AKT II

What AKT II does

AKT II is a London-headquartered, design-led structural and civil engineering consultancy founded in 1996 (with project activity documented from 1999 onward), delivering full-scope engineering services for landmark buildings, towers, bridges, cultural venues, schools and transport infrastructure across the UK, Europe, North America and beyond. Its offer is structured around six integrated practice areas — Structural, Geotechnical, Bioclimatic, Façade, Infrastructure and Transport Planning — that are combined on individual projects rather than sold as discrete products. Underpinning these practice areas is a dedicated in-house computational research team, p.art® (a registered trademark), which develops proprietary digital tools including the Re.AKT toolkit, the Carbon Tool for embodied-carbon assessment, bespoke parametric plate-buckling software, and CFD wind and building-physics modelling systems used to optimise geometry, structural performance and environmental comfort in real time.

The firm's revenue model is fee-based, project-by-project professional services engagement. AKT II does not publish pricing or fee schedules; commissions are negotiated relative to project scope, complexity and value, with public project values disclosed on completed work ranging from approximately £1.8 million (Drawing Studio at Arts University Bournemouth) to £200 million (White Collar Factory). Customers are primarily enterprise-scale property developers and institutional real estate investors (British Land, Derwent London, CIT, Cadogan Estates, AlloyMtd, Hammerson UK, Related/Oxford Properties), complemented by public sector bodies (London Borough of Southwark, Surrey County Council, Urban Redevelopment Authority Singapore), education sector clients (St Paul's School, Reigate Grammar School, Arts University Bournemouth) and cultural institutions (Serpentine Galleries, Kistefos Museum). The firm operates a senior-led, architect-embedded go-to-market in which commissions are secured through tier-one architect partnerships (Foster + Partners, BIG, Heatherwick Studio, AHMM, KPF, Walters & Cohen, Allies and Morrison), repeat mandates from established clients, and brand visibility generated by its award-winning portfolio (over 300 awards including the 2000 RIBA Stirling Prize for Peckham Library and the 2022 IStructE Supreme Award for HYLO). The business is registered as AKT II Limited in England and Wales (company number 07500271), operates from seven international offices (London, Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol, Copenhagen, Toronto, Krakow), employs 250+ staff, is a certified B Corporation, and is part of the Sweden-headquartered Tyréns Group, which provides access to a dedicated R&D funding programme that underwrites the p.art team's work.

Name

AKT II

Legal name

AKT II Limited

Website

https://akt-uk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AKT II is a London-headquartered design-led structural and civil engineering consultancy delivering structural, geotechnical, façade, bioclimatic, infrastructure and transport engineering for landmark buildings, towers, bridges and cultural venues worldwide. It serves enterprise property developers, public sector clients and tier-one architects through project-based commissions, with 250+ staff across seven international offices and is part of the Tyréns Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Architecture & Technology Roadmapping (BPAEAAAC)

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Facade engineering
• Geotechnical engineering
• Bioclimatic design
• Transport planning

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design engineering professional services fees: AKT II generates revenue primarily through fee-based commissions for structural, geotechnical, façade, infrastructure, transport, and bioclimatic design engineering services delivered on a project-by-project basis to property developers, public sector clients, cultural institutions, and corporate end-users. Projects range from small-scale pavilions (e.g., Drawing Studio at £1.8 million project value) to large urban redevelopments (e.g., Norton Folgate, 100 Liverpool Street, One Crown Place), with values reaching hundreds of millions of pounds; the firm operates as a UK limited company (AKT II Limited, registration 07500271).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

AKT II is a design-led structural and civil engineering consultancy that delivers full-scope design engineering solutions for buildings, towers, bridges, pavilions and infrastructure worldwide. Its practice integrates structural, geotechnical, façade (envelopes), infrastructure, transport planning and bioclimatic engineering under one roof, supported by an in-house computational research team (p.art) that develops proprietary digital tools. The firm operates on a project-by-project commissioned basis for property developers, public sector clients, cultural institutions and corporate end-users, with project values ranging from approximately £1.8 million to over £200 million.

