Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

What Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. does

Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. is a Houston-based architecture firm founded in 1978 that specializes in providing Architect of Record (AOR) services in collaboration with world-renowned design firms. The firm operates as the technical execution partner on major architectural commissions, handling design documentation administration, consultant team coordination, and problem-solving throughout the project lifecycle — including on buildings where the design architect is an external premier firm such as Pickard Chilton, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Steven Holl Architects, or Skidmore Owings & Merrill. The firm has delivered more than 130 major architectural projects spanning high-rise office towers, corporate campuses and headquarters, cultural institutions, higher education facilities, laboratories, sports arenas, and mixed-use developments for enterprise clients including Meta, Salesforce, Comcast, ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil, Dominion Energy, Northwestern Mutual, American Airlines, CalPERS, Cornell University, Rice University, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The firm's service offering is built around two pillars: (1) core Architect of Record services focused on technical documentation production and design team management, and (2) an Interiors practice led by Principal Megan Ebert that provides space planning, material/furniture selection, design development, and construction administration for corporate, hospitality, cultural, and renovation projects. Pricing is project-based and quote-driven, with no publicly disclosed fee schedule. The firm has no patents, no proprietary technology platform, and no AI/ML capabilities documented; its differentiator is the cumulative design-judgment reputation earned through decades of award-winning execution across complex, large-scale commissions.

Kendall/Heaton is privately held with no disclosed parent company, institutional investor, or external funding. It operates from a single headquarters in Houston and pursues projects nationally (in 30+ U.S. cities including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta, and Philadelphia) and selectively internationally (Calgary, Mexico City, Barcelona). The firm's senior leadership comprises 16 Principals, and business development runs primarily through direct enterprise client engagement and the website portfolio, supplemented by industry awards and earned media recognition (AIA Honor Awards, Architizer A+, ULI Awards of Excellence, and numerous regional and specialty awards spanning 2005-2025).

Name

Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

Legal name

Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc.

Website

https://kendall-heaton.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Kendall/Heaton Associates is a Houston-based architecture firm founded in 1978 that provides Architect of Record services on large-scale corporate, cultural, higher education, and sports projects for enterprise clients, collaborating with world-renowned external design architects on technical documentation and project execution.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Architect of record
• Design documentation
• Corporate headquarters design
• Interior architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Kendall/Heaton Associates is an architecture firm providing Architect of Record services in collaboration with premier design firms. The practice offers design team management, administration and production of design documentation, facilitation with Design Architects and consultant teams, and problem-solving throughout the project lifecycle across high-rise, corporate headquarters, museums, performing arts, higher education, laboratory, sports venues, and mixed-use developments. A complementary Interiors practice delivers interior architecture services including programming, space planning, material and furniture selection, and construction administration.

Product overview

Kendall/Heaton Associates, Inc. is an architecture firm operating as a single unified service offering: Architect of Record services. The firm specializes in collaborating with world-renowned design architects to manage design teams and provide technical expertise throughout the production cycle of designing and building projects. Their work spans high-rise buildings, office, corporate headquarters, museums, performing arts, higher education, laboratory, sports venues, and mixed-use developments. The Interiors practice is a valuable resource within the base building architecture practice, providing comprehensive interior design services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architect of Record Services Core architectural services delivered in collaboration with premier design firms, providing design team management and technical acumen. Includes administration and production of design documentation, facilitating and collaborating with Design Architects and consultant teams, and problem-solving throughout the project lifecycle for high-rise buildings, corporate headquarters, museums, performing arts venues, higher education facilities, laboratories, sports venues, and mixed-use developments. Targeted at enterprise owners, developers, institutions, and design firm partners.
• Interior Architecture Services Complete architectural design services delivered by the firm's Interiors practice, covering programming, space planning, material and furniture selection, design development, budget development, construction documentation, and administration. Project types include building amenities, conference centers, corporate offices, fitness centers, law offices, lobby renovations, museums, renovations, and restaurants. Serves enterprise and institutional clients as a complement to the base building architecture practice.

Named customers23 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

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Pickard Chilton: Premier architecture firm specializing in design for large-scale corporate, institutional, and high-rise projects; directly comparable as Kendall/Heaton has served as Architect of Record on multiple Pickard Chilton-designed projects (e.g., Devon Energy, Northwestern Mutual), making them both a peer and a frequent design partner.
• Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF): Architecture practice specializing in supertall towers, Class A office buildings, and corporate campuses; comparable in project type (high-rise corporate) and tier (premium design often paired with external Architect of Record support, including on Kendall/Heaton-tracked projects).
• Robert A.M. Stern Architects: Premier design firm for residential towers, educational, and cultural buildings; directly comparable as a named design partner (e.g., Camden Yards, PennFIRST projects) and frequent Kendall/Heaton AOR collaborator on high-end institutional and residential work.
• Olson Kundig: Renowned design firm known for cultural, residential, and hospitality architecture; a named Kendall/Heaton design partner with highly comparable project profile (museum, cultural, mixed-use) on which Kendall/Heaton serves as AOR.
• Page (Page Southerland Page): Texas-based architecture, engineering, and interiors firm with comparable cultural, higher-education, and civic portfolio; operates in the same Houston/Texas market as Kendall/Heaton and competes for similar AOR and integrated design commissions.
• SHoP Architects: Design-led practice active in large-scale commercial and cultural architecture with a model that often pairs with technical AOR partners; directly comparable to Kendall/Heaton in project types (high-rise commercial towers, mixed-use development).

Broad incumbents

• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Global architecture, engineering, and planning firm with a large footprint in corporate headquarters and tall buildings; comparable high-rise and corporate project types to Kendall/Heaton, but operates at much greater scale and scope as a fully integrated design-and-engineering practice.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with a substantial corporate interiors and headquarters practice; overlapping client types (Fortune 500 corporate headquarters) with Kendall/Heaton, but offers integrated interiors and design-build at much larger scale.
• HOK: Global architecture, design, and engineering firm with strong corporate, healthcare, education, and sports practices; directly comparable project sectors to Kendall/Heaton (corporate headquarters, education, cultural, sports venues), but at significantly larger firm-wide scale.
• HKS Architects: Major U.S. architecture firm with strong healthcare, sports, and corporate practices; comparable project categories (headquarters and arena work) to Kendall/Heaton but operates at significantly broader scale and volume.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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