What Collage Architects does

Collage Architects offers multi-family, residential, mixed-use, commercial, and urban planning services. They work with retail developers, and college architects' housing markets including apartments, condominiums, single-family homes, townhomes, student housing, and senior housing.

Name

Collage Architects

Legal name

Collage Architects, LLC.

Website

https://collagearchitects.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Collage Architects is an architecture planning company that provides residential and commercial architectural planning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Family Residential Construction (Apartments, Condos, Townhomes) (IMAFABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Mixed-use residential architecture
• Commercial architecture
• Urban planning services
• Interior architecture design

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

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 Design Services: Project-based fees for architectural design, urban planning, interior design, and construction documentation services. Revenue is generated through fixed-fee contracts for specific projects including residential developments, commercial buildings, mixed-use complexes, and urban planning engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Collage Architects is a Minneapolis-based architecture firm providing residential/mixed-use, commercial, interior, and urban planning design services for property developers, commercial clients, and government entities. Services span multi-family apartments, condominiums, senior and student housing, commercial redevelopments, hospitality interiors, and master planning for large-scale communities, delivered via fixed-fee project contracts using BIM, CAD, and traditional design methods.

Product overview

Collage Architects is an architecture firm specializing in community building through urban planning, mixed-use residential, commercial architecture, and interior design. The firm operates as a unified practice offering four core services: Residential/Mixed-Use Architecture, Commercial Architecture, Interior Design, and Urban Planning. Their portfolio includes named projects such as Wakpada, The Reserve at Mendota Village, Boat Works Commons, Ironclad, Akin, and City Vue Apartments. The firm has completed residential projects in more than 15 states totaling 7,000+ housing units and has received both local and national design awards for housing and planning projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential/Mixed-Use Architecture Multi-family residential architecture services for property developers covering apartments, condominiums, town homes, student housing, and senior housing, including entitlements, design, documentation, and construction administration.
• Commercial Architecture Commercial architecture and redevelopment services for retail developers and commercial clients, including office renovations, tenant improvements, and ground-up retail developments, addressing site constraints and programmatic complexities.
• Interior Design Interior architecture services for restaurants, hospitality venues, commercial spaces, and residential projects, including buildouts, renovations, and material/specification selection.
• Urban Planning Master planning and design guideline services for development projects, including mixed-use communities, residential developments, neighborhood vision plans, and large-scale planning efforts that have won local and national design awards.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Close Landscape ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked in conjunction with Close Landscape Architects on the Downtown East Elliot Park neighborhood vision planning project in Minneapolis. The team developed new strategies for implementation and incorporated new ideas to create a 21st century neighborhood at the edge of downtown Minneapolis.
• Optimistic PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with Optimistic Partners on the Quincy Brickyard urban development project in North East Minneapolis, which includes a business incubator, two restaurants, a whiskey-cigar lounge, and the new headquarters for Collage Architects.
• Tara Cain DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Tara Cain Design on The Abbott interior design project.
• Martha Dayton DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Martha Dayton Design on The Aubrey interior design project.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cuningham Group: Minneapolis-based architecture, planning, and interior design firm of comparable size serving residential, commercial, hospitality, and entertainment clients nationally. Highly comparable in scale, multi-disciplinary service offering, and Upper Midwest base.
• LHB Architects: Minneapolis-headquartered multidisciplinary design firm offering architecture, engineering, and planning services. Comparable in size, regional Midwest focus, and multi-sector (residential, commercial, civic) portfolio.
• BKV Group: Minneapolis-based architecture, interior design, and engineering firm with a strong multifamily housing practice. Directly comparable in residential/mixed-use focus, regional Midwest footprint, and integrated interiors offering.
• JLG Architects: North Dakota-based architecture firm with Upper Midwest focus on multifamily housing, student housing, and mixed-use developments. Comparable geographic concentration and product type specialization.
• MSR Design: Minneapolis-headquartered architecture firm specializing in multifamily housing, civic, and library projects. Comparable in size, regional focus, and multifamily housing design emphasis.
• Snow Kreilich Architects: Minneapolis-based architecture firm of comparable size with multifamily and civic housing expertise. Directly comparable in scale, regional focus, and design award recognition.
• W Architecture: Minneapolis architecture firm focused on multifamily, mixed-use, and hospitality projects. Comparable in size, geographic focus, and product specialization.
• ESG Architects: Minneapolis-based architecture firm where founder Pete Keely was previously a shareholder and employee from 1992-2005. Directly comparable in scale, regional focus, and product specialization (multifamily, commercial, mixed-use).

Broad incumbents

• Hammel, Green and Abrahamson (HGA): Large, established Minnesota-based architecture and engineering firm with a national footprint. Overlaps in multifamily, civic, and commercial work but at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with significant Minneapolis presence and broad multifamily, healthcare, and mixed-use practice. Competes for the same large developer RFPs but operates at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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