Wier Boerner Allin Architecture

What Wier Boerner Allin Architecture does

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture (WBA) is a privately held, partner-owned architecture firm founded in 2009 in Jackson, Mississippi, and now operating from two offices in Jackson, MS (2727 Old Canton Road) and Nashville, TN (506 Monroe Street, Germantown). The firm delivers integrated architecture, interior design, and planning services — including programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, construction administration, and FF&E — across higher education and collegiate athletics, civic, commercial, mixed-use developer, K-12, hospitality/restaurant, banking, healthcare/senior living, religious, and historic preservation/adaptive reuse projects. Core service differentiators include collegiate athletics venue design (notably the Dudy Noble Field / Polk Dement Stadium redesign in association with Populous), a multi-location brand replication system demonstrated across five Babalu restaurant sites, and a dedicated Director of Design Technology function overseeing BIM and visualization across the practice. Staff are licensed in ten states from Colorado to South Carolina, and the firm has grown from 21 professionals to 40+ across the partnership and offices.

WBA's revenue model is project-based professional services: fees are negotiated per engagement, typically structured around the standard project phases (programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, construction administration), and are earned through direct contractual relationships with clients — primarily universities, municipalities, private developers, banking clients, and corporate end-users. The firm is partner-owned with no external venture, private equity, or strategic parent ownership; the named Principals include founders Jamie Wier, Michael Boerner, and Jack Allin, alongside partners Eric Whitfield, Julie Markle, Ryan Hansen, and Wade Thompson, plus Associates in design technology, interior design, project management, and senior architect roles. The firm distributes through direct client engagements out of its two offices, repeat and referral relationships (e.g., Vanderbilt Athletics, Bellamare Development, Eat Here Brands / Babalu, Robert St. John), co-development partnerships with private developers, and sub-consultant collaborations with national firms such as HGA and Populous, and markets primarily through its project portfolio website, news/case-study content, and earned media coverage rather than paid channels.

Name

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture

Legal name

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture

Website

https://wbaarchitecture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture is a partner-owned architecture firm founded in 2009, delivering integrated architecture, interior design, and planning services across two offices in Jackson, MS and Nashville, TN. The firm primarily serves universities, municipalities, mixed-use developers, and corporate clients with a specialization in collegiate athletics, adaptive reuse, and developer-led mixed-use projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Master planning
• Historic preservation
• Collegiate athletics design

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

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 fees: Project-based professional services revenue earned through full architecture, interior design, and planning engagements. Fees are typically structured around project phases (programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, construction administration) for each client engagement.
2. Multi-location design replication fees: Repeat design engagements to replicate branded environments across multiple operator locations (e.g., Babalu restaurants across five locations, Brick City Drugs expansion to additional states).
3. Interior design and FF&E services: Standalone interior design, finish selection, and furniture/fixtures/equipment procurement support offered within larger architectural engagements or as a complementary service to clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture is a full-service architecture firm providing complete architecture, interior design, and planning services across building types including athletics, civic, commercial, education, healthcare, hospitality, religious, housing, and mixed-use developments. Services span programming, space planning, schematic design, finish selection, FF&E, construction documents, and construction administration, delivered from offices in Jackson, MS and Nashville, TN.

