Matiz Architecture and Design

Name

Matiz Architecture and Design

Legal name

Matiz Architecture and Design

Website

https://mad-nyc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Graphic Design Services (541430)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design firm
• Historic preservation
• Environmental graphics wayfinding
• Landmark renovation 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, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional services for architecture, interior design, environmental graphics, and historic preservation. Revenue generated through direct client engagements for commercial, institutional, residential, and community projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Matiz Architecture and Design is a New York-based architecture and design firm providing professional design services across architecture, interior design, environmental graphics, and historic preservation. Project work spans community and non-profit facilities, higher education campuses, cultural and institutional venues, landmarked building renovations, commercial workspaces, and private residences, with additional in-house environmental graphics and wayfinding capabilities integrated with architectural projects.

Product overview

Matiz Architecture and Design (MAD) is a New York-based architecture and design firm offering comprehensive professional services rather than a software product. The firm operates as a single unified service offering centered on architectural design, interior design, and environmental graphics across nine distinct service categories: Community & Non-Profit Design, Higher Education Design, Cultural & Institutional Design, Landmark & Historic Preservation, Workspaces Design, Residential Design, Environmental Graphics, and Ideas & Sketches. These service lines work together on projects ranging from small-scale residential renovations to large institutional and commercial developments, with the Environmental Graphics studio providing supplementary branding and wayfinding services integrated with architectural projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Full-service architecture and interior design firm providing project-based design services across residential, commercial, institutional, and cultural project types in New York City and beyond.
• Community & Non-Profit Design Architecture and space design supporting non-profit clients where social justice, healthcare, and collaboration are prioritized as part of their mission.
• Higher Education Design Educational facility design ranging from classrooms to dormitories to cultural environments for clients including NYU, CUNY, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and Stevens Institute of Technology.
• Cultural & Institutional Design Cultural and institutional facility design including performance spaces, academic gathering venues, and larger public event spaces.
• Landmark & Historic Preservation Historic preservation and landmark restoration services within New York City's landmarked districts, including renovation of historic townhouses and renowned campus buildings.
• Workspaces Design Commercial workspace design for clients spanning non-profit to tech sectors, creating environments for collaboration and productivity.
• Residential Design Residential architecture including apartments, landmark townhouse restoration, and transformation of industrial and loft spaces for private clients.
• Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding Comprehensive wayfinding systems and environmental graphics integrated with architectural spaces, including signage, branding integration, and visual communication strategies for corporate and institutional clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully completed 17-story, 182,714 SF landmark building renovation meeting LEED Silver certification standards
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Achille SalvagniminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian interior designer retained to design townhouse interiors for Upper East Side Townhouse project (36 East 68th Street). MAD served as local architects of record while collaborating on interior design scope.
• WorksteadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm collaborated with MAD on 1440 Albemarle Road project in Brooklyn's South Prospect Park Historic District. Workstead provided updated interiors integrated with MAD's architectural renovation.
• Design-ApartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian high-end millworker collaborated with MAD on Lines In Space residential project. MAD worked with Design-Apart on custom millwork and renovation in Upper West Side prewar building.
• PentagramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Pentagram on environmental graphics for Planned Parenthood Federation of America headquarters project. Pentagram contributed to stair environmental graphics design.
• Turner ConstructionminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for NYU Lipton Hall gut renovation project (17-story, 182,714 SF)

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CetraRuddy: NYC architecture firm with strong residential, interior design, and adaptive-reuse practices. Directly comparable to MAD across residential townhouse renovations, large-scale residential towers, and integrated interior design services.
• Handel Architects: NYC architecture firm with deep residential, mixed-use, and adaptive-reuse practices. Comparable to MAD in residential townhouse and large-scale NYC renovation work, particularly in landmarked contexts.
• Rockwell Group: NYC-based architecture and design firm with integrated interior design and branded environment capabilities. Directly comparable to MAD in combining architecture, interior design, and signature branded spaces across hospitality, cultural, and institutional clients.
• Magnusson Architecture and Planning: NYC mid-size architecture firm with strong non-profit, community, and affordable-housing practices. Comparable to MAD on Community & Non-Profit segment work and mid-rise residential/mixed-use projects in NYC.
• nARCHITECTS: NYC-based mid-size architecture practice with active cultural, residential, and public-architecture work. Comparable to MAD in scale, NYC focus, and emphasis on community-oriented institutional projects.
• CookFox Architects: NYC architecture firm with a sustainability-led, biophilic design philosophy and active residential, commercial, and adaptive-reuse practices. Comparable to MAD on NYC residential and landmark work, with similar emphasis on LEED-aligned design.
• WXY Architecture + Urban Design: NYC-based practice combining architecture, urban design, and adaptive reuse for civic, cultural, and institutional clients. Comparable to MAD in scale, NYC focus, and overlap across cultural/institutional and public-sector work.

Others

• Pentagram: Independent multi-disciplinary design consultancy with deep environmental graphics and wayfinding capabilities. Partnered with MAD on the Planned Parenthood HQ project and a recurring collaborator on integrated branding + architecture work.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins Eastman: Larger multi-discipline architecture firm with significant NYC higher-education, residential, and senior-living practices. Comparable to MAD on higher-ed campus work and large-scale residential, but at a much larger scale with a national footprint.
• IA Interior Architects: Large global interiors-focused firm serving corporate, tech, and workplace clients. Comparable to MAD on the workspaces and environmental-graphics offerings for tech clients like OkCupid and Dailymotion, but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@madnyc
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• Instagraminstagram.com/mad_nyc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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