What Quorum Architects does

Quorum Architects, founded in May 1992 in Fort Worth, Texas, is a privately held design firm providing architecture, interior design, and master planning services to municipal, corporate, retail, animal care, healthcare, housing, restaurant, and entertainment clients. Quorum is licensed in more than 40 U.S. states and operates from a 7,400-square-foot adaptive-reuse headquarters in a former 1931 bus repair facility at 825 W. Vickery Boulevard, with a staff of approximately 30 architects, designers, technicians, and administrators. The firm has completed more than 4,000 retail projects and 50+ animal care facilities over its 30+ year history.

The firm's service offering is structured around core architecture plus in-house interior design (formalized in 1999 and strengthened when Karin Taylor became a principal/shareholder in 2018), with specialized practice areas in animal care design (proprietary use of daylighting such as Solatube systems, custom HVAC, and indoor/outdoor kennels engineered to reduce animal stress and increase adoption rates), retail brand integration, adaptive reuse of historic structures, and cannabis retail design. Notable enterprise clients include Purple, Ashley Furniture, Cookies, Six Flags Over Texas, Range Resources, Pinnacle Senior Living, Boi Na Braza, and Smacked Village, alongside municipal accounts such as Kaufman County, Tarrant County College District, and the Tri-City Animal Shelter. The firm holds LEED certification on projects such as the Richardson Fire Training Facility.

Quorum generates revenue through project-based, quote-driven professional services fees for architecture and interior design engagements, secured primarily through referrals, repeat business, design competitions, and RFPs. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise/municipal sales, supplemented by thought-leadership content marketing and a community-engagement program (QuorumActs). Recent strategic emphasis is on multi-state cannabis retail design (including a contract via DASNY for 150 New York dispensaries as part of a design-build team led with Temeka Group, announced December 2022) and rapid retail-chain rollouts (50+ projects in 21 states for Purple within year one). Ownership remains with principals David Duman, Karin Taylor, Kim Dowdy-Hickman, and Scott Wilson following the 2021 retirement of Bill Blankenship and the April 2023 retirement of founding partner David Lee.

Name

Quorum Architects

Legal name

Quorum Architects, Inc.

Website

https://qarch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quorum Architects is a privately held Fort Worth, Texas design firm founded in 1992 that provides architecture, interior design, and master planning services to municipal, enterprise retail, animal care, entertainment, healthcare, and cannabis retail clients across 40+ U.S. states, with a staff of approximately 30.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Master planning services
• Animal care facility design
• Retail store design

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Fees for architecture services including master planning, design development, and construction administration for municipal, corporate, retail, animal care, healthcare, housing, and entertainment projects.
2. Interior Design Services: In-house interior design services offered as part of architecture projects or independently. Includes space planning, finishes, fixtures, and furniture specification.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quorum Architects is a design firm providing architecture, interior design, and master planning services for municipal, corporate, retail, animal care, healthcare, housing, restaurant, and entertainment sector clients. The firm guides clients through planning, design development, and construction administration with a full-service offering that combines architecture and in-house interior design across more than 40 U.S. states.

Product overview

Quorum Architects is a design firm offering architecture, interior design and master planning services. The company provides a unified suite of design services centered around architecture and interior design, with specialized practice areas including Animal Care Facility Design, Municipal Design Services, Retail Design Services, Healthcare Architecture, Housing Design, Entertainment Design, and Restaurant Design. Founded in 1992 by five architects, the firm operates from Fort Worth, Texas with approximately 30 staff members and has completed more than 4,000 retail projects and 50+ animal care facility projects across Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Interior Design Services
• Master Planning Services
• Animal Care Facility Design
• Municipal Design Services
• Retail Design Services
• Healthcare Architecture
• Housing Design
• Entertainment Design
• Restaurant Design

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ animal care clients across Texas have increased adoption rates, services, and visitors through Quorum's design approach.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Tarrant Area Food BankminorOthers · 1 August 2023Quorum frequently organizes group volunteer opportunities with Tarrant Area Food Bank as part of their QuorumActs community service program.
• Texas Ramp ProjectminorOthers · 1 August 2023Quorum staff team with Texas Ramp Project to build ramps at rural homes as part of their QuorumActs community service program.
• Habitat for HumanityminorOthers · 1 August 2023Quorum frequently organizes group volunteer opportunities with Habitat for Humanity as part of their QuorumActs community service program.
• Ronald McDonald HouseminorOthers · 1 August 2023Quorum frequently organizes group volunteer opportunities with Ronald McDonald House as part of their QuorumActs community service program.
• Temeka GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Design/build partnership for cannabis retail projects including dispensary design and interior finish out. Combined experience on past retail projects enabled winning the NY State contract for 150 cannabis dispensaries. Temeka provides interior finish out and custom casework while Quorum provides architectural services and drawings.
• Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Managing contracts for design and construction of 150 cannabis dispensaries awarded to social equity applicants. Quorum/Temeka team was selected as one of 10 design-build teams for the NY State program.
• Schnackel EngineersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Engineering partner included in the Temeka/Quorum team for NY State cannabis dispensary design-build contract.
• CS HudsonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Partner included in the Temeka/Quorum team for NY State cannabis dispensary design-build contract.
• Schimenti ConstructionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Construction partner included in the Temeka/Quorum team for NY State cannabis dispensary design-build contract.
• Sapphire Risk Advisory GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Risk advisory partner included in the Temeka/Quorum team for NY State cannabis dispensary design-build contract.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm with healthcare, education, and civic expertise. Comparable in practice breadth covering healthcare, senior living, and public-sector clients but operates at materially larger scale.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with deep retail, hospitality, entertainment, and workplace practices. Competes for the same marquee retail brand and entertainment venue clients as Quorum but at significantly larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: Major architecture firm with strong healthcare, civic, and higher-education practices. Overlaps Quorum's healthcare, senior living, and municipal/government segments at larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Stantec: Large global design and engineering firm with broad architectural, interior, and master planning services across municipal, healthcare, retail, and entertainment sectors. Overlaps Quorum's service portfolio at scale but serves far larger enterprise and infrastructure clients.
• CallisonRTKL: Global architecture firm with strong retail, hospitality, and entertainment practices, including experiential retail rollouts for major brands. Comparable given shared retail and entertainment expertise, particularly around brand-driven environments.

Direct peers

• HKS Architects: Dallas-based architecture firm with diversified practice across civic, healthcare, sports/entertainment, and commercial sectors. Comparable given shared Texas headquarters, entertainment venue expertise (Six Flags-style clients), and public-sector municipal work.
• Page (formerly Page Southerland Page): Texas-headquartered multi-discipline architecture firm with comparable size and similar mixed practice across civic, healthcare, housing, and commercial sectors. Most directly comparable peer given shared Texas roots, public-sector client base, and full-service architecture + interiors delivery model.
• BRR Architecture: Mid-size architecture firm specializing in retail and commercial rollouts for national brands, with deep multi-state rollout execution capability. Highly comparable retail DNA and brand-store specialization overlapping with Quorum's Purple, Cookies, and Ashley Furniture work.
• EwingCole: Architecture firm with notable specialization in animal care, healthcare, and life-sciences facilities. Comparable niche-overlap with Quorum's animal care design leadership and shared focus on mission-driven public-facing facilities.

Emerging players

• 5G Studio Collaborative: Texas-based architecture firm with comparable size and mixed-use practice spanning commercial, retail, and civic projects. Comparable as a regional Texas peer of similar scale pursuing overlapping public and private sector clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/quorumdesign
• Facebookfacebook.com/QuorumArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quorum-architects-inc-

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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