DGM & Associates

What DGM & Associates does

DGM & Associés is a French architecture and urban planning firm founded in 1987 by Antoine Delaire and Véronique Mauer and headquartered at 74 rue Rivay, Levallois-Perret. The firm operates as a private partnership of 14 associates with 80 collaborators, delivering new construction, heavy restructuring, and masterplanning services across housing, offices, hotels, managed residences, public facilities, IGH (high-rise) buildings, and mixed-use developments. Its core technology stack consists of industry-standard CAD tools — Archicad and AutoCAD — supplemented by documented proficiency in French and European sustainability frameworks (HQE, BREEAM, RE 2020, NF Habitat HQE, BBCA, BIODIVERCITÉ) and specialized capabilities such as aquaponic farm integration in office buildings.

The firm serves three primary client segments: private property developers (e.g., BNP Paribas Immobilier, Pichet, Novaxia, Marignan, COGEDIM, Icade, Eiffage Immobilier, Emerige), municipalities and public entities (e.g., Ville de Levallois, OPH Puteaux), and hotel/managed-residence operators. Projects are secured through direct enterprise relationships and competitive public tenders, with disclosed engagements ranging from approximately 4.5M€ to 110M€ in construction value (e.g., the ECOWEST 62,000 m² office building for L'Oréal/BNP Paribas Immobilier at 110M€ and the Village des Rosiers Phase 2 at 100M€). Revenue is generated through architecture and design fees, typically calculated as a percentage of construction cost on multi-year project contracts, with no publicly disclosed pricing.

DGM ranks 19th in D'A Magazine's 2022 ranking of top French architecture firms (up from 25th in 2018) and operates across Île-de-France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur through offices in Levallois-Perret, Bordeaux, and Nice. The firm has cumulatively delivered or is progressing on more than 10,000 housing units and 200,000 m² of office space, and acts as urbanist on multiple ZAC (zone d'aménagement concerté) developments in the Greater Paris region.

Name

DGM & Associates

Legal name

DGM & Associés

Website

https://dgm-architectes.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DGM & Associés is a French architecture and urban planning firm founded in 1987, serving property developers, municipalities, and hotel operators with new-build, restructuring, and masterplanning services across housing, offices, IGH, and mixed-use projects from offices in Levallois-Perret, Bordeaux, and Nice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Levallois

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Fees: The firm generates revenue through architecture and design fees, typically calculated as a percentage of construction costs for projects ranging from individual buildings to major mixed-use developments and urban planning assignments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DGM & Associés is a B2B architecture and urban planning firm delivering new construction, heavy restructuring, and ecological design services across residential, commercial, public, hotel, and mixed-use developments. Founded in 1987, the firm provides end-to-end architectural services from concept through execution for property developers, municipalities, and institutional investors, primarily in the Paris region with recent expansion to Bordeaux and Nice. The firm specializes in large-scale mixed-use developments and ZAC (zone d'aménagement concerté) urban planning projects, supported by a team of 80 collaborators and 14 partners.

Product overview

DGM & Associés is an architecture and urban planning firm (not a software/technology company) offering a comprehensive range of architectural services. The firm's core offering consists of architecture and urban planning consultation services, supplemented by published portfolio books documenting their project work across eight categories: Bureaux (office buildings), Logements (residential housing), Résidences Services (managed residences), Hôtels (hotels), Équipements (public facilities), Commerces (commercial spaces), IGH (high-rise buildings), and Grands Projets (large-scale urban developments). The firm also offers specialized services such as aquaponic farm integration in building projects. Projects span new construction, heavy restructuring, and urban planning across the Paris metropolitan area and recently expanded to Bordeaux and Nice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Urban Planning Services Full-service architectural firm providing urban planning, new construction, heavy restructuring, and ecological transition services for property developers, municipalities, institutional investors, and hotel operators across residential, commercial, public, hotel, and mixed-use developments in the Paris region, Bordeaux, and Nice.
• Aquaponic Farm Integration Design Innovative building design service incorporating 2,000 m² aquaponic farms with rooftop greenhouses, fish farming facilities, and short-circuit produce distribution within commercial or office building projects, demonstrating advanced sustainable building techniques.
• Residential Development Architecture Architectural services for residential developments ranging from small apartment buildings to large-scale housing complexes with hundreds of units, including social housing integration, with over 10,000 housing units delivered or in progress.
• Office and Commercial Real Estate Architecture Architectural services for new construction, renovation, and conversion of office buildings and IGH (high-rise) commercial spaces, with over 200,000 m² of office space in construction or delivery and sustainable certifications (HQE, BREEAM, BBC).
• Urban Planning and ZAC Development Urban planner role on major Île-de-France development projects including ZAC des Docks (Saint-Ouen), ZAC porte de Saint-Ouen, ZAC Collange (Levallois), ZAC de la Marine (Colombes), and ZAC de l'arc sportif (Colombes), creating entire neighborhoods rather than individual buildings.
• Public Facility and Municipal Architecture Architectural services for public facilities including municipal buildings, schools, music conservatories, public parking structures, and community centers, with projects for clients such as Ville de Levallois and OPH Puteaux.
• Hotel and Managed Residence Architecture

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered over 10,000 housing units completed or in progress
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 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

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• B&B ArchitectescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with B&B Architectes on the ECOWEST project (62,000 m² office building for L'Oréal), a joint-development partnership in commercial real estate architecture
• V&GA (Vanessa & Guillaume Architecture)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerV&GA served as interior architect on the innovative aquaponic farm office building project in Paris 17/Levallois
• A. DERBESSE ArchitecteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated as associated architect on the Levallois music conservatory project (2008)

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wilmotte & Associés: Paris architecture firm founded by Jean-Michel Wilmotte in 1975, with a portfolio spanning offices, housing, cultural, and luxury retail projects. Comparable to DGM in French top-tier standing and segment breadth.
• Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés: Paris-based architecture firm focused on commercial, residential, and hotel projects. Comparable to DGM in Paris core market and project types including IGH and mixed-use developments.
• Architecture-Studio: Paris-based architecture firm founded in 1973 with international reach across housing, offices, and public buildings. Comparable top-tier French practice with similar scale and multi-segment portfolio to DGM.
• Groupe-6: Grenoble- and Paris-headquartered French architecture firm active in hospitals, education, urban planning, and mixed-use developments. Comparable to DGM in mixed public/private project mix and ZAC-scale urban planning.
• Valode & Pistre: Major French architecture firm led by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, recognized for large-scale mixed-use and IGH projects in Paris. Comparable to DGM on project scale and mixed-use urban developments.
• Arte Charpentier Architectes: Major French architecture firm founded in 1969, headquartered in Paris, active across mixed-use, office, and urban developments. Comparable to DGM in size, top-20 standing, and project types across French real estate.

Regional players

• L35 Arquitectos: Spanish-founded international architecture firm with offices across Europe and Latin America; comparable project portfolio in large-scale commercial and mixed-use developments, but operating primarily in different geographies from DGM.

Broad incumbents

• Kardham: French architecture and design-build group offering broader real estate services including architecture, interior design, engineering, and construction. Comparable to DGM but with wider service scope and integrated delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgm-architectes

Compliance20 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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