Architects Mosher Drew

What Architects Mosher Drew does

Architects Mosher Drew (AMD) is a privately held architecture firm founded in 1948 by Robert Mosher and Roy Drew in La Jolla, California, and currently headquartered at 1775 Hancock St. Suite 150, Mission Brewery Plaza in San Diego. The firm operates as a partnership under seven principals (Edward M. Holakiewicz as Senior Principal, plus Kristi Byers, Daniel Dubrow, Alahe Aldo, Eric Soldau, Victor Navarro, and Joshua Larson) with a staff of approximately 30-35 professionals, including eight licensed architects. AMD delivers full-service architectural design across seven vertical practices: K-12 and Higher Education, Healthcare, Federal/Defense (NAVFAC, MIL-CON), Civic/Public, Residential, and Zoological, with documented specializations in OSHPD healthcare compliance, DSA school approvals, and biophilic/humanistic design principles.

The firm's underlying "technology" is its humanistic and biophilic design methodology, project-based professional service delivery, and forty-plus year institutional portfolio; no proprietary software, AI capabilities, APIs, or packaged products are offered. Core deliverable mechanics are the standard architectural phases — programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration — with the firm recently entering a Design-Build delivery model via partnership with Level 10 Construction on the MiraCosta College Learning Commons. AMD's portfolio includes over 400 healthcare projects and signature landmarks such as the Coronado Bridge, UCSD Muir College, SDSU Aztec Center, and San Diego Zoo animal habitats.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional service fees on project-based engagements with institutional, government, healthcare, and private clients across Southern California. Pricing is project-specific and quote-based, structured as milestone-billed design contracts. Go-to-market is relationship-driven, with principals personally engaged in business development and RFP responses across K-12, community college, university, health system, federal/military, and civic buyer segments. The firm operates from a San Diego headquarters and a Calexico satellite office opened in 2024 to serve Imperial Valley clients, with no use of resellers, intermediaries, or external institutional capital.

Name

Architects Mosher Drew

Legal name

Architects Mosher Drew

Website

https://mosherdrew.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Architects Mosher Drew is a privately held San Diego architecture firm founded in 1948, delivering full-service design across K-12 education, higher education, healthcare, federal/military, civic, residential, and zoological sectors under seven principals and 30+ professionals, with offices in San Diego and Calexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410), Drafting Services (541340)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Healthcare architecture
• Educational facility design
• Federal military architecture
• Civic public architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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: Traditional architecture firm providing full-service design, planning, and project delivery for institutional, commercial, healthcare, federal, and residential clients. Revenue is generated through professional service fees on project-based engagements, typically structured as design contracts with milestone billing across project phases (programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Architects Mosher Drew is a San Diego-based architecture firm providing full-service architectural design, master planning, and project delivery across institutional, healthcare, federal, civic, residential, and zoological sectors. The firm delivers professional services through design contracts structured across project phases (programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration). Founded in 1948, AMD operates with seven principals and 30+ professional staff, applying humanistic and biophilic design principles.

Product overview

Architects Mosher Drew is an established architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural and design services through a multi-sector practice. The firm provides specialized services across seven primary sectors: K-12 Education, Higher Education, Healthcare, Residential, Zoological, Civic, and Federal/Military architecture. Each sector operates as a distinct service practice area, with projects ranging from library modernizations and CTE buildings (MiraCosta College, Mira Mesa High School) to healthcare centers (St. Paul's PACE), historic renovations (Wheeler House), civic landmarks (Coronado Bridge, Scripps Park Pavilion), and military facilities (Camp Pendleton). The firm employs over 30 professionals including 8 licensed architects and 7 principals, utilizing humanistic and biophilic design principles. No software products, APIs, or AI-powered features are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• K-12 Education Architecture Services
• Higher Education Architecture Services
• Healthcare Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Lyceum Theatre Renovation won 2025 Orchid Award for Public Architecture at San Diego Architectural Foundation's Orchids & Onions Awards
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered key partner and minor.

• Level 10 Constructionkey partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Architects Mosher Drew is a partner in a Design-Build Entity with Level 10 Construction for the MiraCosta College Learning Commons project. The partnership combines AMD's architectural expertise with Level 10's construction delivery capabilities on this progressive design-build project to create a multifaceted learning and resource center.
• Breaktruck FilmsminorOthers · 1 January 2023For their 75th anniversary, Architects Mosher Drew associated with Breaktruck Films, an award-winning architectural film production company, to create a short movie documenting part of their building portfolio. The collaboration produced an architectural film as a commemorative piece.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: National integrated design firm with substantial K-12, higher education, healthcare, and civic practices. Larger incumbent with broader geographic reach and integrated engineering capabilities; competes for institutional sector work across the Western U.S.
• CannonDesign: National AEC firm with deep higher education, healthcare, and science practices. Competes for major academic medical center and university work in California; much larger bench and integrated services.
• SmithGroup: National architecture, engineering, and interiors firm with established healthcare, higher education, and science & technology practices. Larger-scale competitor pursuing the same institutional client categories across the West Coast.
• Page (Page Southerland Page): Multi-disciplinary architecture, engineering, and planning firm with federal, healthcare, and higher education practices. Comparable in DoD/federal project delivery and large-scale institutional work.

Direct peers

• HMC Architects: HMC Architects is a California-based architecture firm with deep K-12, higher education, and healthcare practices across Southern California, with comparable OSHPD/DSA navigation experience. Direct competitor for the same school district, university, and health system RFPs that AMD pursues.
• CO Architects: Los Angeles-based architecture firm specializing in healthcare, research, and higher education facilities. Directly comparable OSHPD-compliant healthcare and academic medical center work to AMD's 400+ healthcare project portfolio.
• Carrier Johnson + Culture: San Diego-headquartered architecture and design firm with institutional, hospitality, and civic portfolios. Local peer competing for the same regional institutional and developer-led projects in the San Diego market.
• LPA Design Studios: California-based integrated design firm with strong K-12/higher education, civic, and healthcare practices. Comparable in scale, sector mix, and signature sustainable/biophilic design philosophy.

Regional players

• Leo A Daly: National AEC firm with substantial federal/military practice and emerging West Coast footprint. Comparable in federal/defense NAVFAC-style project delivery to AMD's DoD work at Camp Pendleton and other installations.

Emerging players

• BNIM: Design practice focused on high-performance, biophilic, and education/civic architecture. Comparable design philosophy (humanistic, sustainability-led) and partial overlap in education and civic client categories.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/architectsmosherdrew

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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