Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos

What Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos does

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos is a Brazilian architecture firm founded in 1970, headquartered in São Paulo, and operating continuously for over 50 years. The firm delivers professional architectural design services across six core practice areas: commercial (corporate towers and office buildings), residential (apartments and condominiums), institutional (public and cultural buildings), hotel (luxury hotels and resorts), mixed-use, and urban planning (masterplans). Its portfolio exceeds 100 completed projects spanning at least 12 Brazilian cities, with named clients including W Hotel São Paulo, JW Marriott, Fasano, Trump Towers Rio, Tribunal de Contas do Município de São Paulo, SENAC, and the Rio 2016 Olympics Media Press Center.

The firm's technical differentiators include biophilic design integration (1,760m² vertical forest concept at Salma Tower), high LEED certification scores, and proprietary structural concepts such as the elevated Tribunal de Contas building supported on four cores with 17-meter cantilevers. Notable projects include Salma Tower, W Hotel São Paulo, the Tribunal de Contas (1970), and the Masterplan Chucri Zaidan. The firm has collaborated with international peers, most notably Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects on the São Paulo Corporate Towers project in 2016.

Revenue is generated through project-based architectural design fees, typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or a fixed fee per commission. The go-to-market model relies on enterprise-level direct engagement with real estate developers, hotel chains, and government entities, supplemented by architecture competitions and earned media coverage on international architecture platforms. The firm operates as a privately held company with no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or investor ownership.

Name

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos

Legal name

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos

Website

https://aflalogasperini.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos is a Brazilian architecture firm founded in 1970, headquartered in São Paulo, delivering commercial, residential, hotel, mixed-use, institutional, and urban planning design services to enterprise developers, hotel chains, and government clients across Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Commercial architecture
• Residential architecture
• Hotel architecture design
• Urban planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin 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. Architectural Design Services: Fees generated from designing buildings across commercial, residential, hospitality, institutional, mixed-use, and urban planning categories. Revenue is project-based, typically a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee per commission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos is a Brazilian architecture firm providing end-to-end architectural design and urban planning services across six practice areas: commercial, residential, institutional, hotel, mixed-use, and urban planning/urbanism. The firm delivers named, project-based commissions for real estate developers, hospitality operators, government entities, and institutional clients, producing buildings that integrate biophilic design elements and pursue LEED sustainability certification.

Product overview

Aflalo Gasperini Arquitetos is an established Brazilian architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural services across six core practice areas: Commercial Architecture (corporate towers and office buildings), Residential Architecture (apartments and condominiums), Institutional Architecture (public and cultural buildings), Hotel Architecture (luxury hotels and resorts), Mixed-Use Architecture, and Urban Planning. The firm operates as a project-based architecture studio rather than a software product company, delivering named architectural projects such as the Salma Tower, W Hotel São Paulo, and Tribunal de Contas. Their portfolio spans from urban masterplans to individual building designs across Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Architecture Services (Arquitetura Comercial)

Quantifiable outcome

• Salma Tower is among Brazilian projects with the highest LEED certification scores, as recognized by ESG Inside.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 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

One partnership is on record.

• Pelli Clarke Pelli ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Aflalo/gasperini arquitetos partnered with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects on the São Paulo Corporate Towers project. The Brazilian firm was responsible for feasibility studies, tropicalization (climate adaptation), and full technical development of the project, while the international firm provided the overall design concept. This collaboration demonstrates the firm's capability to execute international-standard design within the Brazilian regulatory and climatic context.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Triptyque Architecture: Brazilian-French architecture firm with similar typology mix including commercial, residential, and mixed-use projects in São Paulo. Comparable peer for biophilic/sustainable design positioning and Brazilian premium segment.
• Jacobsen Arquitetura: Brazilian architecture firm with a similar portfolio across high-end residential, commercial, and hospitality projects. Comparable peer for the premium Brazilian residential and commercial segment.
• Studio Arthur Casas: São Paulo-based contemporary architecture practice covering commercial, residential, hospitality, and interiors in Brazil. Directly comparable peer given overlapping client base of premium developers and similar typology mix (hospitality, high-end residential, commercial towers).
• Metro Arquitetos: Brazilian architecture firm with comparable scope across commercial, residential, cultural, and hospitality projects. Comparable peer for Brazilian premium architecture market positioning and competition-based selection processes.
• Isay Weinfeld: Brazilian architect known for luxury hospitality and residential projects. Closely comparable for the hotel-architecture segment (e.g., Fasano family collaborations) and premium developer client overlap.
• Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects: Global architecture firm known for commercial towers; Aflalo Gasperini's documented partner on the São Paulo Corporate Towers. Directly comparable for premium commercial tower design and the international-architect collaboration model.

Broad incumbents

• Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF): Global architecture firm with deep expertise in premium commercial towers and mixed-use developments. Comparable for the corporate-tower typology (e.g., Salma Tower equivalent) and large-scale urban projects.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm with deep hospitality and sustainability credentials. Comparable for the sustainability/LEED design positioning and ability to deliver landmark mixed-use and hospitality commissions internationally.
• Gensler: World's largest architecture and design firm with broad practice across commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use. Comparable for the typology mix and enterprise-scale developer/hotel chain clients, though operates globally at much larger scale.
• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG): Global architecture firm with strong sustainability and mixed-use portfolio. Comparable for innovative mixed-use masterplans and premium developer/hospitality clients, though internationally scaled.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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