Method Design

What Method Design does

Method Design is a New York-based architecture and urbanism practice founded in 2008, operating as a partner-led professional services firm with a stated headcount of 1-10 employees. The firm is co-led by Demetrios A. Comodromos, RA and Reese J Campbell, RA, both with prior experience at SHoP Architects (Comodromos also at Grimshaw) and active teaching roles at Columbia University, RPI, and Pratt Institute. Method Design delivers a full-stack architectural offering spanning commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban-scale projects, with documented executed work including the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame structural systems (1,150 unique stone panels), Relay Graduate School of Education (40,000 sq ft), Sloomoo Institute experiential retail (multi-city rollout including 30,000 sq ft Atlanta location), MYKITA retail environments, Cooper Union Civic Projects Lab, and the Michelin-recognized Semma restaurant.

The firm's core technical differentiator is computational design methodology combining parametric modeling tools (Grasshopper, Karamba, Geometry Gym) with structural analysis and detailing platforms (Robot, SDS/2), applied within projects requiring complex geometric-to-fabrication workflows. Method Design treats sustainability and passive building strategies as integrated practice rather than applied feature, evidenced by AIA Citation recognition for The Woodruff Residence and recognized expertise in passive heating/cooling systems. The firm also offers adjacent services including interior environments, urbanism and planning, industrial design, and project management.

Revenue is generated exclusively through project-based professional services fees, with no product, licensing, or recurring revenue streams. Client acquisition is sales-led and primarily direct, channeled through the firm's portfolio website, business inquiry form, and referral-driven engagements. The customer base is diversified across enterprise brands (MYKITA, HelloFresh, Citi Bike), cultural institutions (Cooper Union), education (Relay Graduate School), hospitality operators (MEET Hospitality), and nonprofit clients (Sheltering Arms). Geographic reach is international, with disclosed specialty offices in Copenhagen and Athens and executed projects across North America, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. The firm operates without external institutional investment, parent company affiliation, or acquisition history.

Name

Method Design

Legal name

Method Design Architecture + Urbanism, PLLC

Website

https://methoddesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Method Design is a partner-led New York architecture and urbanism practice founded in 2008, applying computational design and sustainability integration across commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban-scale projects for enterprise, institutional, and nonprofit clients worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural & Urban Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410), Industrial Design Services (541420)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI), Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urbanism and planning
• Interior environment design
• Sustainable building systems
• Computational architecture design

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Method Design generates revenue through professional architectural design services billed on a project-by-project basis. As an Architecture + Urbanism firm, they provide comprehensive design services across commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban projects. Revenue is earned through design fees, which may include phases from concept through construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Method Design is a New York-based architecture and urbanism practice that provides full-service architectural design across commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban sectors, from concept through construction administration. The firm additionally delivers Interior Environments, Urbanism and Planning, Sustainable Systems and Passive Strategies consulting, Computational Design Processes, Project Management, and Industrial Design services, leveraging parametric modeling tools to translate complex geometry into buildable solutions.

Product overview

Method Design Architecture + Urbanism is an architecture and urbanism firm offering a comprehensive suite of design services rather than a software product platform. Their service portfolio includes Architecture and Design (spanning commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban sectors), Interior Environments, Urbanism and Planning, Sustainable Systems and Passive Strategies, Computational Design Processes, Project Management, and Industrial Design. These services are delivered as an integrated practice rather than as discrete software modules or products, with the firm emphasizing their methodology that engages the space between theory and practice, thinking and doing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Full-service architectural design spanning commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, cultural, and urban sectors, engaging the space between thinking and doing by rejecting the dichotomy between architecture as art and as science.
• Interior Environments Interior design services that integrate color, design, lighting, and systems within architectural shells, balancing hard surfaces with soft furnishing to define texture, warmth, and ambiance.
• Urbanism and Planning Urban design and planning services focused on creating urban spaces at city scale and intimate settings, understanding how people use and interact with environments to encourage, uplift, and align with communities.
• Industrial Design Custom object and product design services, including one-off custom designs and products meant for mass production, addressing the silent impact of everyday objects on people's lives.

Quantifiable outcome

• AIA Citation award for The Woodruff Residence (WDF/AMD project)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 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

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Centerfield StudioscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCenterfield Studios (Portland) collaborated with Method Design on the Summit Residence project in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The partnership maximized lake views while blurring indoor/outdoor living boundaries. Centerfield Studios served as local partners with Method Design providing architectural design and sustainable systems expertise.
• Amanda Martocchio Architecture + Design, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmanda Martocchio Architecture and Design retained Method Design as building science and architectural consultants for the AIA Citation-winning Woodruff Residence project. Method developed dynamic massing and design concepts integrating zoning constraints with solar geometries for passive and active sustainable systems.
• Trahan ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrahan Architects (lead designers) partnered with Method Design as specialty design consultants to the precast panel fabricator Advanced Cast Stone for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame project. Method developed and engineered sophisticated structural steel support systems for 1150 unique stone panels.
• Advanced Cast StonecoreTechnology or IntegrationAdvanced Cast Stone was the precast panel fabricator for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Method Design worked with this partner and engineer David Kufferman P.E. to develop custom structural connections for the project's complex geometric requirements.
• MYKITA DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMYKITA Design collaborated with Method Design on the MYKITA: Crosby project (first US location in NoLita/SoHo-Cast Iron Historic District). MYKITA Design served as design consultants for the steel facade and LED display system that references neighborhood context.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Snøhetta: International architecture and design practice with offices in NYC, Europe (including Copenhagen), and beyond. Closely comparable multi-vertical portfolio spanning architecture, interiors, and urbanism with strong sustainability and computational design orientation.
• Rockwell Group: NYC-based architecture and design firm with overlapping hospitality, retail, and experiential design practices. Directly comparable in delivering concept-driven interiors for enterprise clients like Sloomoo and MEET.
• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG): Computational and design-forward architecture firm with international offices. Comparable in use of parametric tools, multi-vertical scope, and brand-driven boutique positioning; competes for similar experiential and cultural commissions.
• Diller Scofidio + Renfro: NYC-based interdisciplinary design studio of comparable scale. Strong overlap in cultural and institutional projects (museums, civic, educational) where both compete for marquee commissions.
• SHoP Architects: NYC-based architecture and design firm where both Method Design founding partners previously worked. Most direct peer given shared design DNA, computational capability, and NYC boutique positioning across commercial, cultural, and residential verticals.
• Studio Gang: Boutique architecture practice with comparable size, multi-vertical project mix (cultural, civic, residential, commercial), and emphasis on sustainability and material innovation. Similar boutique-scale competition for marquee commissions.
• WORKac: NYC-based boutique architecture firm of similar scale. Both firms operate across cultural, commercial, residential, and urban projects with comparable team sizes and project-based revenue models.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with strong sustainability practice. Represents a broad incumbent with comparable sustainability positioning and commercial/cultural project overlap, though at much larger scale.
• Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF): Major NYC-headquartered architecture firm. Operates at much larger scale across commercial towers and urban projects, including in Cairo (a Method Design geography), representing an incumbent competitor for larger commercial and urban commissions.
• SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill): Global architecture, engineering, and urban planning firm with NYC headquarters. Broad incumbent competing for large-scale commercial, cultural, and urban design mandates across Method Design's geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/method-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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