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerM/E/P engineering consultant on Nebraska Crossing retail center and The Lodge at Northbrook senior living expansion projects.
• SPACECO Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering consultant on The Lodge at Northbrook senior living expansion in Northbrook, Illinois.
• Thomas Grady (Photography)minorOthersProfessional photographer for The Monico, Allure Eyecare, and other projects providing high-quality project documentation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: Large integrated design firm delivering architecture and interior design across healthcare, education, commercial, and civic markets — same verticals as Avant but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• HOK: Global architecture, design, and engineering firm with strong healthcare, science & technology, and commercial practices — a broad incumbent competitor for large institutional commissions Avant aspires to win.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm with deep healthcare, education, and commercial practice — comparable service portfolio to Avant but with significantly broader geographic and disciplinary reach.
• HDR Inc. Global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with a deep healthcare architecture practice (the same vertical where Avant won Faith Regional) — represents the kind of full-service competitor Avant increasingly faces on larger healthcare bids.
• SmithGroup: Integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm with healthcare, higher education, and workplace practices — comparable in that it serves enterprise institutional clients across many of the same verticals.
• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture practice with strong healthcare, education, and commercial interiors capabilities — a multi-disciplinary incumbent that competes on larger institutional mandates where Avant bids as architect-of-record.

Direct peers

• Leo A Daly: Omaha-headquartered architecture, engineering, and planning firm of comparable size serving healthcare, banking, education, and commercial clients nationally. Most direct local peer given shared geography and similar multi-sector service mix.
• Wight & Company: Mid-sized Midwest architecture and engineering firm serving commercial, education, healthcare, and transportation clients — directly comparable in scale, multi-sector depth, and integrated design-build service model.
• BNIM Architects: Midwest-based architecture and design firm of similar size, with comparable services spanning healthcare, education, multifamily, and civic work and a shared emphasis on sustainable/LEED design leadership.

Regional players

• Holland Basham Architects: Omaha-based architecture firm of comparable small size serving commercial, healthcare, and education clients in the Midwest — a direct regional peer competing for the same Omaha-area institutional work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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