What Robert Hidey Architects does

Robert Hidey Architects is a privately held residential architecture firm founded in 1991 by Robert Hidey and headquartered in Irvine, California. The firm provides architecture and planning services across the full spectrum of residential product types in the United States, including master-planned communities, single-family detached production homes, custom luxury residences, multi-family for-sale and for-rent apartments, build-to-rent communities, affordable housing, and community amenities such as clubhouses and welcome centers. Its core technology stack is built on industry-standard AutoCAD and Revit, augmented by proprietary RHA CAD/Revit Standards that enforce consistency across project deliverables.

The firm operates as a B2B professional services practice serving enterprise production homebuilders (Taylor Morrison, KB Home, Lennar, Brookfield Residential, The New Home Company, Robson Homes), real estate developers (AvalonBay, Freehold Communities, iStar, McWhinney, Endeavor Real Estate Group, Cerco Development, Paravel Capital), and high-net-worth individuals seeking custom homes in markets such as Newport Beach, Beverly Hills, and Malibu. Projects are delivered through direct enterprise engagement, with work secured via RFP, repeat client relationships, and industry reputation. Revenue is generated through project-based design and professional services fees.

Operationally, Robert Hidey Architects employs 11-50 staff and has executed projects across California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, South Carolina, Idaho, and other states. The firm has received hundreds of industry awards from 2003 through 2025, including BALA, Gold Nugget, SoCal MAME, The Nationals, Builder Magazine, and AIA Design Awards, and maintains a Chinese-language outreach channel targeting international developer clients. It is an actively operating, founder-led independent practice with no disclosed parent company, venture backing, or institutional investment.

Name

Robert Hidey Architects

Legal name

Robert Hidey Architects

Website

https://roberthidey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Robert Hidey Architects is a privately held Irvine, California-based residential architecture firm founded in 1991 that designs master-planned communities, single-family, multi-family, build-to-rent, affordable, and custom homes for enterprise homebuilders, real estate developers, and private clients across multiple US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Residential architecture design
• Master planned communities
• Single family residential design
• Multi-family residential architecture
• Community amenity design

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture Design Services: Professional architecture services for residential communities including master planning, community design, amenity facilities, and custom homes. Revenue generated through design fees, project fees, and potentially royalty arrangements with homebuilders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Robert Hidey Architects is a residential architecture and planning firm that designs master-planned communities, single-family production and custom homes, multi-family for-sale and for-rent developments, build-to-rent communities, affordable housing, and community amenity facilities. Engagements are delivered on a project basis from schematic design through construction administration for production homebuilders, real estate developers, and select private clients in the Western United States.

Product overview

Robert Hidey Architects is a residential architecture firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of architectural and planning services. The firm operates as a single unified practice with distinct service lines including Planning Services, Single Family Residential Architecture, Custom Residential Architecture, Multi-Family for Sale, Multi-Family for Rent (Apartments), Build to Rent, Affordable Housing, and Amenity Architecture. The firm serves as lead planner during early land planning phases and develops merchant built residential products for master planned communities. Projects span from individual custom homes to large-scale multi-family developments and amenity centers across California, Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and other states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planning Services Land planning services including early land planning phase, residential lot and plotting characteristics, community theming, and design guidelines development for master-planned communities.
• Single Family Residential Architecture Design of single-family detached homes ranging from production homes to luxury custom residences for master-planned communities, with multiple product plans per community.
• Custom Residential Architecture Bespoke residential architectural design for private clients including luxury custom homes on individual lots in coastal and luxury markets such as Newport Beach, Beverly Hills, Malibu, and Corona del Mar.
• Multi-Family for Sale Architecture Townhome, condo, and attached/detached cluster product design for sale communities including duplexes, townhomes, and stacked flats.
• Multi-Family for Rent (Apartments) Architecture Apartment community design including 8-plex, 10-plex, and 11-plex configurations with various unit types, densities, and parking arrangements.
• Build-to-Rent Architecture Single-family detached homes designed for rental communities with cluster configurations for build-to-rent operators and developers.
• Affordable Housing Architecture Affordable residential development design with various density configurations for nonprofit, public-sector, and inclusionary housing developers.
• Amenity Architecture Community amenity design including clubhouses, fitness centers, welcome centers, pools, outdoor spaces, and recreational facilities serving master-planned communities and multifamily developments.

Named customers19 records

Segments4 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Blue Tangerine SolutionsminorOthersWebsite hosting and server infrastructure provided by Blue Tangerine Solutions, a third-party technology services provider.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dahlin Group Architecture Planning: Residential architecture firm providing home design, community planning, and amenity architecture for production builders and developers across the Western U.S. Directly comparable service portfolio and client mix.
• KTGY Architecture + Planning: Large residential architecture and planning firm focused on master-planned communities, production housing, and multifamily for national homebuilders. Direct competitor for the same RFPs and client relationships that RHA serves.
• Woodley Architectural Group: California-based residential architecture firm designing master-planned communities, single-family, and multi-family product for homebuilders. Comparable production-builder focus and product mix to RHA.
• Bassenian Lagoni Architects: Residential architecture firm serving production homebuilders with new-home designs, community amenity architecture, and master planning across the Western U.S. Closely comparable product and customer base to RHA.
• MVE + Partners: Irvine-based architecture and planning firm specializing in master-planned communities and residential product design for major homebuilders in the Western U.S. Highly comparable geographic and client overlap with RHA.
• William Hezmalhalch Architects (WHA): California-based residential architecture firm with deep homebuilder relationships, focused on production housing, master-planned communities, and amenity design. Comparable specialization and geography to RHA.

Broad incumbents

• Steinberg Hart: Large multi-discipline architecture practice with a residential and master-planning practice serving mixed-use and master-planned community developers. Wider portfolio than RHA, but overlapping on residential master planning.
• HKS: National full-service architecture firm with a residential and community planning practice. Larger, broader portfolio; overlaps with RHA in master-planned community design for major developers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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