FERNANDO MENIS

Name

FERNANDO MENIS

Legal name

FERNANDO MENIS, SLPU

Website

https://menis.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fernando Menis is a privately held Spanish architecture studio in Tenerife providing award-winning architectural design across cultural, public, residential, transport, and urban regeneration projects internationally, applying proprietary concrete and sustainable design methodologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Cultural buildings design
• Urban regeneration architecture
• Sustainable public architecture
• Concrete construction design

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Cruz De Tenerife

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based fees for architectural design services including public buildings, cultural facilities, residential projects, and urban interventions
2. Cultural Projects and Workshops: Organization of cultural events, workshops, and festivals such as Hatching Festival, contributing to brand building and community engagement

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fernando Menis is an architecture studio providing full-service architectural design across residential, cultural, institutional, sports, landscape, and transport infrastructure projects, including new construction and rehabilitation. The firm also operates Hatching Digital, an online research and documentation platform focused on urban and environmental innovation, and Robot Digital, a digital content resource tied to the Hatching research project.

Product overview

Fernando Menis is an architecture studio (Fernando Menis SLPU) that operates as a single integrated firm offering architectural design services across multiple typologies. The firm's core offering centers on bespoke architectural design — residential, cultural, institutional, sports, landscape, transport, and rehabilitation projects — delivered through its own studio team. Alongside its design practice, the firm runs Hatching Digital, a digital platform documenting ongoing research investigations in urban and environmental innovation, and Robot Digital, a related digital initiative. Services are structured under the firm's own brand, with dedicated sections for development/process, materials, and publications. The portfolio spans projects primarily in the Canary Islands, Spain, and extending internationally to Poland, Taiwan, Ukraine, Switzerland, Morocco, and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hatching Digital: Digital platform developed by Fernando Menis for research and innovation in architecture, related to the Hatching project focused on sustainable urban development.
• Festival Hatching

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• CKK Jordanki - one of the 25 most significant buildings in Poland of the last quarter century
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Gobierno de CanariascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Government supporter for cultural initiatives including the Hatching Festival and 'Islas del Mundo 2025' workshop series. Provides institutional backing for research projects.
• Cabildo de TenerifecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Regional government partner for cultural and architectural projects including workshop initiatives and festival Hatching 2025.
• PROEXCAminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Canary Islands export promotion agency supporting internationalization of architectural services and cultural projects.
• SANDOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Construction company collaborator on the 'Islas del Mundo 2025' workshop project led by Fernando Menis.
• Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Academic collaboration on coastal erosion research and sustainable architecture workshops with Universidad Europea de Canarias and Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Rafael Moneo: Spanish Pritzker-winning architect with cultural and institutional projects. Comparable to Fernando Menis as a Spanish-origin architect with international cultural infrastructure commissions and design-research practice.
• Santiago Calatrava: Spanish architect internationally recognized for landmark cultural and public infrastructure projects. Highly comparable to Fernando Menis in being a Spanish-origin, award-winning practice competing globally for major cultural commissions.
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Renowned for museums, cultural centers, and public buildings executed across multiple continents. Closely comparable to Fernando Menis on typology, scale, and global cultural infrastructure pipeline.
• Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos: Madrid-based practice specializing in cultural and public architecture with strong award record (Aga Khan, Mies nominees). Comparable to Fernando Menis as a Spanish boutique firm competing for international cultural commissions.
• Snøhetta: Multidisciplinary practice integrating architecture, landscape, and research with strong sustainability credentials. Directly comparable to Fernando Menis on landscape architecture crossover and sustainable design philosophy.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Founder-driven international practice with strong competition record and cultural/civic commissions globally. Comparable to Fernando Menis in centering brand on a principal architect and pursuing landmark public work.
• MVRDV: Dutch firm producing experimental, often competition-won cultural and public buildings. Comparable to Fernando Menis on competition-led GTM and willingness to take material/typology risks.
• Studio Gang: Design-led practice with a strong sustainability agenda and award-recognized built work in cultural and civic typologies. Comparable to Fernando Menis via shared emphasis on landscape integration and research-driven sustainable design.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Founded-designer practice known for experimental, sculptural cultural buildings and competition-led growth. Directly comparable to Fernando Menis in competing for the same high-profile WAF/Venice Biennale-recognized public commissions.
• EMBT (Enric Miralles Benedetta Tagliabue): Spanish-origin practice with award-recognized public and cultural work and ties to local materials and landscape. Comparable to Fernando Menis on Iberian origin, public-sector commissions, and material experimentation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fernandomenis
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MenisArchitects/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/MenisArquitectos
• Instagraminstagram.com/fernandomenisestudio
• Pinterestes.pinterest.com/menisarquitecto
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/menisarquitectos

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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