Architexas

What Architexas does

Architexas - Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc. is a privately held Texas architecture firm founded in 1978 by two former employees of the City of Dallas Planning and Urban Design Department. The firm provides integrated architecture, planning, historic preservation, urban design, interior design, and historic tax credit consulting services, with a particular specialty in projects that must comply with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties and qualify for federal and state historic preservation tax credits. Its core offering bundles full architectural services with regulatory navigation, including Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credit Part 1/2/3 documentation, Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district funding assistance, and LEED-based sustainability integration, delivered by a team of seven named principals and senior staff across three Texas offices (Dallas headquarters, Austin opened 2000, San Antonio opened September 2019). Headcount is in the 11–50 range; revenue is not publicly disclosed.

The firm serves four primary customer segments: government and municipal clients (cities, counties, and park departments, including 27 historic county courthouse restorations and the 277-acre Fair Park master plan), higher education institutions (notably the University of Texas at Austin across multiple buildings including the 200,000 sq ft Blanton Museum of Art), religious institutions (Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, First Unitarian Church of Dallas), and a smaller private development/hospitality practice (The Joule Hotel, Barfield Building, La Paloma Community). Architexas markets almost exclusively through earned channels: industry awards (over 40 documented honors including a 2003 National Trust for Historic Preservation award), conference presentations, project case studies, and PR in trade publications, and distributes services via direct enterprise engagement and competitive RFP/bidding on public-sector work. Customer relationships are long-cycle and relationship-driven, evidenced by a 20+ year partnership with the City of Grapevine and repeated university and county engagements, with no software, API, subscription, or AI-driven product surface in the offering.

Name

Architexas

Legal name

Architexas - Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation, Inc.

Website

https://architexas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Architexas is a privately held Texas architecture firm founded in 1978, providing integrated architecture, planning, historic preservation, and tax credit consulting to government, higher education, religious, and private developer clients through offices in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Historic Preservation Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA), Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations) (THAJADAI)

Keywords

• Historic preservation architecture
• Adaptive reuse design
• Historic tax credit consulting
• Master planning services
• Courthouse restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Architexas generates revenue through providing full architectural services, historic preservation consulting, master planning, urban design, and interior design services for institutional, governmental, and private clients. Revenue is project-based and typically earned through professional service fees on a per-project basis.
2. Historic Preservation Tax Credit Consulting: The firm provides tax credit consulting services for historic rehabilitation projects, assisting clients in obtaining Federal and State Historic Preservation Tax Credits, which represents an additional service revenue stream.
3. Tax Increment Finance District Funding Services: Architexas assists clients with navigating complex city regulatory processes to obtain TIF funding, generating additional consulting fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Architexas provides architecture, planning, and historic preservation services for courthouses, churches, museums, hotels, civic buildings, parks, and adaptive reuse projects across Texas. The firm delivers full architectural design, historic structures reports, condition assessments, master planning, urban design, interior design, LEED compliance consulting, and federal/state historic preservation tax credit consulting, with deep specialization in Secretary of the Interior's Standards-compliant restoration. Revenue is earned primarily through negotiated, per-project professional service fees.

Product overview

Architexas is a mid-size architectural firm providing architecture, planning, and historic preservation services. The firm operates as a unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core services include architectural design, master planning, urban design, historic preservation, interior design, and tax credit consulting. The firm specializes in distinct project categories: historic courthouse restorations (having completed 27+ courthouse projects), religious institutions (cathedrals, churches), museums and cultural facilities, adaptive reuse projects (hotels, theaters, commercial buildings), and urban design/plazas. Services are delivered through their three Texas offices in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, with specialized expertise in federal and state historic preservation tax credit projects, LEED compliance, and Texas Historical Commission programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full architectural design services for new construction, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects, including design development, construction documents, and construction administration. Services span courthouses, churches, museums, hotels, civic buildings, and higher education facilities.
• Historic Preservation Services Specialized preservation services including historic structures reports, condition assessments, restoration planning, and compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Offered to governmental, institutional, and private clients across Texas.
• Master Planning Long-range campus and facility master planning services including programming, feasibility studies, and phased construction strategies. Delivered for courthouse portfolios, university campuses, parks systems, and downtown revitalization initiatives.
• Urban Design Services Urban design and landscape architecture services for parks, plazas, downtown revitalization, and large-scale civic master plans (e.g., the $2 billion City of Dallas Parks Plan).
• Historic Preservation Tax Credit Consulting Comprehensive consultation on federal and state historic preservation tax credit programs, including preparation of Part 1 (Evaluation of Significance), Part 2 (Description of Rehabilitation), and Part 3 (Request for Certification of Completed Work) documentation. Provided to private developers and institutional clients pursuing certified rehabilitation.
• Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District Funding Assistance Advisory and project management assistance in obtaining Tax Increment Finance (TIF) funding through complex city regulatory processes, including zoning, historic landmark approval, private license and abandonments, and building permits. Notable example: $8.9M TIF funding secured for The Joule Hotel project.
• LEED Compliance and Sustainability Integration Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) compliance consulting and integration of sustainable strategies — including high-efficiency HVAC systems, energy-efficient window retrofits, and sustainable materials — into historic preservation and new construction projects.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services including space planning, finishes selection, and furnishings design for restoration and new construction projects. Delivered for ecclesiastical, museum, hospitality, and institutional clients.
• Adaptive Reuse and Rehabilitation Design Architectural services for converting and rehabilitating historic buildings for new uses, including hotels, residential, commercial, mixed-use, and arts/cultural facilities. Combined with historic tax credit and TIF funding navigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Obtained over $70 million in funding for courthouse preservation clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

