Chabanne

What Chabanne does

Chabanne is a French architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Lyon, founded in 1969 by Jean Chabanne and currently led by his son Nicolas Chabanne as President. The firm operates as an integrated practice combining 70 specialist architects with a separate engineering arm, Chabanne Ingénierie (created in 1981), totaling 50+ engineers and technicians. Across both entities, Chabanne runs 130 experts in more than 10 disciplines, including architecture, interior architecture, structural engineering, MEP/fluids, landscape design, quantity surveying, energy and environmental engineering, façade consulting, BIM management, and 3D visualization, with offices in Lyon, Paris, Marseille, and Saint-Étienne.

The firm's core technology is integrated multidisciplinary design coordinated through BIM and reinforced by an in-house Construction Bas Carbone working group of around 30 architects and engineers focused on low-carbon, biosourced, and bioclimatic design. Its service portfolio spans four primary sectors — sport-culture (arenas, aquatic centers, ice rinks, velodromes, sports halls), healthcare (MCO hospitals, post-acute and rehabilitation facilities, EHPAD/elderly care, psychiatric facilities), education (schools, secondary schools, universities, research campuses), and hospitality/tertiary — with a portfolio of 300+ completed projects across France and Switzerland and multiple Paris 2024 Olympic-linked facilities.

Chabanne generates revenue on a project-by-project basis through architecture and engineering fees, typically calculated as a percentage of construction cost under French public procurement (marché public) or negotiated direct commissions. Its go-to-market is sales-led, with almost no active digital marketing: projects are won via competitive tenders with public-sector clients (municipalities, hospital groups, regional councils, federations) and direct commissions with private operators (UCPA, Espacéo, Calicéo, Enedis, CEA Grenoble, LNA Santé). The firm differentiates on its one-team architecture-plus-engineering model, which reduces coordination risk on complex public facilities and supports its documented track record against certifications such as HQE, BEPOS, Bâtiment Biosourcé, EFFINERGIE, and RE2020.

Name

Chabanne

Legal name

Chabanne

Website

https://agence-chabanne.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chabanne is a French integrated architecture and engineering firm with 130 experts, designing complex public facilities — sport-culture venues, hospitals, schools, and aquatic centers — across France and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 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 Engineering Design Services: Chabanne generates revenue through fees for architecture and multi-disciplinary engineering design services on public infrastructure projects. Projects are billed on a fee-percentage basis tied to construction costs (standard practice for French public procurement). Revenue is project-based and non-recurring per project, though the firm maintains ongoing client relationships with public sector clients who award multiple successive projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chabanne is an integrated architecture and engineering firm that designs and delivers complex public and commercial facilities, unifying architecture, structural and technical engineering, BIM management, interior architecture, landscape design, and energy/environmental engineering under a single practice. The firm serves clients across sports, healthcare, education, and hospitality sectors in France and Switzerland through a multi-disciplinary team of 130 experts organized across offices in Lyon, Paris, Marseille, and Saint-Étienne.

Product overview

Chabanne is an architecture and engineering firm that functions as an integrated agency combining architectural design and engineering services across multiple disciplines. The company operates with approximately 130 experts across more than 10 different fields (architecture, interior architecture, construction economics, landscape design, structure, fluids/HVAC, energy and environmental engineering, BIM management, facade expertise, and 3D visualization). The core offering consists of Architecture Services (70 specialist architects) and Engineering Services (50+ engineers) working collaboratively on projects, supported by specialized service lines including BIM Management, Interior Architecture, Landscape Development, and Energy/Environmental Engineering. The company specializes in four main sectors: Sports-Culture (ice rinks, aquatic centers, stadiums, arenas), Healthcare (hospitals, EHPAD, rehabilitation centers), Education (schools, universities, training centers), and Hospitality (hotels, event spaces). Projects range from individual facilities to complex, multi-functional equipment with emphasis on sustainable design, bioclimatic approaches, and low-carbon construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Engineering Services
• Sports and Culture Facility Design
• Healthcare Architecture Architecture and engineering design of hospitals, clinics, and care facilities, with projects delivered for major French and Swiss hospital groups including Hôpitaux de Lyon and Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève.
• Education Facility Design
• Hospitality and Commercial Facility Design Architecture and engineering design of hotels, leisure, and commercial facilities for private operators, including projects delivered for Club Med, Calicéo (wellness centers), LNA Santé (care homes), and Enedis (utility infrastructure).

