Haworth Tompkins

Name

Haworth Tompkins

Legal name

Haworth Tompkins Limited

Website

https://haworthtompkins.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Haworth Tompkins is a London-headquartered, employee-owned architectural studio delivering cultural, educational, residential, and heritage conservation projects across the UK and internationally for institutional and developer clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Residential Building Construction (2361), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Green / High-Performance Home Construction (Net-Zero, Passive House) (IMAFABAH), Residential Affordable Housing Development & Construction (IMAFABAI)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Theatre architecture design
• Heritage conservation services
• Urban masterplanning services
• Residential architecture services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 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: Haworth Tompkins generates revenue through professional architectural services including design, masterplanning, conservation, and project delivery across cultural, educational, residential, and commercial sectors. Projects range from small-scale renovations to major regeneration schemes valued at hundreds of millions of pounds.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Haworth Tompkins is a Stirling Prize-winning architectural studio that provides bespoke architectural design services across cultural, education, residential, workplace, and conservation sectors. The firm's work spans new-build, refurbishment, conservation, and large-scale urban regeneration projects, with particular specialisations in theatre and performance venue design, heritage retrofit, and mass timber construction.

Product overview

Haworth Tompkins is a Stirling Prize-winning architectural practice offering a comprehensive portfolio of architectural services. Their core offering centers on architectural design across multiple sectors including performing arts venues, education buildings, housing and residential developments, and heritage conservation. The practice operates through integrated services including sustainable design tools (HT Toolkit), carbon reduction planning, and B Corp impact reporting. Their work spans from new-build projects to major refurbishments and conservation of listed buildings, with recent notable projects including the De La Warr Pavilion renovation, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and various UK and international developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Bespoke architectural design services covering new-build, refurbishment, conservation, and regeneration projects for enterprise and public-sector clients.
• Performing Arts Venue Design Design of theatres, performance spaces, and arts venues for cultural clients, including new builds, refurbishments of historic theatres, and flexible/adaptable auditorium systems.
• Education Sector Architectural Design Architecture for universities, colleges, schools, and creative campus environments, including masterplanning, academic building design, and innovative learning space creation.
• Residential and Housing Design Design of residential and mixed-use developments including affordable housing, deck access schemes, large-scale residential regeneration, and estate masterplanning.
• Conservation and Heritage Architectural Services Specialist architectural conservation services for listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and heritage sites, balancing preservation with modern functional requirements.
• Urban Masterplanning and Regeneration Large-scale masterplanning for urban areas, brownfield regeneration, and district development, including multi-phase schemes such as York Central and Birmingham Smithfield.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 180 major design awards including RIBA Stirling Prize 2014
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Buro HappoldcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2025Engineering consultancy partnership for the £17 million De La Warr Pavilion renovation project. Buro Happold provides structural and building engineering expertise alongside Haworth Tompkins' architectural leadership.
• Price & MyerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2025Structural engineering consultancy for the De La Warr Pavilion project. Price & Myers provides structural engineering services as part of the project team.
• CharcoalbluecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2025Theatre and acoustics consultancy for the De La Warr Pavilion project. Charcoalblue brings specialist expertise in performance space design and acoustic engineering.
• HADLEY Property GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClient and development partner for 980 Great West Road masterplan in Brentford. HADLEY Property Group is the developer client for this major mixed-use regeneration project.
• BURO HAPPOLDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability and facade engineering partner for 980 Great West Road Plot M energy centre project. Provides specialist engineering services for sustainable building design.
• HLM ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBergen-based architecture firm collaborating on Sentralbadet project in Norway. Partnership with local architect for the repurposed city-centre municipal swimming pool project.
• Shawmut Design and ConstructionsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction partner for American Repertory Theater at Harvard University project. Shawmut is the general contractor delivering the mass timber construction project.
• Trafalgar Entertainment Group (TEG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and operator partner for Olympia Theatre project. TEG is operating the 1,575-seat lyric house as part of the Future Olympia Exhibition Centre Masterplan, with partnership with Shubert Organization.
• SPPARCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm leading the Future Olympia Exhibition Centre Masterplan. Haworth Tompkins is providing theatre design expertise as part of the masterplan team.
• Hetherwick StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture studio involved in the Future Olympia Exhibition Centre Masterplan alongside SPPARC. Collaborative design team for the major Kensington development.
• The TramperysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorkspace provider collaborating on Fish Island Village project. The Trampery operates creative workspace within the development, supporting the project's ecosystem of makers and creative businesses.
• DurkansupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilding contractor for Central Middlesex affordable housing project. Durkan is constructing the deck access buildings designed by Haworth Tompkins for Network Homes.
• Network HomescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHousing association client for multiple affordable housing projects including Central Middlesex and Greenhill Centre. Key public sector partnership for residential delivery.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM): London-headquartered AJ100 practice of comparable scale working across cultural, education, housing and commercial sectors with award-winning public-sector commissions. Both firms compete directly for the same UK institutional clients and RIBA award recognition.
• Allies and Morrison: Similar-sized London architecture studio with overlapping cultural, heritage, residential and masterplanning portfolios and a Stirling Prize win. Both firms target the same cultural and education client base and share a strong reputation for contextually-sensitive, material-led design.
• Caruso St John: Boutique UK practice renowned for cultural, heritage and residential work including Tate Modern and Newport Street Gallery. Comparable to Haworth Tompkins in scale, specialisation in arts venues and listed-building refurbishments, and Stirling Prize pedigree (2018 finalist).
• Mikhail Riches: RIBA Stirling Prize 2018-winning practice of similar headcount focused on housing, public realm and sustainability. Both firms compete head-to-head on affordable and social housing commissions for housing associations like Network Homes and have aligned sustainability narratives.
• Heatherwick Studio: London-based design studio with broadly comparable headcount working across cultural, education and public-realm projects internationally. Both firms win similar high-profile institutional clients and rely on award-winning creative reputation to differentiate.
• WilkinsonEyre: AJ100 UK architectural practice of similar scale with strong cultural, transport and infrastructure portfolios. Comparable in size, RIBA Stirling Prize pedigree (2001) and exposure to publicly-funded cultural commissions.
• Levitt Bernstein: London- and Manchester-based architecture practice of similar headcount with strong overlap in housing, heritage conservation and public sector work. Directly comparable in mission-led ownership culture, RIBA award pedigree and affordable housing portfolio focus.

Broad incumbents

• Grimshaw Architects: Larger, globally scaled UK-headquartered architecture firm operating across cultural, education, transport and masterplanning sectors. Broader incumbent that occasionally competes with Haworth Tompkins on large cultural and masterplanning commissions but at meaningfully greater scale and project value.
• Foster + Partners: One of the world's largest and most-awarded architecture practices, headquartered in London with deep cultural and heritage expertise. A broader incumbent competing for the same global cultural, masterplanning and education clients but operating at a fundamentally different scale and project value.
• Snøhetta: International architecture practice known for cultural, civic and masterplanning projects with an explicit sustainability agenda. Comparable in sustainable-design positioning and international reach across performing arts venues (e.g., Sentralbadet reference) but operating at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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