What Alliiance does

Alliiance is a full-service architecture and design firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 1970 as The Architectural Alliance and rebranded to Alliiance in 2025. The firm provides integrated architecture, interior design, master planning, and design-build services, working alongside external engineering and specialized consulting partners to deliver projects from feasibility studies and master planning through construction document preparation, construction administration, and post-occupancy evaluations. Services are delivered as project-based professional engagements under negotiated, quote-based pricing tied to scope and complexity.

Alliiance's client base is concentrated in four primary verticals: aviation/airports, higher education, government and civic, and corporate/commercial, with an additional science-and-technology use-case specialization. The aviation portfolio spans at least eleven named airports including Minneapolis-St. Paul International, Memphis International, Spokane International, Milwaukee Mitchell, Louisville Muhammad Ali, Clinton National, Springfield-Branson, Quad Cities, Barkley Regional, Lincoln, and Williston Basin International. Corporate and institutional clients include Ecolab, Medtronic, Xcel Energy, Calyxt, the Target Center, the University of Minnesota, Riverland Community College, Washington County, Hennepin County, MnDOT, and Mississippi Gateway Regional Park.

The firm generates revenue through project fees structured around full-lifecycle engagements and acquires work through enterprise field sales channels, including RFP responses, direct client relationships, and partnerships with engineering and consulting firms. Alliiance is privately held with no disclosed external investment, ranks #8 on the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's largest architecture firms list and #23 on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms airports list, and in 2025 received the AIA Minnesota Firm Award. It operates across the Midwest, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest, and Upper Midwest regions of the United States.

Name

Alliiance

Legal name

Alliiance

Website

https://alliiance.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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: Alliiance generates revenue through project-based professional services including feasibility studies, master planning, brand integration, design, construction document preparation, construction administration, and post-occupancy evaluations. Revenue is earned through project fees structured around the full project lifecycle from concept through completion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Alliiance is a full-service architecture and design firm providing integrated planning, architecture, and interior design services across the full project lifecycle—from feasibility studies and master planning through design, construction document preparation, construction administration, and post-occupancy evaluations. The firm partners with engineering and specialized consulting firms to deliver comprehensive services, with deep specialization in aviation/airport, higher education, government/civic, corporate/commercial, and science and technology facility design.

Product overview

Alliiance is a full-service architecture and design firm offering comprehensive design services. The firm provides integrated architecture, planning, and interior design services, working with engineering and specialized consulting partners to deliver projects ranging from feasibility studies through construction administration and post-occupancy evaluations. The firm's primary service offerings include aviation/airport design, science and technology facilities design, workplace design, higher education spaces, and parks and recreation projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects recognized with multiple industry awards including AIA Minnesota Firm Award, AIA Minneapolis Merit Awards, NAIOP Awards, Finance & Commerce Top Projects, ENR Best Project awards

Named customers25 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered notable and key.

• WSBnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliiance partnered with WSB on the Mississippi Gateway Regional Park project, working together for sustainable park design.
• Split Rock StudiosnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlliiance collaborated with Split Rock Studios on the Mississippi Gateway Regional Park project.
• Wolfe Architectural Group (WAG)keyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWolfe Architectural Group served as local architectural partner for Alliiance on the Spokane International Airport TREX Program.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Corgan: Corgan is a Dallas-based architecture firm widely recognized as one of the leading US aviation terminal designers. It is directly comparable to Alliiance in aviation specialization, project scale, and client mix (airports, corporate, education), making it the closest national specialty competitor.
• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a mid-sized integrated design practice serving healthcare, education, science, and civic clients. Its full-service model and segment mix closely mirror Alliiance's higher education and science & technology practices.
• SmithGroup: SmithGroup is a mid-sized integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm with comparable higher education, workplace, and science practices. It is a relevant peer on size, integrated delivery model, and segment mix.
• LEO A DALY: LEO A DALY is a full-service architecture, engineering, and planning firm with comparable size, federal/civic client base, and integrated service offering. It is a strong peer in terms of practice breadth and segment mix (aviation, government, healthcare, education).
• BWBR: BWBR (formerly Buetow & Associates) is a St. Paul-based architecture firm with deep higher education and healthcare practices in the upper Midwest. It is directly comparable to Alliiance on regional geography, segment focus (education, civic, healthcare), and practice size.
• Fentress Architects: Fentress is a Denver-based architecture firm renowned for airport terminal design (notably Denver International). It competes head-to-head with Alliiance for major aviation commissions and shares a similar full-service design-build practice model.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will is a global architecture firm with strong higher education, healthcare, and science & technology practices. It is comparable to Alliiance on integrated design services and segment overlap (education, science & tech, civic), though it operates at much larger scale.
• DLR Group: DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a national footprint in civic, education, sports, and workplace design. It overlaps meaningfully with Alliiance's higher education, civic, and corporate workplace practices at greater scale.
• HKS: HKS is a large global architecture practice with a top-ranked aviation studio and a portfolio spanning sports, healthcare, and civic projects. It is comparable to Alliiance as a broader incumbent that competes for the same large aviation and civic RFPs at greater scale.
• HOK: HOK is a global design, architecture, and engineering firm with deep aviation, education, and science & technology practices. It overlaps with Alliiance across most primary segments but operates at materially larger scale and global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/architectural-alliance
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• Facebookfacebook.com/alliiance-127264233985200

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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