Epicuria Architects

What Epicuria Architects does

Epicuria Architectes (legal entity EURL Epicuria architectes) is a Paris-headquartered private architecture firm founded in 1999 by Jean-Michel Buron, specializing in the design of public educational, cultural, and sports facilities. The firm operates from a single office at 20 rue Lacroix in the 17th arrondissement of Paris with a team of approximately twenty long-tenured collaborators, and has delivered more than 50 projects totaling 436,063 m² of built surface across Île-de-France, French metropolitan regions, and overseas territories including Guyana, Martinique, and Mayotte. Its portfolio is concentrated in K-12 schools (écoles, collèges, lycées), gymnasiums, socio-cultural centres, and selected higher-education and research facilities, with multiple projects achieving HQE, RE 2020, E+C-, BDF, and biosourcé environmental certifications.

The firm earns revenue through professional architectural services — design, project management, and construction supervision — delivered on a project basis. Business is acquired almost exclusively through winning French public architectural competitions (maîtrise d'ouvrage publique) issued by municipalities, departmental councils, and regional councils, supplemented by direct commissions following established relationships. Individual project construction budgets span roughly €3M HT to €54M HT, with notable flagships including the 33,664 m² International High School in Saint-Germain-en-Laye and the 17,314 m² IRBA Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute. Epicuria routinely partners with associated architects (AAM, Lorenzo Architecture, A.M.A. Architectes, DJA Architectes, AER Architectes, Pirollet, Atelier Dubuisson, Amarante, Nuret Architectes) and a recurring bench of engineering consultancies (EGIS Bâtiment, CET Ingénierie, INCET, SIGMA, ARTELIA, EPDC, OTEIS, SYNAPSE Ingénierie) on larger commissions.

Revenue is project-based and project-driven, with no disclosed pricing model and no publicly available financial figures. The firm is privately held under an EURL (single-member limited liability company) structure with no identified institutional investment, parent company, or acquisition history. Distribution is single-channel and single-country (domestic France), relying on public-sector competitions and a bilingual portfolio website rather than outbound marketing. Customer concentration is sector-total (100% French public-sector), though counterparty diversification across many municipalities and councils mitigates single-client risk.

Name

Epicuria Architects

Legal name

EURL Epicuria architectes

Website

https://epicuria-architectes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Epicuria Architectes is a Paris-based French architecture firm, founded in 1999, that designs public educational, cultural, and sports facilities through public-sector architectural competitions for municipal, departmental, and regional government clients across metropolitan France and overseas territories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Public architecture design
• Educational facility design
• Sports facility architecture
• Cultural facility design
• Sustainable public buildings

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional architectural services including design, project management, and supervision of public facility construction projects. Revenue is project-based and earned through competition wins and direct commissions from public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Epicuria Architectes is a French architecture firm that designs and delivers public educational, cultural, and sports facilities for government clients. Services span the full architectural project lifecycle, from competition-winning conceptual design through construction supervision, applied to schools (elementary, middle, high), school groups, gymnasiums, sports complexes, socio-cultural centres, university libraries, and research institutes.

Product overview

Epicuria Architects is an architecture firm that provides design and construction services for public educational, cultural, and sports facilities. The firm operates as a single unified service offering, delivering architecture and project management across multiple facility types including school complexes (écoles, colleges, lycées), gymnasiums and sports facilities, socio-cultural centers, higher education buildings, and research institutes. With over 20 years of experience and more than 50 completed projects across Île-de-France, French regions, and overseas territories, the firm serves primarily public sector clients including municipal governments, departmental councils, and regional councils.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• School Complex Design Services Design and construction of schools including elementary schools (écoles), middle schools (collèges), and high schools (lycées) for public sector clients across France and overseas territories.
• Sports Facility Design Design and construction of gymnasiums, sports halls, and multi-sport complexes for educational institutions and municipalities.
• Socio-Cultural Centre Design Design of socio-cultural centres including media libraries, community spaces, and multi-purpose cultural facilities.
• Higher Education Facility Design Design of university buildings, institutes, and higher education facilities including libraries, research centres, and training schools.
• Research Institute Design Design of specialised research facilities including biomedical research laboratories and institutes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ projects completed across France including overseas territories
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers43 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

