What Luxigon does

Luxigon is a privately held French architectural visualization studio founded around 2004 and headquartered in Paris, operating as an SAS with €50,000 of share capital. The company produces still renderings, cinematic animations, realtime 3D experiences, and AR/VR deliverables for a roster of more than 200 enterprise clients spanning prestigious architecture firms (Foster+Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, OMA, Snøhetta, BIG, Gensler, Heatherwick Studio, MVRDV, Henning Larsen, Kohn Pedersen Fox), major real estate developers (Bouygues Immobilier, Vinci, Nexity, Altarea Cogedim, BNP Paribas Immobilier, LVMH), and public institutions (Mairie De Paris, Groupe ADP, Comité Olympique Paris 2024). Its most prominent public commission to date is approximately 90% of the imagery produced for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The company operates from three offices — Paris (HQ), Los Angeles, and Milan — each led by a regional principal.

Luxigon's core services are organized around five product lines: Competition (visualization for architectural competitions), Olympics/Events, Concept Design, Commercial (resorts, hotels, retail, residential), and Realtime3D/AR/VR built on Unreal Engine 5. Production relies on traditional CGI pipelines augmented by Unreal Engine 5 for immersive content, with the firm emphasizing architectural understanding, adaptability, and reliability as its core competencies. The team of roughly 19 named professionals is led by Founder/Principal and architect Eric de Broche des Combes, with partners Paloma Garcia Jimenez and Benjamin Dawidowicz, and regional principals in Los Angeles (Juanito Olivarria) and Milan (Cristian Chierici).

Commercially, Luxigon runs a B2B project-based professional services model with custom, quote-based pricing determined by project type, scope, and deadline, and billings issued against multi-year engagements. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales with direct client engagement, no intermediaries, and demand generation driven by a public portfolio website and referral activity within the architecture community. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no external funding, M&A activity, or parent company, consistent with a founder-owned boutique studio that has compounded organically over two decades.

Name

Luxigon

Legal name

Luxigon

Website

https://luxigon.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Luxigon is a Paris-founded architectural visualization studio that produces still renderings, animations, realtime 3D, and AR/VR content for top-tier architecture firms, real estate developers, and public institutions across offices in Paris, Los Angeles, and Milan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Visualization Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430), Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Architectural visualization
• 3D rendering services
• Realtime 3D visualization
• AR/VR experiences
• Competition visualization

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Visualization Services: Project-based professional services generating revenue through creation of architectural images, animations, and 3D/VR deliverables for architects, real estate developers, and public institutions. Revenue is earned on a per-project basis with fees based on scope, complexity, and deadline requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Luxigon is an architectural visualization studio that produces still images, cinematic movies, realtime 3D, and AR/VR files for architects, real estate firms, and public institutions. Services support competition entries, project presentations, and commercial developments across programs ranging from entire cities to small gardens, delivered as project-based professional services.

Product overview

Luxigon is an architectural visualization service company offering a unified suite of design communication services. The core offerings include still images, animation/movies, realtime 3D visualization (powered by Unreal Engine 5), and AR/VR experiences. These services support their specialty areas: competition entries for architectural firms, concept design assistance, commercial property visualization (resorts, hotels, retail), and major event venue visualization. The company serves prestigious architects, real estate firms, and public institutions across multiple global locations (Paris, Los Angeles, Milan) over the past 20 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Competition Entries Visualization Architectural visualization services for competition entries, covering programs from entire cities to small gardens and including prestigious projects such as Paris Olympics venues. Delivered to architecture firms as competition-ready still images, animations, and immersive content.
• Olympics / Events Visualization Architectural visualization for major sporting events and venues, including production of approximately 90% of the Paris 2024 Olympics visual imagery for the Comité Olympique Paris 2024.
• Concept Design Services Experimental design assistance for projects with tight deadlines or challenging programs, helping architects move design projects from concept to completion using visualization.
• Commercial Projects Visualization Visualization services for commercial properties including resorts, hotels, shops, clubs, cruise boats, and residential projects, delivered to real estate developers and commercial clients.
• Realtime 3D Visualization Interactive realtime 3D visualization services created using Unreal Engine 5, enabling clients to explore architectural designs interactively in real time.
• AR/VR Experiences Augmented reality and virtual reality content production for immersive architectural experiences and presentations, built on Unreal Engine 5.
• Architectural Still Image Visualization Production of high-quality architectural renderings and still images for architects, real estate firms, and public institutions.
• Architectural Animation and Movies Production of cinematic movies and animated content showcasing architectural projects for competition entries, presentations, and marketing materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produced 90% of Paris Olympics Images
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Neoscape: Boston-headquartered architectural visualization studio producing films, imagery, and interactive experiences for leading architects and developers. Closest like-for-like peer to Luxigon in service mix and prestige client base.
• Brick Visual: Vienna-based architectural visualization studio serving global architecture firms with stills, animation, and interactive content. Comparable premium boutique positioning and international blue-chip client roster.
• DBOX: Visualization and brand strategy firm with offices in NYC and London, producing films, imagery, and interactive experiences for real estate and architecture clients. Directly comparable service offering and tier-one client overlap.
• Hayes Davidson: Long-established UK architectural visualization studio producing imagery, animation, and interactive media for major UK and international architecture practices. Comparable decades-long tenure and prestige positioning.
• Kilograph: Los Angeles-based architectural visualization studio combining traditional imagery with immersive AR/VR and interactive experiences. Comparable adoption of real-time pipelines and shared West Coast architecture client base.
• The Boundary: UK-based visualization studio specializing in high-end architectural imagery, animation, and real-time interactive experiences for luxury residential and commercial developers. Directly comparable premium service mix and real-time capability.

Others

• Chaos (V-Ray / Enscape): Vendor of V-Ray, Enscape, and Corona rendering engines widely used across the architectural visualization industry. Adjacent enabling technology provider rather than direct competitor — but platform decisions around rendering engines are strategically relevant to Luxigon's UE5-centric stack.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/luxigonaloha
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/luxigon

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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