Eskew Dumez Ripple

What Eskew Dumez Ripple does

Eskew Dumez Ripple (EDR) is a privately held architecture, interior design, and planning firm founded in 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The firm provides comprehensive design services — including architecture, interior design, urban planning, and integrated sustainability and building-performance consulting — to institutional and commercial clients across the United States. EDR is organized around three studios (New Orleans headquarters, Washington DC, and Salt Lake City) and serves primary verticals in higher education (LSU, Georgia Tech, Loyola University, Thaden School), government and public sector (JEDCO, Audubon Nature Institute, City of New Orleans), commercial real estate (Stirling Properties, RNGD, Kent Design Build), and hospitality (BRG Hospitality). The firm operates a long-running annual Research Fellowship Program and sustains a dedicated Director of Sustainability and Building Performance function that drives post-occupancy engagement, embodied carbon analysis, and WELL/Just Label certification work. Notable intellectual property includes the Timber Tool, Better Materials Toolkit, embodied carbon Dynamo scripts, and VR visualization workflows, alongside proprietary post-occupancy monitoring methodologies used since 2006.

EDR's business model is project-based professional services. Fees are negotiated per engagement based on scope, complexity, and construction value, with typical project construction values ranging from approximately $1M to $100M+. Revenue is generated through direct enterprise relationships, RFP processes, and design competitions — secured largely on the strength of portfolio, peer recognition, and prior institutional relationships. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales, anchored by repeat clients and brand reputation built through more than 25 years of practice. The firm holds no external venture or private equity capital, maintains no disclosed subsidiaries, and is governed by Managing Principal Christian Rodriguez following a generational leadership transition that concluded with founder Mark Ripple's retirement in 2022.

Name

Eskew Dumez Ripple

Legal name

Eskew Dumez Ripple

Website

https://eskewdumezripple.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Eskew Dumez Ripple is a privately held architecture, interior design, and planning firm founded in 1989, serving higher education, government, commercial, and hospitality clients across three U.S. studios with a focus on sustainable, research-driven design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research (BPAHALAL)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design
• Urban planning
• Sustainable architecture
• Building performance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

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. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional fees for architectural design, interior design, and urban planning services. Revenue generated through direct engagement with institutional and commercial clients on new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse projects. Typical engagements range from $1M to $100M+ in construction value.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Eskew Dumez Ripple is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm delivering integrated design services for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse projects. The firm serves institutional and commercial clients including universities, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private developers on projects ranging from $1M to $100M+ in construction value. Service offerings encompass architecture, interior design, urban planning, sustainability consulting, embodied carbon analysis, and post-occupancy performance monitoring.

