Ashley McGraw

What Ashley McGraw does

Ashley McGraw Architects is a privately held professional services architecture firm headquartered in Syracuse, New York, with five offices across Syracuse, Buffalo, Troy, Boston, and Washington DC. The firm provides comprehensive architectural services — including planning, interior design, landscape architecture, visualization, and sustainable/high-performance consulting — to institutional clients in education (K-12, higher education, and early childhood education), housing (multi-family, affordable, and mixed-use), government and civic (fire stations, libraries, tribal facilities), and science and technology sectors. It is organized around vertical studios led by named principals and is differentiated in the marketplace by deep credentialing in Passive House, PHIUS, Living Building Challenge, LEED, and Net Zero Energy design, and by its proprietary approach to deep energy retrofits of mid-century campus buildings.

The firm generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services fees — structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed-fee arrangements scoped per engagement — and wins work through enterprise field sales: institutional procurement via RFQ/RFP and competitive bidding for public projects, supplemented by long-term direct client relationships. Notable customers include Syracuse University, Cornell University, Binghamton University, MIT, Boston University, Liverpool CSD, Westhill CSD, Groton CSD, Onondaga Nation, Ragon Institute, RUPCO, and the DC Department of General Services. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and engagements are typically multi-year contracts spanning feasibility through construction administration.

In July 2024 the firm acquired studioMLA Architects, a Massachusetts-based early-childhood education design practice, integrating it as a dedicated Early Childhood Education studio and adding a Boston office plus founder Mike Lindstrom as a Principal. This transaction, together with the establishment of a Mid-Atlantic office in Washington DC, repositioned the firm from a New York-centric AE practice into a multi-state Northeast and Mid-Atlantic platform. The firm is led by President & CEO Matthew Broderick, COO Hannah Kadah, and Founding Partner/Partner Emeritus Edward McGraw, with no disclosed external investors and no parent company.

Name

Ashley McGraw

Legal name

Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C.

Website

https://ashleymcgraw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ashley McGraw Architects is a private architecture firm headquartered in Syracuse, NY, with five offices across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. It delivers sustainable design, planning, interior design, and landscape architecture services to K-12, higher education, early childhood education, government, and housing clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Educational facility design
• Sustainable building design
• High performance design
• Interior design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Syracuse

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services - Project-Based Fees: Professional architectural services billed on a project basis, typically through percentage of construction cost or fixed fee arrangements for specific project scopes including design, planning, and construction administration services

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ashley McGraw Architects is a professional architectural services firm that provides building design, master planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and high-performance/sustainable consulting for institutional clients. The firm specializes in K-12, higher education, early childhood education, multi-family housing, science/research facilities, and civic/community buildings, with particular depth in Passive House, Net Zero Energy, Living Building Challenge, and LEED-certified projects delivered through five offices across New York, Massachusetts, and Washington, DC.

Product overview

Ashley McGraw Architects is an architecture firm offering a unified portfolio of design services rather than a modular software product. The firm's core services span K-12 education, higher education, early childhood education, housing, science and technology facilities, sustainable design, and community/civic buildings. The 2024 acquisition of studioMLA Architects added early childhood education as a dedicated studio, expanding their geographic presence to include Boston. Services are delivered through five offices (Syracuse, Buffalo, Troy, Boston, and Washington DC) by a team of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and educational planners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Education Design Architectural design services for K-12 schools including new construction, renovations, STEAM spaces, auditorium renovations, athletic facilities, and library media centers for school districts across New York State and beyond.
• Higher Education Design Comprehensive architectural services for colleges and universities including student centers, residence halls, science facilities, dining halls, athletic facilities, and campus master planning.
• Early Childhood Education Design Specialized design services for early childhood education facilities, including child care centers, preschools, and nature-inspired playscapes.
• Housing and Multi-Family Residential Design Design services for multi-family housing, affordable housing, luxury apartments, and mixed-use developments including sustainable and net-zero energy building approaches.
• Science and Technology Facilities Design Laboratory design, research facility renovations, cleanroom simulation labs, and science building projects for universities and colleges.
• Sustainable / High Performance Design Net-zero energy design, Passive House consulting, Living Building Challenge projects, deep energy retrofits, and LEED certification services for various building types.
• Community and Civic Buildings Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Net Zero Energy and Passive House certified buildings
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• studioMLA ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2024studioMLA Architects, a Massachusetts-based firm specializing in early childhood education design, was acquired and merged into Ashley McGraw Architects as of July 10, 2024. The acquisition transforms studioMLA into the Early Childhood Education studio within Ashley McGraw, expanding geographic presence in New England and adding early education expertise. StudioMLA founder Mike Lindstrom became a partner at Ashley McGraw.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CannonDesign: National architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with a significant education and healthcare practice serving universities, K-12 districts, and research clients — a direct competitor for institutional projects of the type Ashley McGraw pursues.
• Hord Coplan Macht: Mid-sized architecture firm with a dedicated PreK-12 and Higher Education practice plus civic and housing studios — closely comparable in scale, vertical mix, and Mid-Atlantic geography to Ashley McGraw.
• TowerPinkster: Mid-sized architecture and engineering firm with strong K-12, higher education, and healthcare practices, similar in headcount, multi-office structure, and institutional client focus to Ashley McGraw.
• LaBella Associates: Upstate New York-headquartered architecture/engineering firm with substantial K-12, higher education, and municipal practices — a regional peer competing directly in the same New York State institutional market.
• EwingCole: Mid-sized architecture and engineering firm focused on education, healthcare, and science/research — comparable in scale and pursuit of higher-education laboratory and K-12 modernization work.
• CPL (Clark Patterson Lee): Architecture/engineering firm headquartered in New York with a robust K-12 and higher education practice across the Northeast — a regional peer overlapping in mission, services, and geography.
• Goody Clancy: Mid-sized architecture and planning firm with deep higher education, campus planning, and civic practices — a comparable peer competing for similar Northeast institutional commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture practice with deep higher education and K-12 studios and strong sustainability credentials (LEED, Living Building Challenge), competing with Ashley McGraw on flagship campus and educational facility projects.
• Stantec: Global professional services firm with a large architecture practice including dedicated education, community development, and sustainability teams, frequently competing on institutional and civic projects.

Emerging players

• Sasaki Associates: Planning, landscape architecture, and design firm with a strong higher education campus planning practice; an adjacent peer given Ashley McGraw's landscape architecture capabilities and campus master planning work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ashleymcgrawar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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