Product overview

AKT II delivers a full-scope design engineering consultancy rather than a single software product; its offer is structured around six core expertise modules — Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Bioclimatic Design, Façade Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, and Transport Planning — that are brought together on individual projects. Underpinning these is the Research (p.art) computational team, which develops in-house tools such as Re.AKT (parametric and structural verification toolkit) and contributes across all modules on form-finding, optimisation, and environmental analysis. AKT II is part of the Tyréns Group and is a certified B Corporation, with offices in London, Manchester, Cambridge, Bristol, Copenhagen, Toronto, and Krakow.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• p.art: AKT II's dedicated in-house computational research team — a cross-disciplinary group of engineers, architects, computer scientists and parametric designers. 'p.art® is a registered trademark of AKT II Limited'. The team develops digital toolsets, including the Re.AKT toolkit, used in form-finding, parametric optimisation, environmental analysis, and machine learning.
• Re.AKT

Products and services

• Structural Engineering Core structural engineering consultancy delivered across buildings, towers, bridges and pavilions worldwide, underpinning every AKT II project and integrated with the firm's other expertise areas.
• Geotechnical Engineering Geotechnical engineering expertise providing foundation, basement and ground-structure interaction analysis, integrated with structural design to address complex urban and heritage sites.
• Bioclimatic Design Bioclimatic design service focused on climate-responsive building performance, including CFD wind analysis, natural ventilation, and environmental comfort assessment (e.g., applied on South Bank Tower and Bloomberg European HQ).
• Façade Engineering High-performance, low-carbon building envelope (façade) engineering, including building physics, materials science, parametric optimisation, retrofit and structural façade design. Delivered by AKT II's dedicated Envelopes team, which marked its 10-year anniversary in 2025.
• Infrastructure Engineering Infrastructure engineering covering bulk earthworks, drainage (SuDS), highways, bridges, ports and airports across the whole project lifecycle — from masterplans to detailed design.
• Transport Planning Transport planning services spanning highways, junctions, streetscapes, wayfinding, parking, accessibility, Transport Assessments and Travel Plans, with active research into micro-mobility and future mobility.

Quantifiable outcome

• London 2012 Coca-Cola Beatbox pavilion was visited by an estimated 200,000 visitors during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, who interacted with the structure as a giant musical instrument.
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers19 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

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship corporate parent — highest importance, strategic research collaboration, strategic design collaborator, core academic partner, long-standing cultural and academic collaborators, project-level co-development collaboration, flagship design collaborator, specialist manufacturing partner, project delivery partner, long-standing design collaborator, project-level co-development, multi-architect masterplan consortium and framework / methodology alignment.

