Hastings Architecture

What Hastings Architecture does

HASTINGS Architecture, LLC is a privately held, Nashville-based design firm founded in 1985 that delivers architecture, interior design, urban planning, and sustainability consulting services. The firm operates from a single headquarters at 225 Polk Avenue in Nashville and serves five primary verticals — educational institutions, real estate developers, corporate/commercial clients, hospitality/entertainment operators, and government/non-profit organizations — with a project-based professional services engagement model. Its team of approximately 100 professionals includes 38 registered architects, plus NCIDQ-certified interior designers, urban planners, and sustainability specialists, supported by internal BIM standards and design-technology tooling.

The firm's delivery model spans the full project lifecycle: programming and urban master planning, schematic and design development across multiple typologies, LEED/WELL/Fitwel certification pursuit, and adaptive-reuse/historic-preservation work. Notable deliverables include GEODIS Park (a 30,000-seat MLS stadium), The Motley (a 27-story, 325-unit residential tower), Peabody Union (a 7.33-acre mixed-use district), Donelson Library (LEED Gold with geothermal and solar systems), and multiple Vanderbilt University residential colleges. Internally developed assets include the Nashville City Model, a four-year, large-scale physical model of Nashville used for client engagement and urban analysis.

Revenue is generated through project-based, quote-driven professional services engagements secured via direct principal-led relationships, RFPs, referrals, and the firm's documented track record of 100+ design awards, 150+ LEED certifications, and #3 ranking on ARCHITECT Magazine's A50 list for ten consecutive years. Repeat anchor clients include Vanderbilt University, Hines, Highwoods Properties, Nashville Soccer Club, and Stiles and Hensler Development Group. Go-to-market is relationship-driven, leveraging principal involvement in industry organizations (AIA, NOMA, ULI, ASID, IIDA), awards, and editorial coverage rather than paid acquisition channels.

Name

Hastings Architecture

Legal name

HASTINGS Architecture, LLC

Website

https://hastingsarchitecture.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Founded in 1985, HASTINGS Architecture is a Nashville-based design firm of ~100 professionals delivering architecture, interior design, urban planning, and sustainability consulting across education, commercial, hospitality, civic, and mixed-use projects for institutional and developer clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Urban planning consulting
• Sustainable building design
• LEED certification consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through architectural design, interior design, planning, and sustainability consulting engagements with institutional, commercial, and residential clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HASTINGS Architecture provides professional architecture, interior design, urban planning, and sustainability consulting services to institutional, commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, and residential clients. The firm delivers full-service design across multiple typologies including academic, civic, hospitality, interiors, mixed-use, residential, and workplace projects, supported by Building Information Modeling (BIM), sustainability certification expertise (LEED, WELL, Fitwel), and in-house design technology tools. Projects are secured through direct client engagements led by firm principals and delivered by a team of approximately 100 professionals including 38 registered architects.

Product overview

HASTINGS Architecture is a Nashville-based architecture, interior design, planning, and sustainability consulting firm founded in 1985. The firm operates as a unified service offering across multiple practice areas including architecture, interior design, urban planning, and sustainability consulting, with expertise spanning academic, civic, hospitality, interiors, mixed-use, residential, and workplace typologies. The firm's portfolio includes named projects such as GEODIS Park (sports stadium), Donelson Library (LEED Gold civic building), Peabody Union (mixed-use district), The Finery (mixed-use development), The Motley (residential tower), EMF Headquarters (corporate campus), Vanderbilt University Residential Colleges, and multiple hospitality projects including Thompson Nashville and Virgin Hotels Nashville. The firm holds over 150 LEED certifications and offers design technology/BIM services with custom automation tools. As of 2025, the firm employs approximately 100 professionals and is ranked #3 nationally in ARCHITECT Magazine's A50 top architecture firms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 design awards received
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Stiles and Hensler Development GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for Peabody Union project, a 7.33-acre mixed-use development along the Cumberland River. Partnered on The Olive at Peabody Union which achieved LEED Gold Certification.
• HinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for The Finery mixed-use project in Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood. The project has won multiple awards including NAIOP Mixed-Use Development of the Year.
• Metro Nashville Public LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient partner for Donelson Library, which achieved LEED Gold Certification and won multiple awards including IFLA Green Library Award.
• Highwoods PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient partner for multiple projects including Asurion Gulch Hub and Symphony Place repositioning project.
• Nashville Soccer ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for GEODIS Park, a 30,000-seat stadium that has won multiple international awards and serves as catalyst for neighborhood development.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NBBJ: NBBJ is a national architecture firm with deep sports, healthcare, and corporate workplace practices, directly comparable on large-scale institutional commissions where HASTINGS competes.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will is a top-10 global architecture firm with strong sustainability practice and major higher education/healthcare portfolio, often competing with HASTINGS for institutional clients including Vanderbilt-area projects.
• Gensler: Gensler is the largest U.S. architecture firm and competes across workplace, hospitality, and mixed-use typologies where HASTINGS is active; it has expanded Nashville presence and competes for large corporate clients like Asurion.
• HOK: HOK is a global architecture, engineering, and planning firm with sports, civic, and workplace practices that overlaps HASTINGS' typology range and competes for major institutional clients in the Southeast.
• HKS: HKS is a major national architecture firm with strong sports, healthcare, and higher education practices that overlaps with HASTINGS' stadium and academic portfolio at the larger end of project scale.

Direct peers

• Populous: Populous is the global leader in sports and stadium architecture, including GEODIS Park's category. While much larger, it competes with HASTINGS on marquee stadium commissions and shared the same architectural award circuit.
• ESa (Earl Swensson Associates): ESa is a Nashville-based architecture and interior design firm of comparable size and reputation, also focused on healthcare, hospitality, civic, and higher education work in the Southeast. It is one of HASTINGS' most direct local competitors for institutional commissions.
• Smith Gee Studio: Smith Gee Studio is a Nashville-based architecture firm of similar scale, specializing in urban infill, mixed-use, hospitality, and civic projects. They compete head-to-head with HASTINGS for the same Nashville-area project pipeline.
• Tuck Hinton Architects: Tuck Hinton is a Nashville architecture firm with overlapping typologies in civic, education, and mixed-use development. It is a regional peer with comparable scale and the same Tennessee/Southeast geographic focus.
• Manuel Zeitlin Architects: Manuel Zeitlin Architects is a Nashville-based sustainability-focused firm with deep LEED credentials. Comparable to HASTINGS on the urban infill, residential, and sustainability-design dimensions where both compete locally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HastingsArchitecture
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hastings-architecture

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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