Product overview

Wier Boerner Allin Architecture (WBA) is a unified, single-firm architectural practice — not a software platform — that delivers complete architecture, interior design, and planning services across six core sector categories: Athletics, Civic, Commercial, Education, Housing, and Religious. Founded in 2009 in Jackson, MS, the firm now operates two offices (Jackson, MS and Nashville, TN) and a portfolio of more than 40 completed projects including signature works such as Dudy Noble Field / Polk Dement Stadium, The Brandon Amphitheater, the Mississippi Trade Mart, Jones Headquarters, Capri Theatre, Mississippi Children's Museum – Meridian, Nusz Park & A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre, Sewanee Wellness Commons, and the Tri-Delta Florida State University sorority house. The portfolio is organized by sector: Athletics projects (Dudy Noble Field, Brandon Amphitheater, Nusz Park, MTSU Tennis Complex, Columbia High School Football Stadium, Madison Central Baseball Improvements, Millsaps Softball & Tennis Facilities, Vanderbilt Olympic Sports Student Lounge, Ole Miss Track & Field, Left Field Lofts); Civic projects (LeFleur's Bluff Education + Tourism Complex, Pearl Fire Stations, Brandon Fire Stations, Mississippi Trade Mart, Shiloh Park, Mississippi Children's Museum – Meridian, MS Agriculture & Forestry Museum Barns); Commercial projects (Trustmark Hernando, RiverHills Bank, Brick City Drugs, Forman Watkins + Krutz, Jones Headquarters, Castle Headquarters, Morgan White Group, 2727 Old Canton Road, Golden Triangle Development LINK, Midtown Public Charter School, Babalu Tapas and Tacos, Genna Benna's Restaurant, Ed's Burger Joint, Fondren Fitness, Capri Theatre); Education projects (Florence High School, St. Andrew's Episcopal School Chapel, Mississippi Trade Mart, Austin Peay State University Welcome Center, Sewanee Wellness Commons, Fondren North 6); Housing projects (The Blake at Baxter Village, Fondren North 6, Greek life houses such as Delta Gamma Louisiana State University, Alpha Phi House, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Tri-Delta Mississippi State, and Tri-Delta Florida State University); and Religious projects (St. Andrew's Episcopal School Chapel). The firm pairs architecture with interior design and planning services, and offers internships, externships, and full-time architecture positions supported by employee benefits and the WBAcademy professional development program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning Services Complete architecture, interior design, and planning services for diverse project types including athletics, civic, commercial, education, housing, religious, healthcare, banking, and hospitality sectors. Delivered as programming, space planning, finish selection, FF&E, construction documents, and construction administration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Starkville Country Club clubhouse transformation enabled expanded membership, increased revenue, and better positioning for future growth including planned pickleball courts and fitness facility
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers48 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Bellamare DevelopmentflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWBA's primary repeat developer partner on transformative Gulfport, MS projects. Bellamare is co-developer on the Holiday Inn Gulfport and is the lead developer on the $105 million Gulfport Town Center (Channel South) mixed-use project with a Tribute Portfolio by Marriott hotel, luxury apartments, retail, and parking. Sunny Sethi (CEO) and Anna Jane Stanley (VP) of Bellamare are quoted as the source of vision for the Gulfport mixed-use strategy. WBA also worked with Bellamare and AnderCorp on the Holiday Inn hotel within Channel South.
• AnderCorpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGulfport-based construction firm with an office in Fondren, partnered with WBA and Bellamare Development on the Channel South mixed-use project in Gulfport and earlier on the Capri Theatre / Highball Lanes entertainment complex in Fondren.
• HGA (Hammel, Green and Abrahamson)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational architecture and engineering firm partnering with WBA on the new Spring Hill, TN public library, with WBA leading conceptual design and community engagement.
• PopulousflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal sports architecture firm that WBA partnered with on the comprehensive reimagining of Mississippi State University's Dudy Noble Field / Polk Dement Stadium, redesigning one of college baseball's iconic venues and creating what Baseball America called 'the sport's best venue.'
• Eat Here BrandscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRestaurant group behind Babalu Tapas and Tacos; WBA has partnered closely since the original Jackson-based location to design and replicate the Babalu brand across five restaurant locations.
• Children's of Mississippi (University of Mississippi Medical Center)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhilanthropic relationship: WBA's donations enable medical students and residents to spend a year pursuing research at Children's of Mississippi focused on craniofacial differences. Principal Michael Boerner publicly endorses the partnership.
• Comeback Property GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReal estate developer that engaged WBA to design Fondren North 6, a six-unit attached townhouse development on a prominent corner in Jackson's Fondren neighborhood.
• Pix & Pins Development (Jason Watkins and David Pharr)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper-partner on the $13 million Capri Theatre / Highball Lanes / Pearl entertainment district in Jackson's Fondren neighborhood; developer Robert St. John also operates Highball Lanes restaurant and Ed's Burger Joint.
• PopulousflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSee flagship Populous partnership entry above on Dudy Noble Field. This consolidates the same relationship under a duplicate collapse.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hastings+Chivetta Architects: Mid-size architecture firm specializing in higher education, athletics, dining, and student life projects nationwide. Direct competitor in the same collegiate athletics, residence hall, and Greek housing niche where WBA is most differentiated.
• Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects: West Coast architecture firm of similar size focused on higher-education, civic, and cultural commissions. Comparable scale, multi-sector breadth, and integrated design technology practice to WBA.
• CDFL Architects: Mississippi-based architecture firm with a comparable portfolio across higher education, civic, and commercial work. Competes directly with WBA for state-university and Mississippi municipal engagements.
• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm of comparable size (~150 staff) with a parallel higher-education, civic, and adaptive-reuse portfolio and a similar integrated-architecture-with-interiors delivery model.
• Dale Partners Architects: Gulfport, MS architecture firm and co-collaborator on the Channel South mixed-use development (hotel component). Competes for the same Gulf Coast commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use developer work that anchors WBA's Gulfport pipeline.
• Foil Wyatt Architects & Planners: Jackson, MS architecture and planning firm serving education, civic, and commercial clients across Mississippi. Listed as a previous employer of WBA partner Wade Thompson, and a direct competitor for the same institutional and developer clients.
• Duvall Decker Architects: Jackson, MS architecture firm of similar size and focus on civic, educational, and adaptive-reuse work in Mississippi. Multiple WBA principals (Hansen, Thompson) came from Duvall Decker, and the firms compete for the same state-university and civic commissions.
• Eley Guild Hardy Architects: Jackson, MS architecture firm of similar scale serving education, healthcare, and civic clients across Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. Direct competitor for K-12, higher-ed, and healthcare project commissions in WBA's core geography.

Broad incumbents

• Populous: Global sports architecture firm that co-designed Dudy Noble Field with WBA. Functions both as a partner on marquee collegiate athletics projects and as a broader incumbent WBA must compete with for SEC and Power-5 venue commissions.
• Hammel, Green and Abrahamson (HGA): National architecture and engineering firm with deep civic, library, and healthcare practices. Currently partnering with WBA on the Spring Hill, TN public library and is a broader incumbent that competes for large civic commissions WBA also pursues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wbaarchitecture

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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