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% of energy needs covered by on-site renewables (photovoltaic + geothermal) at Patinoire de Genève
• +13 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

32 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ArchitechcoreTechnology or IntegrationLead architect and mandataire for Patinoire de Genève project. Responsible for overall architectural design and project coordination as architecte mandataire in partnership with Chabanne Architecte as associated architect.
• WSP-BG IngénieurscoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering partner for CVSE (HVAC, electrical, plumbing), building physics, sustainability, fire protection, decontamination, and OPAM risk management on the Patinoire de Genève project.
• IngenicoreTechnology or IntegrationStructural engineering partner for concrete and timber structures on the Patinoire de Genève project.
• UCPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCPA (Union des Centres Sportifs et de Plein Air) is the operator and exploiting partner for IceParc Angers and Aren'Ice Cergy-Pontoise. UCPA also partnered with Chabanne on the 'Figures Libres' project at Asnières-sur-Seine as part of Grand Paris 2 development. UCPA operates sports and leisure facilities designed by Chabanne.
• VINCIcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor (constructeur mandataire) for Cité des Sports, Issy-les-Moulineaux project. VINCI Construction delivered the 42.5 M€ HT sports facility as lead contractor.
• DUMEZcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Stadium Miramas Métropole, the largest indoor athletics hall in France.
• VINCIcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the Centre Hospitalier de Libourne (82.5 M€ HT), one of Chabanne's largest healthcare projects delivering 43,300 m² of new facilities.
• ArchitechcoreTechnology or IntegrationLead architect (architecte mandataire) on multiple sport-culture projects including the Patinoire de Genève and other arena/sports projects.
• OTEIScoreTechnology or IntegrationTCE (all technical disciplines) engineering partner for Bloc opératoire de Saint-Omer healthcare project.
• SPIE BatignollescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor mandataire for Centre aqualudique Odyssée, Aulnay-sous-Bois (30.2 M€ HT), future Paris 2024 Olympic training facility.
• EspacéocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEspacéo serves as the operator (exploitant) for Centre aqualudique Odyssée, Aulnay-sous-Bois. A long-term operating partner for the aquatic facility.
• Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque (CUD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCUD (Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque) is the client and contracting authority for Patinoire Michel Raffoux, Dunkerque. Chabanne worked with CUD as both architect and engineer (via Chabanne Ingénierie) delivering the project as a Marché Global de Performance.
• IngéropcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering partner for structure, fluids, VRD, QEB, and BIM on Urgences et soins critiques Mulhouse (GHRMSA) project.
• Rabot DutilleulcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Patinoire Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise (42 M€ HT).
• INGEROPcoreTechnology or IntegrationEngineering partner for structure, VRD, and fluids on Patinoire Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise.
• SPIE Batignolles Sud EstcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Lycée Charles Mérieux, Lyon rehabilitation project (Phase 1: 2020, Phase 2: 2021).
• Rabot DutilleulcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor mandataire for EHPAD Rueil-Malmaison (11.1 M€ HT).
• LNA SantécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLNA Santé is the healthcare operator client for SSR d'Ennery (19.3 M€ HT). The project includes a 150-bed rehabilitation facility, 20-place day hospital, and associated care facilities developed for LNA Santé's portfolio.
• Cougar ManagementcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Centre aquatique Les Bains du Parc, Région de Morges (Switzerland), a 65 M CHF project on Lake Geneva shoreline.
• RECREAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRECREA is the operator (exploitant) for Centre aquatique Les Bains du Parc, Morges, Switzerland.
• CEA de GrenoblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEA de Grenoble commissioned Y-SPOT Open Innovation Center (9 M€ HT, 2020) as a collaborative research and innovation workspace for 200 researchers and 70 visitors. The project was designed by Chabanne Ingénierie as a flagship technical and architectural showcase for CEA's research culture.
• CalicéocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalicéo is a major French balneotherapy operator that commissioned Chabanne to design five new facilities in the Paris region and northern France. Marc Léonard, Calicéo President, cited 4 years of collaborative, pluridisciplinary partnership with Chabanne. The project reimagines the brand's wellness identity using ambitious new technologies.