• Tyréns Groupflagship corporate parent — highest importanceStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II is part of the Tyréns Group, which provides the firm with an industry-leading Tyréns research fund for research and development initiatives, supporting design and technology innovation across the firm. The group provides governance, whistleblowing oversight (via Tyréns Group Chief Legal Officer Frank Pedersen), and access to a wider international engineering network.
• Lenovostrategic research collaborationStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II collaborated with Lenovo and architects Mamou-Mani to develop four conceptual data centre designs for 2055 — The Floating Cloud, The Data Village, The Data Spa, and The Data Center Bunker — as part of Lenovo's research programme with Opinium surveying 250 IT decision-makers across Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and UAE. The collaboration showcases liquid cooling and sustainable infrastructure approaches.
• Mamou-Manistrategic design collaboratorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitects Mamou-Mani collaborated with AKT II and Lenovo on conceptual data centre designs for 2055, including The Floating Cloud, The Data Village, The Data Spa, and The Data Center Bunker, all incorporating liquid cooling technology and sustainable infrastructure concepts.
• Architectural Association (AA) School, Londoncore academic partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAKT II's computational research team p.art regularly works with students at London's Architectural Association school on the latest technologies and techniques. AKT II also fosters alliances within UCL, Cambridge University, RCA, Harvard GSD, Bristol University, City University, and Bath University through lectures, seminars, courses, workshops and talks.
• Goldsmiths, Central Saint Martins, Royal Academy, Architecture Foundation, V&A, Design Museum, RSAlong-standing cultural and academic collaboratorsImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThrough collaborations with these academic and art & design institutions, AKT II fosters mutually beneficial relationships based on knowledge sharing, and regularly hosts talks and lectures. The partnerships support socio-cultural engagement as part of the firm's wider external relationships agenda.
• Zaha Hadid Architectsproject-level co-development collaborationStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II's p.art team worked alongside Zaha Hadid Architects on the 'Lapella' chair project, creating a high-performance hybrid material formed from Palissandro marble and carbon fibre composites — a material research collaboration that advanced both firms' design capabilities.
• Heatherwick Studioflagship design collaboratorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II collaborated with Heatherwick Studio to design Vessel at Hudson Yards, NYC. The p.art team applied advanced techniques of blending digital simulation, advanced manufacturing, and digital fabrication in strict collaboration with steel manufacturer Cimolai to enable off-site fabrication of the structure.
• Fiberline (Denmark)specialist manufacturing partnerTechnology or IntegrationFiberline in Denmark manufactured the GFRP (glass-fibre-reinforced plastic) bricks for the Serpentine Pavilion 2016 to a new improved mixture designed to enhance the material's stiffness. The bricks were then joined by aluminium connectors and bolts designed by AKT II.
• Cimolai (steel manufacturer)specialist manufacturing partnerTechnology or IntegrationCimolai acted as steel manufacturer for Thomas Heatherwick's Vessel project, with AKT II's p.art team working in strict collaboration with Cimolai to favour off-site fabrication through advanced digital simulation and digital fabrication techniques.
• Rambollproject delivery partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAKT II took The Twist project to the concept design stage; Ramboll provided engineering services for the delivery phase of the project at Kistefos Sculpture Park in Norway.
• Walters & Cohenlong-standing design collaboratorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II has teamed up with architects Walters & Cohen on the multiphase St Paul's School teaching block and on the Dorothy Garrod Building in Cambridge, as well as on the Reigate Grammar School sixth form centre — reflecting an ongoing design partnership across multiple projects.
• Cook Robotham Architectural Bureau (CRAB)project-level co-developmentStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II worked with CRAB and Peter Cook on the Bournemouth Drawing Studio for Arts University Bournemouth, developing a steel monocoque shell structure and bespoke software tools to model and optimise the geometry — a collaboration cited as a p.art showcase project.
• Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt (Pernilla & Asif)project-level co-developmentStrategic or Co-development PartnerAKT II developed the structural design of the Coca-Cola Beatbox in close collaboration with architects Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt, parametrically rationalising the complex form into a simple 'kit of parts' that was efficient to manufacture and assemble for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), DSDHA, Morris+Company, Stanton Williamsmulti-architect masterplan consortiumStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor the Norton Folgate mixed-use development with British Land, AKT II worked as engineering partner with a coordinated architect consortium of AHMM, DSDHA, Morris+Company, and Stanton Williams, contributing structural, façade, geotechnical and infrastructure engineering across the 31,100 m² scheme.
• BREEAM (BRE Group)framework / methodology alignmentOthersAKT II aligns its sustainability approach with the BREEAM rating system, achieving BREEAM Outstanding ratings on landmark projects such as the Bloomberg European HQ (described as the world's most sustainable office building).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sweco: Sweco is a Sweden-headquartered European engineering consultancy with structural, infrastructure, and sustainability capabilities. As a Nordic peer and broader competitor on cross-border projects, Sweco is comparable in geography and capabilities to AKT II's parent Tyréns Group's competitive set.
• Arup: Arup is the largest global multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, with a flagship structural engineering practice that competes with AKT II on landmark buildings, tall buildings, and complex geometry projects worldwide (e.g., Beijing National Stadium, Sydney Opera House). It is a much broader incumbent but directly contests AKT II's premium architect-led commissions.
• WSP Structures: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with a large UK and international structural engineering practice serving commercial, tall building, transport, and infrastructure projects. A broader incumbent that competes with AKT II on mid- and large-scale commercial commissions but lacks AKT II's design-led boutique positioning.
• Ramboll: Ramboll is a Denmark-headquartered global engineering, design and consultancy company with a strong structural and sustainability practice. Notably, Ramboll delivered the engineering for AKT II's concept-stage Twist project, illustrating the firms' overlapping capability sets on cultural and complex geometry commissions in Northern Europe.
• Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy with significant UK and international structural and infrastructure capabilities. A broader incumbent competing on larger infrastructure, transport, and commercial projects where AKT II also bids.

Direct peers

• Whitby Wood: Whitby Wood is a London structural engineering design practice founded by ex-Arup engineers, focused on architecturally ambitious, complex geometry projects and adaptive reuse. Comparable in scale and project typology to AKT II, competing directly on premium London and international commissions.
• Price & Myers: Price & Myers is a long-established London structural engineering consultancy serving high-end residential, cultural, and commercial projects. Comparable in scale and client mix to AKT II's heritage and cultural portfolio, with similar architect-led delivery on London schemes.
• Expedition Engineering: Expedition Engineering is a London-based structural and civil engineering design consultancy with a research-led, computationally sophisticated practice model. Founded by Professor Hanif Kara collaborators and similar in size/scale, it is a like-for-like boutique peer competing on architect-led commissions and innovation-led projects.
• Buro Happold: Buro Happold is a UK-headquartered, design-led structural, civil and façade engineering consultancy with global offices and a strong sustainability and computational design practice. It is the closest direct peer to AKT II in terms of culture, project typology (cultural, civic, tall buildings, adaptive reuse), and architect-led delivery model.

Emerging players

• Web Structures: Web Structures is a London- and Hong Kong-based structural engineering consultancy focused on architecturally ambitious, geometry-led projects. Comparable in typology to AKT II's cultural and tall building portfolio, though smaller in scale, with overlap particularly on international projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

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Funding overview

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