Product overview

EskewDumezRipple is an architecture, interior design, and planning firm offering comprehensive design services across educational, civic, residential, commercial, and hospitality sectors. The firm's portfolio includes major projects such as the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize-winning Thaden School Master Plan, the 195,000 SF New Library at LSU, the RNGD Headquarters adaptive reuse, the JEDCO Food and Beverage Incubator, and the WELL Platinum-certified New Orleans Studio. The firm operates Research and Innovation and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion programs alongside its core design services. Projects range from 6,500 SF buildings to 6.3-acre parks, spanning completion dates from 2010 to 2029.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Thaden School Master Plan
• New Library at Louisiana State University
• RNGD Headquarters
• JEDCO Food and Beverage Incubator
• EskewDumezRipple New Studio
• Uptown Hall at Loyola University New Orleans
• Scheller and George Towers at Georgia Institute of Technology
• Feliciana and Paradise
• River Chase II
• Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park
• Burden Museum & Gardens Welcome Center
• L.B. Landry High School
• Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center
• 930 Poydras Residential Tower
• Research Fellowship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-36% annual energy savings on LSU Library project
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Coleman Partners ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2029Joint venture partner with EskewDumezRipple as Architect for New Library at LSU. Joint venture delivering approximately 195,000 SF library on LSU south campus.
• Perkins&WillcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2029Library Planning and Design consultant for LSU Library project. Provides specialized library planning expertise alongside EskewDumezRipple and Coleman Partners joint venture.
• Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio (RJTR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Architect of Record for Scheller and George Towers at Georgia Tech. Collaboration on 416,500 SF high-rise research building in Midtown Atlanta with two towers (14-story and 18-story).
• Hargreaves JonescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Lead Landscape Architect for Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park. Part of Reinventing the Crescent master plan team transforming New Orleans riverfront from industrial to public space.
• Audubon Nature InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Client and project partner for Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park. Audubon Nature Institute's Riverfront for All initiative includes this approximately $30M second phase park project.
• BRG HospitalitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Client for Feliciana and Paradise hospitality project in Covington, LA. EskewDumezRipple designed connected French bistro and cocktail lounge spaces (12,650 SF total) for BRG Hospitality.
• Mayer Building CompanyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2026Contractor for EskewDumezRipple's New Studio construction project at 400 Lafayette Street.
• RNGD, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Contractor and Pre-Fabrication Services for RNGD Headquarters adaptive reuse project. Novel design-build partnership enabling real-time collaboration and prefabricated construction reducing timeline, emissions, and waste.
• Stirling PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Developer client for River Chase II (49,720 SF multi-tenant office in Covington, LA). EskewDumezRipple provided architecture and interior design for Stirling Properties' office space within the building.
• Kent Design BuildcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Design-build contractor and tenant client for River Chase II. EskewDumezRipple designed Kent Design Build's workplace interior as part of the 49,720 SF multi-tenant office project.
• Marlon Blackwell ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Associate Architect for Thaden School Master Plan in Bentonville, AR. Collaboration on 26-acre master plan completed 2016 that won Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Cycle 5.
• AndropogoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Landscape Architect for Thaden School Master Plan. Collaboration on 26-acre campus integrating landscape with architecture and connecting students to land and community.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with comparable higher education and civic portfolio. Directly collaborated with EskewDumezRipple as library planning consultant on the LSU Library JV, evidencing direct overlap in institutional client work and design excellence positioning.
• Lake|Flato Architects: Mid-sized sustainability-focused architecture firm of comparable size and regional profile. Shares EskewDumezRipple's emphasis on climate-responsive design, embodied carbon research, and award-winning higher education and civic work.
• Marlon Blackwell Architects: Boutique architecture firm that collaborated as Associate Architect on the MCHAP-winning Thaden School Master Plan. Closely comparable in size, sustainability focus, and design-led practice model.
• BNIM: Mid-sized architecture and planning firm with deep sustainability and high-performance building credentials. Directly comparable on embodied carbon research, post-occupancy engagement, and higher education/civic project mix.
• KieranTimberlake: Research-driven architecture firm of similar size with comparable investment in proprietary tools, materials research, and high-performance building analytics. Direct peer on evidence-based design and academic client base.
• Sasaki: Planning and design firm with strong urban strategies, master planning, and waterfront/civic portfolio comparable to EskewDumezRipple's Reinventing the Crescent-style work and Thaden School master planning.

Broad incumbents

• HOK: Large global architecture and engineering firm competing for the same university, civic, and commercial clients. Direct overlap on higher education research buildings and large-scale institutional commissions.
• NBBJ: Large architecture firm with significant higher education and healthcare portfolios. Competes for the same institutional mega-projects (e.g., Georgia Tech-scale research buildings) as EskewDumezRipple.
• SmithGroup: Established US architecture and engineering firm with comparable higher education, civic, and waterfront planning practices. Overlaps with EskewDumezRipple on university and government project work.

Emerging players

• EwingCole: Mid-Atlantic architecture and engineering firm with comparable higher education and civic project mix. Operates at a similar scale to EskewDumezRipple with overlapping institutional client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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