• Baudin Châteauneuf Nord / RamerycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJoint general contractors for Centre aquatique Denain project.
• EiffagecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Pôle chirurgical de l'Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux.
• INGEROPcoreTechnology or IntegrationGeneralist engineering bureau for Institut Bergonié surgical centre.
• Cité des CongrèscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCité des Congrès Valenciennes is a key reference project — Chabanne delivered the 15,129 m² multifunctional conference centre (25 M€ HT, 2017) serving Valenciennes Métropole. The project exemplifies Chabanne's ability to deliver complex cultural/conference infrastructure.
• Egis Bâtiments Centre OuestcoreTechnology or IntegrationStructural concrete, fluids, and VRD engineering partner for IceParc Angers.
• Le Parc Nord - SCI 82coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and property developer for Le Clos Champirol EHPAD et SSR, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (17,000 m², phased delivery 2009–2017).
• Eiffage Aménagement / BNP Paribas Immobilier / Pichet / Eiffage Immobilier / CDC HabitatcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium development partners for 'Figures Libres' Asnières-sur-Seine — part of Inventons la Métropole du Grand Paris 2 competition. Chabanne Architecte led the architectural team alongside Agence TER, Studios ORY, and O Architecture.
• Demathieu Bard ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for Centre aquatique Basse-Ham (11.9 M€ HT, 2022).
• Communauté d'Agglomération Portes de France - ThionvillecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient authority for Centre aquatique Basse-Ham, located in Nautic'Ham nautical base.
• Ville d'EcullycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient municipality for Pôle sportif et de loisir d'Ecully (3.8 M€ HT, 2,969 m²).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Patriarche: French architecture and engineering firm headquartered in Lyon with an integrated architect + engineer model serving public and private clients across hospitality, healthcare, education, and sport. Closely comparable to Chabanne in scale (~150 staff), integrated practice, and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes roots.
• AIA Life Designers: French architecture firm (~250 staff) with deep specialisation in healthcare (hospitals, EHPAD, SSR) and education. Directly comparable to Chabanne in healthcare/public-sector focus and integrated design approach.
• Architecture-Studio: Major French architecture practice with a broad public-sector portfolio (cultural, sport, education, healthcare) and international reach. Comparable to Chabanne in typology mix and public-client focus, though larger and more internationally diversified.
• Groupe-6: Grenoble-based French architecture firm with strong healthcare, sport, and education credentials (including major hospital programmes). Comparable in integrated architectural practice for public infrastructure in the same regional French market.
• Kardham Group: French architecture, engineering, and real estate consultancy with integrated practice model and strong public/private client base. Comparable in offering mix (architecture + engineering) and client segment (tertiary, healthcare, sport).
• Architech (Genève): Swiss architecture firm based in Geneva and a direct project partner (architecte mandataire) with Chabanne on the Patinoire de Genève. Comparable in sport/culture specialism and integrated design approach for large public venues.

Broad incumbents

• INGEROP: Large French engineering firm (multi-thousand staff) active in building, infrastructure, and energy. A direct partner of Chabanne on several projects (Mulhouse, Aren'Ice, Bergonié); comparable in engineering specialism but materially larger and broader in scope.
• Artelia: Major French multi-disciplinary engineering and project management group (5,000+ staff) operating in building, infrastructure, energy, and environment. A broader incumbent competitor for the largest integrated public infrastructure mandates.
• Egis: Large French engineering and consulting group (multi-thousand staff) covering buildings, transport, energy, and environment. Competes with Chabanne for integrated engineering-led public mandates at the upper end of project scale.
• WSP (France): Global engineering professional services firm with a French building engineering practice (WSP-BG Ingénieurs is a Chabanne partner on Patinoire de Genève). Competes at the top end of the French integrated engineering market for complex public facilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/ChabanneArchitecte
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chabanne

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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