What FFKR Architects does

FFKR Architects is a privately-held, full-service architecture firm founded in 1976 and headquartered in the Bogue Building at 730 Pacific Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah, with additional offices in St. George (Utah), Tempe (Arizona), and Boise (Idaho). The firm employs more than 170 architects, designers, and support personnel organized into 13 sector-specialized studios — Civic, Commercial, Commercial Interiors, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, Hospitality Interior Design, PreK-12 Education, Living Environments, Planning and Landscape, Religious, Science & Technology, and Sports & Entertainment — delivering architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, environmental graphic design, and a formalized 3D Studio offering multi-modal visualization from hand sketches through 3D modeling to immersive virtual reality.

The firm serves enterprise and public-sector clients across healthcare (Intermountain Health, University Hospital Expansion, Craig H Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital), education (Ogden School District, Wasatch Elementary, Hillcrest High School), religious work for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Salt Lake Temple, Provo City Center Temple, Brigham City Utah Temple, others), life sciences and technology (bioMérieux, BioFire Diagnostics, Oatly US Headquarters), hospitality (Marriott dual-brand Courtyard and Residence Inn), and multi-family residential (Milagro Apartments, The Source Apartments). Recognized as the Western Mountain Region AIA firm and AIA Utah Firm of the Year, FFKR differentiates on design excellence, environmental leadership, and budgetary responsibility.

The business model is professional services project-based engagement with custom pricing tied to scope, complexity, and client requirements; pricing is not publicly disclosed and projects are won via direct client engagement. Distribution is direct-to-client enterprise field sales across the Western United States, with the firm serving as Architect of Record. Technology stack centers on industry-standard architectural visualization tooling and the Newforma Info Exchange client/project information portal. In June 2026, FFKR acquired Erstad Architects for an undisclosed amount, signaling continued inorganic expansion. The firm has no disclosed external institutional investors, PE/VC backing, or public-company indicators.

Name

FFKR Architects

Legal name

FFKR Architects

Website

https://ffkr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FFKR Architects is a full-service architecture firm founded in 1976, headquartered in Salt Lake City with offices in Arizona and Idaho, serving enterprise and public-sector clients across healthcare, education, religious, commercial, and science/technology sectors through thirteen specialized design studios.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Landscape architecture
• Healthcare architecture
• Urban planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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 Design Services: Professional services revenue generated from architectural design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and environmental graphic design services for commercial, civic, healthcare, education, hospitality, religious, and residential projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

FFKR Architects is a full-service architecture firm offering architectural design, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, and environmental graphic design services. The firm operates through 13 specialized studios (Civic, Commercial, Commercial Interiors, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, Hospitality Interior Design, PreK-12 Education, Living Environments, Planning and Landscape, Religious, Science and Technology, and Sports & Entertainment) that deliver comprehensive design services from offices in Salt Lake City (headquarters), St. George, Tempe, and Boise. Services span programming, design, planning, construction documentation, and construction administration across commercial, civic, healthcare, educational, religious, and residential project types.

Product overview

FFKR Architects is a full-service architecture firm offering architecture, interior design, 3D visualization, graphic design, and landscape planning services. The firm operates through specialized studios organized by building type: Civic, Commercial, Commercial Interiors, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality (with separate Interior Design studio), PreK-12 Education, Living Environments, Planning and Landscape, Religious, Science and Technology, and Sports & Entertainment. The portfolio is delivered through these integrated studios providing comprehensive architectural and design services from offices in Salt Lake City (headquarters), St. George, Tempe, and Boise, with a staff of over 170 architects, designers, and support personnel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architecture covering design, planning, and construction administration for commercial, civic, healthcare, educational, religious, and other building types across multiple studios.
• Interior Design Interior design services including space planning, finishes, furnishings, and environmental graphics for commercial interiors, healthcare, hospitality, and residential projects.
• 3D Studio Advanced 3D modeling and visualization services enabling immersive virtual reality experiences, hand sketches to photorealistic renderings for project communication and design exploration.
• Graphic Design and Marketing Environmental graphic design and marketing support services for branding and wayfinding applications integrated with architectural projects.
• Planning and Landscape Architecture Land planning, landscape architecture, and urban planning services for site design, master planning, and public space development.

Named customers8 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZGF ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFFKR partnered with ZGF Architects as design partner for the Provo Missionary Training Center Expansion project. FFKR developed the complex phasing plan while ZGF served as design architects, working collaboratively to complete construction within two years while maintaining full campus operations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture practice operating across healthcare, education, civic, science, and commercial verticals — directly overlapping with FFKR's studio portfolio but at significantly larger scale.
• CannonDesign: Integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm with healthcare, education, and science & technology practices that directly overlap with several FFKR studios.
• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm with practices spanning commercial, hospitality, healthcare, education, and sports — overlapping with many FFKR studios but at vastly greater scale.
• HDR Inc. Large integrated architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with strong healthcare and civic practices; competes with FFKR on hospital and civic commissions and offers bundled engineering capability FFKR does not.
• Stantec: Global consulting, engineering, and architecture firm; competes with FFKR in healthcare, education, civic, and commercial buildings across the Western US at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• ZGF Architects: National architecture firm with deep religious, civic, healthcare, and higher education portfolios; partnered with FFKR on the Provo Missionary Training Center Expansion. Direct peer on complex religious and civic commissions where FFKR competes and collaborates.
• ajc architects: Salt Lake City-headquartered architecture, planning, and interior design firm serving education, civic, and commercial clients in the Western US. Comparable scale and studio model directly competing with FFKR for similar regional mandates.
• Architectural Nexus: Salt Lake City-based architecture, planning, and interiors firm with overlapping studios in education, civic, healthcare, and commercial sectors. Direct regional peer competing for many of the same Western US enterprise clients.
• Method Studio: Mid-sized architecture, interiors, and planning firm with multi-vertical practice and a similar mix of civic, education, and commercial clients. Comparable in scale to FFKR's studio-based model.
• MHTN Architects: Salt Lake City-based full-service architecture firm with comparable studio structure across civic, healthcare, education, and commercial sectors. A directly competing regional architecture firm in the same Intermountain West geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FFKRArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ffkr-architects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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