Currie Sowards Aguila Architects

What Currie Sowards Aguila Architects does

Currie Sowards Aguila Architects (CSAA / CSA Architects) is a Florida-based architectural design firm founded circa 1969-1970, operating from offices in Delray Beach (East Coast headquarters) and Tampa (West Coast). The firm provides professional architectural services across seven core categories: multi-family residential, commercial, civic, hospitality, industrial, public safety, and assembly/cultural venues. CSAA's distinctive competency is public safety facility design — specifically fire stations and emergency operations centers — with 25 South Florida fire rescue facilities designed over the past 30 years and repeat assignments for at least seven municipalities including Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Delray Beach, Lighthouse Point, Hallandale Beach, Key Biscayne, and Monroe County. The firm holds specialized expertise in hurricane-resistant design for South Florida's climate, including Category V structures and frangible-wall construction for coastal sites.

The firm's product portfolio spans the full project lifecycle from conceptual design through construction administration, delivered through professional services contracts, CM-at-Risk delivery, and design-build partnerships (notably with Kaufman Lynn for the award-winning Pompano Beach Pier Garage). Project scales range from smaller facilities ($7.2M Lighthouse Point Fire Station/EOC construction budget) to larger mixed-use developments ($33M Uptown Atlantic project). CSAA has accumulated 65+ building and planning design awards, including the 2000 Florida AIA Firm of the Year and the 2018 DBIA Florida Region Project of the Year.

The business model is traditional project-based professional services: fees are quote-based, project-specific, and not publicly disclosed. Revenue is generated through design fees calculated as a percentage of construction cost. The go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement with municipal governments (the primary segment), commercial developers, cultural institutions, and hospitality operators throughout Florida. Marketing relies on portfolio showcase, client testimonials, and industry awards rather than outbound or digital channels. Leadership consists of three principals — Jess M. Sowards (AIA, LEED AP, affiliated since 1987), José 'JJ' Jaramillo (AIA, LEED AP, since 2017), and Keith Beal (since 2017) — operating under a closely-held private ownership structure with no disclosed institutional investment or PE backing.

Name

Currie Sowards Aguila Architects

Legal name

CSA Architects

Website

https://csa-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Currie Sowards Aguila Architects is a Florida-based architectural firm specializing in municipal, public safety, and cultural facility design, with 50+ years of practice and 25 fire rescue facilities designed across South Florida for repeat municipal clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Municipal building design
• Public safety architecture
• Fire station design
• Cultural venue design

Headquarters

HQ city

Delray Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services for municipal, commercial, hospitality, industrial, and cultural projects. Revenue is generated through design fees for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse projects across South Florida.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Currie Sowards Aguila Architects is a Florida-based architectural firm providing comprehensive design services across multi-family, commercial, civic, hospitality, industrial, public safety, and cultural venue categories. The firm specializes in municipal and fire station design, having completed 25 South Florida fire rescue facilities over 30 years, alongside award-winning mixed-use developments, cultural venues, and historic preservation projects. Services span programming, conceptual and detailed design, LEED-certified sustainable design, design-build delivery, and construction administration for public and private sector clients.

Product overview

Currie Sowards Aguila Architects (CSAA) is a Florida-based architectural firm offering comprehensive design services across seven core service categories: Multi-Family, Commercial, Civic, Hospitality, Industrial, Public Safety (fire station and municipal building design), and Assembly/Cultural venues. The firm operates as a single integrated practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. Its product portfolio consists of architectural design services and completed projects, with public safety facility design being its distinctive competency—having designed 25 South Florida fire rescue facilities over 30 years. Notable projects include award-winning fire stations for multiple municipalities, cultural venues such as the Maltz Jupiter Theatre and Old School Square campus, mixed-use developments like Uptown Atlantic and Parks of Delray, and commercial projects including the Pompano Beach Pier Garage (239,400 SF, 662 parking spaces). The firm has received over 65 building and planning design awards and was named Firm of the Year by the Florida AIA in 2000.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-Family Architecture Services Design services for multi-family residential developments including apartments, condominiums, and townhouses in Florida.
• Commercial Architecture Services Architectural design of office buildings, retail centers, shopping centers, medical facilities, and mixed-use developments for private developers and commercial real estate clients throughout Florida.
• Civic Architecture Services Municipal and civic building design services for government facilities and public infrastructure in South Florida.
• Hospitality Architecture Services Architectural design of hotels, restaurants, and clubhouses for hospitality developers and operators in South Florida.
• Industrial Architecture Services Industrial facility design services for warehouses, business centers, drive-through facilities, and commercial automotive services in Florida.
• Public Safety Facility Design Award-winning municipal building design with specialization in fire stations and fire rescue facilities, including emergency operations centers (EOCs), for South Florida municipalities. Includes capability for Category V hurricane-resistant design, LEED-certified projects, and DEP coastal construction waiver experience.
• Assembly/Cultural Venue Design Architectural design for performance venues, theatres, museums, amphitheaters, and cultural arts facilities, including historic preservation and adaptive reuse expertise. Notable projects include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Old School Square campus, and Mizner Park Amphitheatre.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65+ building and planning design awards
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kaufman LynncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign/Build partnership for Pompano Beach Pier Garage project. CSAA and Kaufman Lynn collaborated on this 239,400 SF mixed-use municipal parking garage with retail and tourism components.
• Kaufman LynncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected as one of three development teams for Pompano P3 mixed-use project along A1A in Pompano Beach, a six-story development including hotel, grocery, retail, and automated parking.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SchenkelShultz Architecture: Orlando-based full-service architecture firm with strong institutional, civic, and public-sector portfolio across Florida. Directly comparable to CSAA in scale, geography, and vertical mix (civic, education, commercial).
• PGAL: Houston-headquartered architecture firm with a recognized public-sector and civic practice including justice, fire/police, and municipal work. Directly comparable to CSAA's public-safety specialization and fire-station pedigree.
• HuntonBrady Architects: Orlando-based architecture firm serving civic, higher education, healthcare, and commercial clients across Florida and the Southeast. Comparable in scale and Florida regional focus to CSAA's practice.
• TMP Architecture: Mid-sized architecture firm with significant public-sector practice including civic, recreation, and public-safety buildings. Comparable to CSAA in scale and emphasis on municipal public-building design.
• Wight & Company: Illinois-based integrated architecture and engineering firm with a strong K-12, higher-ed, and civic practice. Comparable as a similarly sized professional services firm with municipal building capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• RS&H: Jacksonville, FL-based, employee-owned architecture/engineering firm with strong infrastructure, transportation, and public-sector practices. Comparable as a broader Florida ETO player with civic-building capabilities exceeding CSAA's scale.
• LEO A DALY: National, employee-owned architecture firm with a substantial civic, public safety, and government practice. Comparable as an incumbent competitor targeting municipal fire/police and public-building RFPs at greater scale.
• Stantec: Global professional services firm with a substantial architecture and buildings practice including civic and municipal work. Comparable as a much larger incumbent competing for the same municipal RFP pipeline.
• DLR Group: Employee-owned integrated design firm with a strong civic and public-sector practice, including justice, fire/EMS, and community facilities. Comparable as a larger competitor in the same architectural niche.

Regional players

• BRPH Architects: Florida-based (Melbourne/Cape Canaveral) full-service architecture and engineering firm serving aerospace, industrial, commercial, and institutional clients. Comparable as a Florida-rooted multidisciplinary firm with overlapping civic and commercial capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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