What Sutton Beebe Babin Architects does

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects (legal entity Sutton Beebe Babin Architects, L.L.C., DBA "SBB Architects") is a privately held, full-service architectural, interior design, and master planning firm founded in 1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana. The firm provides end-to-end architectural services spanning programming, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, and contract administration, alongside interior design (space planning, finishes, furniture, lighting), master planning, ADA and building code reviews, and specialized offerings in lighting design, computer renderings, and furniture procurement. Its technology backbone is Building Information Modeling (BIM) executed in Autodesk Revit, enabling coordinated 3D models across architectural, MEP, and structural disciplines, with custom lighting design and a sustainable design strategy incorporating solar orientation, daylight harvesting, and occupancy sensors as documented capabilities.

SBB serves public-sector and institutional clients across the Ark-La-Tex region, North Louisiana, East Texas, and Oklahoma through three full-service offices in Shreveport (headquarters, 333 Texas Street, since 1941), Lufkin, Texas (1411 Turtle Creek Drive, since 1963, recently relocated), and Bixby/Tulsa, Oklahoma (2523 E 136th Ct). Primary verticals are Government/Educational, Healthcare, and Religious Institutions, with secondary exposure to Civic/Government and Corporate/Retail. Notable engagements include the 85,000 SF North Louisiana Forensic Sciences Center, the 210,000 SF Memorial Medical Center of East Texas expansion, a 33,000 SF GMP/FDA-validated cleanroom for the Biomedical Research Foundation, the Cypress Baptist Church sanctuary, and a Louisiana National Guard training facility groundbreaking in 2024. Project values range from $100,000 to $18,000,000, and the firm holds more than 53 design awards including a 2009 ASID South Central Chapter Gold Award.

The business operates as a professional services firm on a project-based fee model with no publicly disclosed pricing, no software product, no app, and no API or developer-facing platform. Customer acquisition is driven by direct engagement with government agencies, school districts, healthcare providers, and religious organizations, supported by a website portfolio, community recognition, earned media, and a Facebook presence. Ownership is private among principals Kenn Babin, Managing Principal Rachel James, and Associate Shelby Taylor, with no institutional investors, funding rounds, mergers, or acquisition history disclosed.

Name

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects

Legal name

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects, L.L.C.

Website

https://sbbarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects is a privately held, full-service architectural, interior design, and master planning firm founded in 1934, serving education, healthcare, religious, and government clients across Louisiana, East Texas, and Oklahoma through offices in Shreveport, Lufkin, and Bixby/Tulsa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Master planning services
• Building information modeling
• Lighting design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shreveport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Comprehensive architectural services including programming, conceptual design, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, and contract administration. Projects range from $100,000 to $18,000,000.
2. Interior Design Services: Space planning, interior design, materials and finish selections, furniture design, lighting design, furniture procurement, and construction administration services.
3. Furniture Procurement Services: Furniture procurement, selection and design services helping clients choose furniture and colors for their spaces.
4. Lighting Design Services: Expert lighting design services for residential, office, and commercial buildings to enhance ambiance and functionality.
5. Computer Renderings: Creation of realistic images and animations for marketing and visualization purposes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects provides full-service architectural design, interior design, and master planning services spanning programming, conceptual and schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, and contract administration. The firm also delivers specialized services in lighting design, computer renderings and animations, and furniture procurement, with project values ranging from $100,000 to $18,000,000 across academic, healthcare, civic, religious, corporate, and cultural sectors.

Product overview

Sutton Beebe Babin Architects is a full-service architectural, interior design, and master planning firm with offices in Shreveport, Louisiana, Lufkin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The firm operates as a single unified professional services practice organized around its core offerings: Architecture Services (spanning programming through contract administration), Interior Design Services (including space planning, finish selections, furniture design, and lighting design), and specialized services in Lighting Design, Computer Renderings, and Furniture Procurement. Projects span multiple sectors including academic/educational, government/civic, medical/healthcare, religious, corporate/retail, museum/cultural, technology/science, and renovation. The firm has received more than 53 design awards and has been providing architectural services since 1934.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• DeSoto Parish Schools New Central Office Building completed under budget
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Brown BuilderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign/Build team partner for First Bossier campus reconstruction project after fire destroyed existing structures.
• Somdal Associates LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign/Build team partner for First Bossier campus reconstruction project along with Brown Builders and SBB Architects.
• FDAcoreOthersBRF Cleanroom Facility designed for validation by the FDA as a GMP facility for monoclonal product manufacturing.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Page (Page Southerland Page): Texas-rooted full-service architecture, engineering, and interiors firm with significant K-12, healthcare, and civic portfolios. Comparable scale and service breadth, and frequent competitor for Texas/Oklahoma institutional projects.
• Huckabee Architects: Texas-headquartered architecture firm specializing in K-12 education and public-sector civic work. Strongly comparable in vertical specialization, geographic concentration in Texas, and integrated architecture/interiors delivery for institutional clients.
• Architexas: Texas-based architecture and preservation firm with strong historic/restoration and civic portfolios. Comparable regional focus and mid-size firm dynamics, serving overlapping Texas public-sector clients.
• PBK Architects: Houston-based architecture firm with deep K-12 and healthcare portfolios across Texas and the Gulf South. Highly comparable in client mix, project scale, and service scope (architecture + interiors), and a direct competitor for the same regional institutional RFPs SBB pursues.

Broad incumbents

• Corgan: Large Dallas-based architecture firm with significant education and healthcare practices. Overlaps with SBB on institutional project types at a larger scale and broader footprint.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with strong healthcare, education, and civic practices. Represents the large-firm competition SBB faces when institutional clients pursue higher-profile projects; serves as a reference point for what SBB differentiates against.
• HKS, Inc. Major national architecture firm headquartered in Dallas with extensive healthcare, civic, and education portfolios. Competes with SBB in healthcare and civic sectors but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Stantec Architecture: Global design and engineering firm (acquired SHW Group) with major K-12 and healthcare architecture practices. Direct competitor for institutional projects in the regions SBB serves, with deeper engineering bench.
• LEO A DALY: National architecture, engineering, and planning firm with established healthcare, civic, and education practices. Comparable service breadth (architecture + interiors) and overlaps with SBB in institutional client pursuits.
• DLR Group: Large integrated design firm with dedicated K-12, healthcare, and civic studios. Competes for the same institutional client types as SBB, with greater resources and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SuttonBeebeBabinArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sutton-beebe-babin-architects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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