What Fox Architects does

Fox Architects is a privately held, St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm founded in 1978 by Michael Fox. The firm operates as a single unified design studio organized around six practice areas: Workplace, Educational, Community, Institutional, Industrial + Logistics, and Customer Experience. Fox's core methodology treats interior design, architecture, and graphic elements as a single integrated discipline, beginning each engagement by identifying both physical requirements (site characteristics, programmatic needs) and abstract elements (client identity, brand) and weighting them equally. The firm holds USGBC and AIA memberships and is a signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment, with documented sustainability outcomes such as the Micro Motion Flow Innovation Center achieving 30% energy cost savings above ASHRAE 90.1-2010 and the Orthwein Animal Nutrition Center becoming the first LEED-certified facility at the Saint Louis Zoo.

The firm serves corporate, institutional, educational, community, and industrial clients through project-based professional services engagements. Named customers include Nike (multiple manufacturing and community projects across Missouri, Mississippi, Arizona, and Pennsylvania), Reinsurance Group of America (405,000 SF corporate HQ), Maui Jim and Kering Eyewear (336,000 SF North American HQ), Emerson Automation Solutions, InSinkErator, Micro Motion, the Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis University, and Loyola Academy. Pricing is project-based and not publicly disclosed, with fees tied to scope, complexity, and deliverables. Geographic reach extends across at least 10 U.S. states, anchored in the Midwest. The firm is led by President Adnan Omeragic, with Principals Jeremy Migneco (Design) and Greg Turner (Operations), supported by emeritus advisors Denise Fuehne and Joel Gandt.

In April 2026, Fox Architects was acquired by Dallas-based architecture firm Corgan, with financial terms undisclosed. The transaction extends Corgan's portfolio into Fox's integrated design approach and Midwest presence, and positions Fox within a larger national platform pursuing airports, offices, hospitals, schools, and multifamily residences. Following the acquisition, Fox continues to operate from its St. Louis headquarters at 1 South Memorial Drive, Suite 1800.

Name

Fox Architects

Legal name

Fox Architects

Website

https://fox-arch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fox Architects is a St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm founded in 1978, serving corporate, educational, institutional, community, and industrial clients across the United States through integrated architecture, interior, and graphic design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design
• Workplace design
• Educational facility design
• Industrial building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture and interior design services provided to corporate, institutional, and community clients. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design, planning, and project management services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fox Architects is a St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm providing professional design services across six practice areas: Workplace, Educational, Community, Institutional, Industrial + Logistics, and Customer Experience. The firm offers integrated architecture, interior design, and graphic design services for corporate headquarters, educational campuses, community facilities, manufacturing plants, and distribution centers. Services are delivered through collaborative design processes that combine physical requirements with brand identity considerations, emphasizing sustainability, wellness, and universal design principles.

Product overview

Fox Architects is a St. Louis-based architecture and interior design firm founded in 1978. The firm operates as a single, unified design studio offering architectural services across six practice areas: Workplace, Educational, Community, Institutional, Industrial + Logistics, and Customer Experience. Their design philosophy emphasizes crossing disciplines and integrating interior design, architecture, and graphic elements to create meaningful places. The firm has been recognized for projects ranging from corporate headquarters (Reinsurance Group of America, Maui Jim/Kering Eyewear) to community facilities (Nike AirMI93 Community Center, Jesuit Archive and Research Center) and educational institutions (SLU Center for Global Citizenship, Loyola Academy). Fox Architects was acquired by Dallas-based architecture firm Corgan in April 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workplace Design Architecture and interior design services for corporate offices, headquarters, and professional workspaces, often incorporating collaboration zones, amenity spaces, and brand identity integration. Clients include Nike, RGA, Maui Jim, Emerson, and InSinkErator.
• Educational Design Architecture and interior design for schools, universities, and learning environments, including classrooms, laboratories, student centers, and performing arts centers. Clients include Saint Louis University, Loyola Academy, and Lutheran High School South.
• Community Design Design of community facilities including mosques, cultural centers, zoos, and gathering spaces serving local populations. Clients include the Saint Louis Zoo, Nine PBS, and Bosnian Islamic Center.
• Institutional Design

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% energy cost savings above ASHRAE 90.1-2010 achieved at Micro Motion Flow Innovation Center
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CorgancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 April 2026Fox Architects was acquired by Dallas-based architecture firm Corgan in April 2026. The acquisition expands Corgan's portfolio which includes airports, offices, hospitals, schools, and multifamily residences, following Corgan's establishment of a Washington D.C. office less than two years prior. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm, with particular strength in workplace, retail, and experience design — overlapping heavily with Fox's customer experience and corporate workplace practices.
• HOK: Global architecture, engineering, and planning firm with deep workplace, healthcare, education, and aviation practices. Competes with Fox for enterprise workplace and institutional commissions, though at significantly larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: International architecture and design firm with strong sustainability credentials and practices across workplace, education, and healthcare. Comparable to Fox in integrated design approach and LEED expertise, but with global scale.
• Corgan: Dallas-based national architecture and design firm with a broad portfolio spanning airports, offices, hospitals, schools, and multifamily residences. Corgan acquired Fox Architects in April 2026, making it the parent and most direct strategic counterparty in the same integrated design space.
• HKS: National architecture firm with a portfolio spanning workplace, healthcare, education, and community projects. Competes with Fox for institutional and corporate commissions, with comparable design-led positioning and a national footprint.

Regional players

• Mackey Mitchell Architects: St. Louis-headquartered architecture firm with a similar mid-sized structure and a practice spanning education, community, recreation, and workplace design. Direct Midwest peer with overlapping sector coverage and comparable integrated design philosophy.
• Christner Inc. St. Louis-based architecture firm with comparable regional Midwest focus and a multi-sector practice (education, healthcare, civic, commercial). Direct geographic peer competing for many of the same institutional and corporate clients in the St. Louis market.

Direct peers

• DLR Group: Integrated architecture and engineering firm with national reach across workplace, education, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Highly comparable to Fox in delivering integrated design services to enterprise clients across multiple practice areas.
• SmithGroup: Integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm with strong workplace, education, and community practices. Closely mirrors Fox's integrated discipline approach and serves similar enterprise and institutional client types.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm offering architecture, engineering, and interior design across education, healthcare, workplace, and science & technology sectors. Closest comparable to Fox in terms of integrated practice model and mid-to-large firm structure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FOXArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fox_architects

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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