Klein

What Klein does

Klein (legal name Klein Architects) is a privately held architecture and design practice founded in 1991 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with additional offices in Christchurch, Hawke's Bay, and Cambridge. The firm is described as the largest dedicated healthcare design and advisory practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, operating with approximately 30 practitioners delivering services exclusively to the healthcare sector.

The firm's core offerings span an integrated end-to-end service portfolio: site masterplanning and business case development, architectural design and documentation, clinical health planning and advisory (delivered independently or alongside architectural services), specialist health design (covering mental health, imaging, laboratories, and palliative care), and interior and spatial design. Its differentiators include evidence-based, salutogenic, and biophilic design principles, Te Ao Māori integration through consultation and co-design with cultural partners, in-house Green Star sustainability credentials, and proprietary clinical planning expertise. The firm is not a software company and has no AI/ML capability disclosed in the available data.

Klein generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, typically secured via direct enterprise engagement, RFP processes, and referrals within the New Zealand healthcare sector. Customers include Te Whatu Ora (formerly District Health Boards) and other public health authorities, private hospital operators (Allevia, Ormiston/Southern Cross, Evolution Healthcare, Intra), specialist providers (Auckland Radiology Group, Harbour Hospice, Omni Health), and aged care operators (Northbridge Lifecare Trust). Marketing is limited to a professional website, LinkedIn and Instagram presence, industry awards, and senior leadership participation on the New Zealand Health Design Council. The firm has no disclosed revenue, no external funding, no parent company, and no international footprint beyond New Zealand.

Name

Klein

Legal name

Klein Architects

Website

https://klein.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Klein is a New Zealand-based architecture and design firm specializing exclusively in healthcare facilities. Founded in 1991 with ~30 practitioners across four offices, it serves public health authorities, private hospital operators, and aged care providers with masterplanning, clinical planning, architectural, and interior design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture
• Clinical health planning
• Specialist health design
• Interior spatial design
• Masterplanning advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices4 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: Design and documentation services for new buildings, extensions or refurbishment of healthcare facilities. Revenue generated through project-based fees for architecture, interiors, and specialist health design services.
2. Health Planning and Advisory: Clinical briefing, functional brief development, schedules of accommodation, business case support, and health advisory services. Can be delivered independently from architectural services.
3. Site Masterplanning and Business Case Development: Masterplanning and business case development services supporting organizations in navigating complex issues to arrive at future-proofed solutions, providing top-end analysis and benchmarking against best practices.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Klein Architects is a dedicated healthcare design and advisory practice providing an integrated portfolio of services including site masterplanning and business case development, architecture, clinical health planning and advisory, specialist health design, and interior and spatial design. Founded in 1991, the firm delivers end-to-end services from business case development through construction documentation, focused exclusively on healthcare, health science and research, wellbeing, aged care, and retirement environments across public and private sectors in New Zealand.

Product overview

Klein is a dedicated healthcare design and advisory practice offering an integrated portfolio of services including site masterplanning and business case development, architecture, clinical health planning and advisory, specialist health design, and interior and spatial design. Founded in 1991, the firm provides end-to-end services from business case development through to construction documentation and delivery, focused exclusively on healthcare, health science and research, wellbeing, aged care, and retirement environments. The company's specialist expertise spans mental health, laboratory, complex radiology, and various healthcare facility types across public and private sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Masterplanning & Business Case Masterplanning and business case development services that support organisations with future-proofed solutions, providing top-end analysis and benchmarking against local and international best practice for healthcare environments.
• Architecture Design and documentation services for new buildings, extensions or refurbishment to existing buildings, delivering site-responsive and innovative solutions for healthcare environments.
• Clinical Health Planning & Advisory Clinical functional requirements development alongside clients, including workshop facilitation, clinical briefing, functional briefs, schedules of accommodation, and business case support; can be delivered independently from architectural services.
• Specialist Health Design Specialist expertise in complex healthcare environments including radiation oncology, cancer centres, radiology, mental health, and palliative care (hospice) facilities, applying evidence-based design and salutogenic and biophilic design principles.
• Interior & Spatial Interior design and documentation services for new or refurbished internal environments, including health and wellbeing spatial planning, fitout design, joinery, artwork and graphics packages, and interior planting concepts.

Quantifiable outcome

• First Green Star-rated mental health units in New Zealand (Hillmorton Hospital)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered major, flagship, minor and core.

• Paterson Architecture CollectivemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Interior design collaboration for Intra North Harbour angiography suite project. Klein served as architect while Paterson Architecture Collective provided interior design.
• JasmaxflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Architecture firm partnership for Burwood Hospital Redevelopment, the largest and most complex health building project in New Zealand's history. Klein led master planning and concept design with responsibility for clinical fit-out including health planning and interior architecture.
• Sheppard & RoutflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Architecture firm partnership for Burwood Hospital Redevelopment in association with Jasmax and Klein.
• Wilson and HillmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Base build architects for Forté Health project - first significant new building completed in Christchurch red zone following 2011 earthquake. Klein completed specialist interior fit out and design.
• Matakohe Architecture + UrbanismminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural capability partner working with Klein on projects to integrate cultural design elements, particularly for mahi toi integration in healthcare environments.
• New Zealand Health Design CouncilcoreOthersNetwork of professionals dedicated to advancing quality in the design, planning and management of New Zealand's health facility infrastructure. Klein's Managing Director Rachael Rush serves as Chair. NZHDC meets monthly to discuss topical issues.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Warren and Mahoney: Largest New Zealand-headquartered architecture firm with a significant healthcare practice (Christchurch Hospital, Hospital Redevelopments). Most direct comparable: same NZ geography, competing for the same government and private health projects, and of substantially larger scale.
• Architectus: Trans-Tasman architecture firm with a well-known healthcare and aged care practice, with offices in New Zealand and Australia. Directly comparable on sector focus, project types, and design-led approach to health and aged care environments.
• Jasmax: Aotearoa New Zealand architecture firm (and Klein's partner on Burwood Hospital) with healthcare, education, and civic design capabilities. Direct competitor on NZ public hospital and complex health projects and a frequent consortium partner.
• Athfield Architects: New Zealand architecture practice with a healthcare portfolio including hospital and clinical facility projects. Competes for premium NZ public healthcare commissions and shares a design-led, research-grounded approach.

Broad incumbents

• HKS Architects: Global architecture practice with a flagship healthcare design studio. Provides a benchmark for what a scaled, sector-dedicated healthcare architecture firm looks like — relevant for understanding Klein's scaling ceiling and competitive dynamics.
• HDR Architecture: Large global design firm with a deep healthcare architecture practice and integrated planning services similar to Klein's clinical health planning offering. Peer on bundled design+planning model and on mental health / acute hospital projects.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm combining architecture, planning, and advisory work for healthcare clients. Comparable on evidence-based design methodology and bundled advisory+design services.
• Stantec (formerly Cadence Architecture, NZ): Global design and engineering firm with extensive NZ architecture operations and significant healthcare project work (e.g., Christchurch Hospital). Competes for the same NZ public hospital commissions with a much larger resource base.
• BECA Group (Architecture): Large New Zealand-headquartered engineering and architecture consultancy with healthcare design work. Peer on integrated multi-disciplinary delivery for hospital and health infrastructure projects.

Emerging players

• Matakohe Architecture + Urbanism: New Zealand architecture practice specializing in cultural and indigenous-led design, including mahi toi in healthcare settings. Cultural-design partner to Klein and adjacent emerging player in the same healthcare-cultural design niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInnz.linkedin.com/company/kleinarchitects
• Instagraminstagram.com/kleinarchitects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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