What Mapos does

Mapos Architects, DPC is a New York-based architectural and interior design firm founded in 2008 by principals Colin Brice and Caleb Mulvena. The firm delivers full-service architectural design, interior design, branding, fixture design, and masterplanning across six vertical segments: developments, hotels and spas, offices, retail, restaurants and bars, and private residences. Operations are run from a single headquarters at 2 East Broadway in lower Manhattan, with work delivered in-house by a deliberately small, "tight-knit" staff using standard design platforms including REVIT/BIM, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, V-Ray, and Adobe Creative Suite. The firm anchors its delivery model on an "Integrated Design Process" that combines material research, sustainable design strategy, cultural insights, and construction expertise, with demonstrated capability in adaptive reuse and LEED-certified work (including the first LEED Platinum retail project in New York State).

The firm operates as a project-based professional services business, with revenue generated through fixed-fee or cost-plus design engagements acquired primarily via direct enterprise sales, competitive RFPs, referrals, and long-term client relationships. The GTM motion is enterprise-oriented, with logos spanning global consumer brands (Fresh/LVMH, Clinique, Innisfree, Fila, Asics, Caudalie, Citizen Watch), hospitality operators (Hotel Shocard, The Maker, iStar), corporate occupiers (LivePerson, Hospital for Special Surgery, Saje Natural Wellness, Vorea Group), and restaurateurs (James Mallios restaurants, Mast Brothers, 'Wichcraft). Multiple repeat-client relationships (LivePerson across multiple phases and geographies; Caudalie across HQ and spa/retail; James Mallios across Amali, Sopra, and Calissa; Fresh/LVMH global rollout) indicate durable account stickiness at the project level rather than recurring SaaS-style contracts. Geographic footprint is concentrated in the US but extends internationally to Canada, Hong Kong, South Korea, and the UK.

Mapos is entirely founder-owned with no disclosed institutional investment, M&A activity, or external funding rounds. The firm has launched a sister real estate development company, Topos Development, which represents a structural move from fee-based design services into development economics. Awards and editorial recognition across Architectural Digest, Dezeen, Wall Street Journal, Architizer, VMSD, and Gold Key serve as the primary top-of-funnel acquisition channel in lieu of a formal sales or marketing organization.

Name

Mapos

Legal name

Mapos Architects, DPC

Website

https://studiomapos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mapos Architects is a New York-based architecture and design firm founded in 2008 by Colin Brice and Caleb Mulvena, delivering full-service architectural, interior, and masterplanning services for enterprise retail, hospitality, healthcare, office, restaurant, and residential clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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. Architectural and Design Services: Mapos generates revenue through full-service architectural design, interior design, branding, and masterplanning engagements. Revenue is project-based, typically fixed-fee or cost-plus arrangements for residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, and mixed-use projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mapos is a New York-based architecture and design studio providing full-service architectural design, interior design, custom fixture design, branding/3D brand experience, integrative design, and masterplanning services. Projects span hotels, spas, offices, retail stores, restaurants, mixed-use developments, and private residences for enterprise clients, developers, hospitality groups, and individuals. The firm applies an Integrated Design Process combining material research, sustainable design strategies, cultural insights, and construction expertise.

Product overview

Mapos is a globally recognized architecture and design studio offering a unified suite of professional services rather than a software product platform. Their core offerings include Full-Service Architectural Design & Interiors (covering developments, hotels and wellness, offices, retail, bars/restaurants, and homes), Fixture Design (custom fixtures, lighting, and furniture), 3D Brand Experience (brand development, art integration, pop-up events, environmental graphics), Integrative Design (collaboration sessions, sustainability strategies, space planning), and Masterplanning (urban design, community design). The firm specializes in sustainable modern architecture with an Integrated Design Process approach, serving diverse clients from private homeowners to global brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Topos Development: Sister real estate development company launched by Mapos, producing the South Hill Development project in the Hudson Valley.

Products and services

• Full-Service Architectural Design & Interiors

Quantifiable outcome

• LEED Platinum Certification achieved for Green Depot Flagship — first in New York State, second in the country
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AB ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMapos and AB Architekten paired as co-designers for the FAB Master Vision project in Brooklyn, NY. The partnership combined Mapos' design expertise with AB Architekten's capabilities to create a master vision for seven neighborhoods along the Fulton Street corridor in Brooklyn.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rockwell Group: NYC-based architecture and design studio led by David Rockwell; serves the same hospitality, restaurant, retail and entertainment clients with similar scope and brand-tier clients. Highly comparable in vertical mix, geographic base and design-led positioning.
• Roman and Williams: NYC-based architecture and interior design firm with deep practices in hotels, restaurants and high-end residential — directly overlapping Mapos's hospitality and residential verticals. Comparable boutique scale, NYC HQ and award-winning portfolio.
• Meyer Davis Studio: NYC boutique architecture and interiors studio specializing in hospitality, restaurants, retail and residential — same client base and project mix as Mapos. Highly comparable in scale, vertical diversification and design aesthetic.
• AvroKO: Design firm with strong restaurant and hospitality portfolio (including projects in NYC); competes directly with Mapos for chef-driven restaurant and boutique hotel commissions. Closest peer for F&B and hospitality design-led work.
• CetraRuddy: NYC architecture firm with mixed-use developments, residential and adaptive reuse practice. Comparable on the masterplanning and mixed-use development side of Mapos's business.
• Studio Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto- and NYC-based interior design and architecture firm with global hospitality, retail and residential clients (e.g., Four Seasons, Lane Crawford). Direct competitor for the same global-brand retail rollout work Mapos does.
• Tsao & McKown: NYC-based architecture and interiors studio with retail, hospitality and exhibition work. Overlaps Mapos on global brand retail environments and cultural/brand experience projects.

Others

• Two-N: Award-winning data design studio that Mapos brought in as a collaborator on the HSS CAMP project. Adjacent rather than competing — illustrates the kind of specialty firm Mapos partners with rather than competes against for data-driven workspace work.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm, with significant retail, hospitality and workplace practices. Competes for the enterprise client pool Mapos serves, but at much greater scale and with global delivery offices.
• Snøhetta: Global architecture, landscape and brand-design practice. Comparable on masterplanning, hospitality and cultural/commercial projects, but operates at much larger scale and with multi-region offices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/studiomapos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mapos-llc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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