Dean and Dean/Associates Architects

What Dean and Dean/Associates Architects does

Dean and Dean/Associates Architects, operating as Dean Architecture, P.A., is a third-generation professional architectural firm founded in 1949 and headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The firm provides full-service architecture, interior design, and planning services across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility studies and master planning through design development, contract documents, bidding, and construction administration. Its practice is built around four service lines: Architectural Services, Interior Design, Planning Services, and Consulting/ADA Compliance Studies, supported by staff credentials that include AIA-registered architects, NCIDQ-certified interior designers, LEED-accredited professionals, and CSI-certified construction administrators.

Name

Dean and Dean/Associates Architects

Legal name

Dean Architecture, P.A.

Website

https://deandean.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dean Architecture is a third-generation, Ridgeland, Mississippi-based architectural firm founded in 1949, delivering full-service architecture, interior design, and planning to healthcare, education, municipal, and commercial clients across the Southeast U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Design Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Master planning services
• Healthcare facility design
• Municipal building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Architecture and Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional services engagements including architectural design, interior design, and planning services for institutional, commercial, and government projects. Revenue is project-based and derived from design fees, typically structured as fixed-fee or percentage-of-construction-cost arrangements for each engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dean Architecture is a privately held professional architectural firm providing full architectural services across the project lifecycle — from building research and survey, feasibility studies, and facility assessments through site and building design, contract documents, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration. The firm also offers interior design (including retail prototype and concept development), planning services (master planning, strategic planning, programming, and space planning), and consulting and ADA compliance studies. Its services are delivered to healthcare, education, municipal, retail, commercial, correctional, and religious facility clients across the Southeast U.S.

Product overview

Dean Architecture is an architectural firm offering a unified suite of professional services built around four core offerings: Architectural Services (the primary service covering full project lifecycle from research through construction administration), Interior Design (retail-focused concept development and design), Planning Services (master planning, strategic planning, programming, and space planning), and Consulting/ADA Compliance Studies (supplementary professional services). The firm's services are tailored to diverse project sectors including healthcare, educational, retail, commercial, religious, correctional, and municipal facilities. Founded in 1949, the firm emphasizes collaborative processes with clients and end users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Services Full-service architectural offerings covering the entire project lifecycle, including building research and survey, feasibility studies, facility assessments, site and building design development, contract documents, bidding and negotiation, and general contractor management. Delivered to healthcare, education, municipal, retail, commercial, religious, and correctional facility clients.
• Interior Design Interior design services encompassing prototype and concept development, retail store design, and project management, delivered alongside architectural engagements.
• Planning Services Comprehensive planning services including master planning, strategic planning, programming, space planning, and test fits to support client pre-design and conceptual phases.
• Consulting and ADA Compliance Studies Additional professional services including consulting and ADA compliance studies to support architectural and design projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple clients report projects delivered on time and within budget, including $5.5 million Continental Tire Training Center (LEED Silver, 23,000 SF) and $4.2 million Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic second location.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers37 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Second Architectural Firm (for Baker Donelson project)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor the Baker Donelson project (125,000 SF Class A office building), Dean Architecture collaborated with a second architectural firm to provide full A/E and interior design services. The collaboration enabled the firm to deliver a large-scale, complex project with comprehensive architectural and engineering coverage.
• Mackey Mitchell (for Magnolia Speech School)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDean Architecture worked in a joint venture with Mackey Mitchell to design the new 30,000 SF Magnolia Speech School facility in Jackson, MS. The joint venture combined Dean Architecture's local expertise with Mackey Mitchell's experience in special-purpose educational facilities.
• The Boldt CompanyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDean Architecture provided design services to The Boldt Company (construction partner) for the Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto Physician's Office Building and Cancer Center (86,746 SF, 3-story) project in Southaven, MS. Boldt Company served as the construction partner on this project.
• DEC Architects (for E.T. Woolfolk State Office Building)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerE.T. Woolfolk State Office Building project (425,000+ SF renovation and addition) was produced by DEC Architects — a joint venture. Dean Architecture participated in this joint venture to deliver the large-scale state government office project adjacent to the Mississippi State Capitol.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• tvsdesign: Atlanta-based architecture firm serving healthcare, hospitality, education, and workplace clients across the Southeast and nationally. Comparable in regional Southeastern positioning and multi-vertical service mix to Dean Architecture, though at a larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with deep healthcare, education, and civic practices. Comparable to Dean Architecture in the institutional client segments served, but operating at vastly larger scale across multiple geographies.
• HOK: Global architecture and design firm with substantial healthcare, education, and corporate practice areas. Comparable in target verticals to Dean Architecture but with significantly broader geographic reach and project scale.
• HKS, Inc. Large U.S. architecture firm with a national healthcare practice and broad institutional portfolio. Comparable to Dean Architecture in healthcare and education verticals, but at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• JBHM Architects: Mid-sized multi-sector architecture firm headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. Comparable in scale and regional scope to Dean Architecture, with similar exposure to healthcare, education, and commercial/institutional clients in the Southeast.
• Eley Guild Hardy Architects: Jackson, Mississippi-based architecture firm with a healthcare-specialized practice, closely comparable to Dean Architecture in size, geography, and institutional client focus. Both serve hospital systems and medical office building clients across the Southeast.
• Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons (CDFL): Established Jackson, Mississippi architecture firm practicing across institutional, commercial, and healthcare markets. Comparable to Dean Architecture in size, multi-vertical service mix, and longstanding Mississippi-based operating model.
• Canizaro Cawthon Davis: Jackson, Mississippi architecture firm serving institutional and commercial clients. Comparable to Dean Architecture as a regional Mississippi-based peer competing for similar healthcare, education, and public-sector engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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