40 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• AAM (Architecture Associée)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Regular associated architect partner on numerous projects including Claire Bretécher school group in Nantes, University Library Les Fenouillères in Aix-en-Provence, and various other educational facilities. Collaborative relationship across multiple project deliveries.
• EGIS BâtimentmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partnered on multiple projects including ISEN Caen, Lycée Polyvalent Guyane, Isabelle Autissier middle school, and agricultural EPLEFPA du Cher. Provides technical engineering services across various projects.
• INCETmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on François Peatrick school group, Philibert Dessaignes High School, and Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot High School projects. Provides structural and technical engineering consultancy services.
• CET IngénieriemajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consortium representative and partner on major projects including IRBA research institute, Jean Lolive middle school, René Cassin High School, and Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot High School. Key technical partner across projects.
• SIGMAmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcoustic and engineering consultancy partnered on multiple projects including ISEN Caen, Lycée Polyvalent Guyane, Vuache middle school, and many others. Provides specialist acoustic and engineering services.
• BEGCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting partner providing services on various projects including Claire Bretécher school group, Lycée Polyvalent Guyane, and multiple educational facilities.
• Lorenzo ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect partner on Pelletier school group project in Martinique.
• A.M.A. ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architects on Mamoudzou polyvalent high school project in Mayotte.
• DJA ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on New Haute-Savoie high school project.
• AER ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on New Gex high school project.
• BETOM IngénierieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on Collège Mont-Miroir project and La Fontaine du Roy middle school.
• Nuret ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on IRBA Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute project.
• PirolletminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on University Library Les Fenouillères project.
• Atelier DubuissonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on Gérard Roussel Gymnasium project in Valenton.
• AmaranteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated architect on Polyvalent High School in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guyana.
• DETAILS PaysageminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture partner on Polyvalent High School in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
• SOLENERminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnergy engineering partner on projects including Lycée Polyvalent Guyane, Lycée Polyvalent Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu.
• OVERDRIVEminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on Socio-cultural equipment in Choisy-le-Roi and Benjamin Franklin middle school.
• EGIS Bâtiment Centre-OuestminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegional EGIS office providing engineering services on Isabelle Autissier middle school project.
• EGIS Bâtiment Océan IndienminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegional EGIS office providing engineering services for Mamoudzou high school in Mayotte.
• AnteaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnvironmental consultancy partner on Paul Langevin elementary schools project.
• EGCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partner on Françoise Giroud middle school, Parc des Loges High School, Rosa Parks High School, Alexandre Denis High School.
• EGIS / JNCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partnership on ISEN Caen and Campus Lycée Innovant International projects.
• ARTELIAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on Alexandre Denis High School and Vuache middle school projects.
• EPDCminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on Parc des Loges High School and Françoise Giroud middle school projects.
• CAMPENON BERNARDminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Collège Mont-Miroir project.
• SICRAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Centre sportif Joliot-Curie project.
• BOUYGUES BÂTIMENTS IDFminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Françoise Giroud middle school project.
• GTM BÂTIMENTminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Baguer Institute project.
• DUMEZ IDFminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Lucie Aubrac middle school project.
• Spie SPGMminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction company on Parc des Loges High School project.
• Nord France (Fayat)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPublic-private partnership company on Anatole France middle school project.
• BATEGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign-build consortium leader on International High School and International school Gymnasium projects.
• OTEISminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering group on Auguste Mailloux high school project.
• SYNAPSE IngénierieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on New Gex high school and New Haute-Savoie high school projects.
• CYPRIUM EconomieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEconomics consultancy on New Gex and New Haute-Savoie high school projects.
• EODD EnvironnementalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnvironmental consultancy on New Gex high school project.
• EPIGRAMminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBIM management on New Gex and New Haute-Savoie high school projects.
• EDE INGÉNIERIEminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering on IFPS Besançon and Benjamin Franklin middle school projects.
• NDF paysageminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape architecture on New Haute-Savoie high school project.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ECDM Architectes: French architecture firm with a comparable portfolio of public-sector buildings including educational and cultural projects. Similar size, geographic focus, and operating model to Epicuria.
• TANK Architectes: French architecture firm of comparable size and scope, working on public and institutional buildings. Competes in the same French public-sector competition landscape as Epicuria.
• Dominique Coulon & Associés: French architecture firm specializing in public cultural and educational buildings, with a similar boutique size and competition-led business model. Highly comparable to Epicuria's focus on public-sector buildings and competition wins.
• Tolila+Gilliland: French architecture firm with strong focus on public/social housing and educational buildings. Comparable in their niche public-sector focus and Paris-based competition model.
• Hamonic+Masson: French architecture firm specializing in public architecture including educational, cultural, and institutional buildings. Similar boutique size and competition-based approach to French public projects.
• Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés: French architecture firm with extensive public-sector portfolio including major institutional buildings. Comparable in their focus on competition-driven public commissions in France.
• Studio Muoto: Paris-based French architecture firm of comparable size, with focus on public-sector projects including schools and community facilities. Comparable in their competition-based approach to French public commissions.
• AAM Architecture: French architecture firm that is a regular partner of Epicuria on multiple projects (Claire Bretécher school group, University Library Les Fenouillères). Comparable in size, focus, and operating model, and participates in the same public competitions.

Broad incumbents

• Atelier Jean-Michel Wilmotte: Established French architecture firm with broad portfolio including cultural, public, and luxury projects. Major competitor in French public architectural competitions, though operating at a larger scale and with broader scope.
• Patriarche: Much larger French architecture firm with broader portfolio spanning public, commercial, and residential projects. Competes with Epicuria in public competitions but at a much larger scale and broader scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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