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

• SnøhettaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitexas worked as architect of record leading a team with numerous consultants to successfully realize Snøhetta's design for the UT Austin Blanton Museum of Art's 200,000 square foot campus revitalization, including fifteen petal-shaped shade canopy structures framing Ellsworth Kelly's Austin.
• White Rock Boathouse, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-profit organization for which Architexas provided master planning and adaptive-use services to design a rowing center at White Rock Lake using abandoned filter basins of a former water treatment plant.
• Greater Dallas Youth OrchestracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWon competition with Dallas Shakespeare Festival to adaptively use the 1912 Turtle Creek Pump Station as the Sammons Center for the Arts.
• Dallas Shakespeare FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWon competition with Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra to adaptively use the 1912 Turtle Creek Pump Station as the Sammons Center for the Arts.
• Tihany Design (New York City)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterior design partner for The Joule Hotel project, working with Architexas on the conversion of the historic Dallas National Bank Building while maintaining preservation standards required for certified rehabilitation tax credit.
• Hargreaves & AssociatescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitexas served as historic preservation consultant to Hargreaves & Associates on the Fair Park Comprehensive Development Plan addressing expansion and alteration goals of the museum community.
• Carter BurgesscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitexas prepared condition assessments as part of comprehensive facilities survey and master plan by Carter Burgess for City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department.
• Studio OutsideminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitexas assisted Studio Outside with master planning and design of architectural destinations within Garland Downtown Park.
• Mesa Design GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvided landscaping services for Grapevine Liberty Park Plaza project where Architexas provided architectural and urban design services.
• GFF ArchitectscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitexas partnered with GFF Architects on Factory Six03 historic rehabilitation project in Dallas West End Historic District for Granite Properties.
• Republic of PalauflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStanley O. Graves of Architexas was selected by the Republic of Palau and U.S. National Park Service to conduct condition assessment and provide preservation recommendations for six WWII fortified structures on Peleliu Battlefield, a National Historic Landmark.
• U.S. National Park ServiceflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Republic of Palau on Peleliu Battlefield preservation project; NPS selected Architexas for condition assessment and preservation recommendations for WWII structures.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Quinn Evans Architects: National historic preservation and adaptive reuse architecture firm with comparable expertise in Secretary of Interior Standards, federal/state tax credit projects, and cultural/institutional clients. Direct competitor for preservation commissions across multiple states.
• Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE): Engineering and architecture firm specializing in historic preservation, structural investigation, and restoration consulting. Comparable service mix on preservation-focused projects including courthouses, religious buildings, and adaptive reuse.
• Beyer Blinder Belle: NYC-based architecture firm with nationally recognized historic preservation practice spanning civic, religious, and adaptive reuse work. Comparable portfolio of award-winning preservation projects and institutional clients.
• Mills + Schnoering Architects: Historic preservation and conservation architecture firm (successor to John Milner Associates) with deep expertise in historic structures reports, preservation planning, and adaptive reuse — directly comparable niche to Architexas.

Emerging players

• Jablonski Building Conservation: Specialist preservation consulting firm providing historic structures reports, conservation planning, and preservation consulting to architects and owners. Adjacent player in the same historic preservation services ecosystem.
• EverGreene Architectural Arts: Decorative finishes and historic restoration specialist working on cathedrals, courthouses, and civic interiors. Comparable craft-level expertise on projects like the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe and Hill County Courthouse.
• John Canning & Co. Specialty decorative restoration and historic finishes contractor often engaged as a subconsultant or co-vendor alongside firms like Architexas on cathedral and courthouse interior restoration projects.

Regional players

• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm with strong Texas regional portfolio and notable preservation/adaptive reuse work alongside new construction. Competes for similar institutional and civic clients within Texas.
• Ford Powell Carson: San Antonio-based architecture firm with a comparable Texas institutional and preservation portfolio, including religious and civic work. Regional peer competing for similar government, university, and religious clients in Texas.

Broad incumbents

• Page (formerly PageSoutherlandPage): Large Texas-headquartered architecture/engineering firm with a broader portfolio but also delivers higher education, civic, and preservation projects in Texas. Competes for institutional clients across overlapping practice areas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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