Name

Gilbert Architects

Legal name

Gilbert Architects

Website

https://gilbertarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Facility Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

Keywords

• Educational facility design
• K-12 architecture services
• Permanent modular construction
• School feasibility studies
• Sustainable school design

Headquarters

HQ city

Lancaster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services for new school construction, renovations, additions, and modernization projects for K-12 and higher education institutions. Revenue is generated through design fees, project management, and construction administration services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Gilbert Architects is an architectural services firm that designs K-12 and higher education facilities, offering Facility and Feasibility Studies, Architectural Design, Permanent Off-Site (modular) Construction, Sustainable Architecture Design with LEED certification, Interior Design, and Construction Contract Administration. The firm serves public school districts in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, using BIM/Revit and a proprietary Permanent Off-Site Construction methodology that allows a substantial portion of the building to be fabricated in a factory while site work proceeds in parallel, shortening schedules and reducing on-site disruption to operating schools.

Product overview

Gilbert Architects is an architectural services firm specializing exclusively in educational facility design. Their service portfolio comprises six core offerings: Facility and Feasibility Studies (preliminary planning and analysis), Architectural Design (comprehensive building design for educational environments), Permanent Off-Site Construction (modular/prefabricated construction delivery), Sustainable Architecture Design (LEED-certified green building), Interior Design, and Construction Contract Administration. These services work together as an integrated design-build offering, guiding educational institutions from initial feasibility assessment through construction completion, with a particular emphasis on K-12 schools and higher education facilities across Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Facility and Feasibility Studies Preliminary analysis services that lay the foundation for informed decisions and optimal outcomes on K-12 and higher education facility projects, including demographic and enrollment analysis and educational specification development for school districts.
• Architectural Design Educational environment design services with careful attention to both form and function, creating spaces that inspire while remaining functional for teaching and learning. Documentation produced via Building Information Modeling (BIM) on the Revit platform for school districts and higher education institutions.
• Permanent Off-Site Construction Modular construction methodology delivering custom-designed educational facilities with speed and precision, using precision manufacturing in controlled factory environments while site work progresses simultaneously; approximately 67% of a typical school building can be constructed via this approach for K-12 districts.
• Sustainable Architecture Design High-performance building design that reduces operational costs and supports a positive environmental impact, incorporating LEED certification strategies and energy-efficient systems for K-12 and higher education clients; portfolio includes LEED Silver and LEED Gold certified schools.
• Interior Design Interior design services that thoughtfully balance function, comfort, and aesthetics to create inspiring educational environments that perform well for students and staff of K-12 schools and higher education institutions.
• Construction Contract Administration Construction oversight services that protect client investments by ensuring the built reality matches the design vision down to the last detail, delivered by contract administrators on K-12 and higher education projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 260+ major educational facility projects completed representing $3.2B+ in construction value
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Garmann MillerflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2023In July 2023, Gilbert Architects was acquired by Garmann Miller, a leading K-12 education design firm based in Ohio with four office locations (Minster, Columbus, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne). The acquisition expanded combined resources to over 100 design, planning and construction professionals serving Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Gilbert Architects maintains its brand identity and local leadership while benefiting from expanded resources and expertise.
• Access Engineering SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Civil engineering firm partnered with Garmann Miller to provide fully integrated, end-to-end solutions. Access Engineering brings infrastructure expertise to expand service capabilities for clients, enabling comprehensive design services across civil, structural, and architectural disciplines.
• Whiting-Turner Contracting CompanycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGilbert Architects was selected as part of Whiting-Turner's design-build team for The Center for Well-Being project at UMBC, leveraging Gilbert's extensive experience with permanent off-site construction methodology within the design-build delivery framework.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a national architecture, engineering, and planning firm with an active K-12 education practice; it competes on larger and more complex educational facility projects while serving multiple verticals.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global design and engineering consultancy that absorbed SHW Group; it competes in educational architecture as part of a much broader infrastructure and buildings portfolio, giving it incumbent scale advantages on large multi-state district programs.
• LPA Design Studios: LPA is a large integrated design firm with a significant K-12 and higher education practice in California and Texas; it competes for major educational facility commissions but operates at a broader geographic and multi-sector scale than Gilbert.
• DLR Group: DLR Group is a large, multi-discipline architecture and engineering firm with a substantial K-12 and higher education practice; it competes in the same educational design space but offers a broader portfolio spanning civic, healthcare, and commercial work.

Direct peers

• SHW Group (now part of Stantec): SHW Group was a leading K-12 educational architecture firm acquired by Stantec; both share an exclusive focus on learning environment design and serve public school districts across multiple US states, making it the closest direct peer to Gilbert Architects.
• Legat Architects: Legat Architects is a Midwest-based firm with a deep K-12 and higher education practice, providing planning, design, and construction administration services similar to Gilbert's — comparable by vertical focus, client base, and project delivery model.
• FGM Architects: FGM Architects is an Oak Brook, Illinois-based firm with a long-standing exclusive focus on K-12 and higher education facility design, delivering comparable architectural services, feasibility studies, and construction administration to public school districts — directly competitive with Gilbert's service portfolio.
• TMP Architecture, Inc. TMP Architecture is an Indiana-based educational design firm with decades of K-12 specialization and a regional office footprint that overlaps with Garmann Miller's Midwest operations; it competes directly for the same school district RFPs.
• WLC Architects: WLC Architects is an Illinois-based firm with a strong educational facilities practice serving public school districts in the Midwest, offering similar architectural planning, design, and bond-referendum support services as Gilbert Architects.

Emerging players

• Fielding International: Fielding International is an educational facility design consultancy focused on innovative learning environments; it overlaps with Gilbert's Whole Student Design Approach and CPTED methodologies but is more research-and-consulting oriented than full-service architecture.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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