LAP Architects and Interior Designers

Name

LAP Architects and Interior Designers

Legal name

LAP Architects + Interior Designers Ltd

Website

https://lap-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Residential development design
• Hospitality design services
• Masterplanning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chelmsford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Professional architectural services covering all RIBA work stages from concept design and planning through to technical design and on-site delivery. Services span masterplanning, residential, hospitality, community, workplace, and education sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LAP Architects and Interior Designers provides full-service architectural and interior design services to enterprise clients across residential development, hospitality, community, workplace, and education sectors in the United Kingdom. The firm delivers projects across all RIBA work stages from initial appraisals and planning permission to on-site delivery and contract administration. Services include masterplanning for national housebuilders, technical design packages for residential schemes, refurbishments and new-builds for pub and hotel chains (including listed buildings), and design for religious organisations, charities, and educational facilities.

Product overview

LAP Architects and Interior Designers is a UK-based architectural and interior design practice offering a comprehensive range of services across five core sectors: Masterplanning, Residential + Mixed Use, Hospitality, Community + Workplace, and Education. The firm works across all RIBA work stages from concept and planning through to technical design and on-site delivery. The practice traces its roots back to the 1930s and operates from Chelmsford, Essex, serving clients throughout the southeast and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Masterplanning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully delivered technical design package of 270 units on Littlemore Park project for Hill Group
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Mikhail Riches: Award-winning UK practice focused on sustainable residential and housing association developments. Comparable on residential scheme delivery and masterplanning for PLC and private clients.
• Rivington Street Studio: Mid-size UK practice working on residential, hospitality, and workplace projects. Comparable on multi-sector offering and tier-2 commercial/residential client base.

Direct peers

• Karakusevic Carson Architects: UK practice specialising in housing, masterplanning, and large-scale residential developments for public and private clients including housing associations. Comparable on residential masterplanning and large-unit-volume scheme delivery.
• JTP (John Thompson & Partners): London-based architectural practice of similar size working on UK residential masterplanning for PLC housebuilders and mixed-use developments. Directly comparable on residential scale, housebuilder client base, and masterplanning services.
• Feilden+Mawson: UK architectural practice of comparable scale working across residential, heritage, education, and community sectors. Similar profile to LAP on multi-sector offering and listed-building capability.
• Proctor & Matthews Architects: Mid-size UK architectural practice delivering residential and mixed-use projects for housebuilders including large-scale technical design packages. Highly comparable on residential design services and tier-2/3 housebuilder client base.
• Haworth Tompkins: UK architectural practice with strong heritage and listed-building expertise in hospitality, theatre, and residential sectors. Comparable on listed-building refurbishment work and architectural services across RIBA stages.

Broad incumbents

• Jestico + Whiles: Larger UK architectural practice with hospitality, residential, and education sector expertise. Comparable on hospitality and education sectors but at greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Allies and Morrison: Larger established UK architectural practice working across residential, masterplanning, commercial, and heritage sectors. Overlapping residential masterplanning capability but at significantly greater scale.
• Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE): Established London-based practice with strong residential, housing association, and community architecture portfolio. Comparable on residential development for housing associations and mixed-tenure schemes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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