What Gossen Architects does

Gossen Architects is a private, founder-owned architecture firm headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, founded in 1988 by Principal Architect Kevin Gossen. The firm employs four architects and delivers full-service architectural design for residential and commercial clients across Southeast Louisiana, with project work spanning traditional southern-style homes, modern contemporary residences, schools, offices, galleries, and adaptive reuse projects. Services run from preliminary hand-drawn floorplans and elevations through detailed construction documents (plans, sections, elevations, 3D perspective renderings) and construction-phase oversight, with weekly job-site checks during build-out. The job posting confirms required fluency in REVIT and AutoCAD, with BIM literacy as a core technical competency.

The firm operates a sales-led, principal-driven go-to-market: Kevin Gossen meets directly with prospective clients for project scoping and remains the central relationship owner through design and construction. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees that are quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with project durations stretching into multi-year contracts. The customer base is bifurcated across private residential homeowners (SMB / individual clients) and commercial / institutional clients such as schools, offices, and galleries, with no disclosed revenue mix between segments. Marketing is portfolio-driven, relying on a Squarespace-hosted website with project photography and case studies; there is no formal sales team, channel partners, or paid marketing infrastructure. The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity, functioning as a closely held professional practice dependent on the founder's personal client relationships and reputation built over 35+ years.

Name

Gossen Architects

Legal name

Gossen Architects

Website

https://gossenarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gossen Architects is a four-architect, founder-led boutique firm in Lafayette, Louisiana, founded in 1988, providing residential and commercial architectural design, renovation, and adaptive reuse services to homeowners and institutional clients across Southeast Louisiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

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

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Luxury Whole-Home Renovation (High-End Finishes & Custom Build) (HSAPAEAI)

Keywords

• Residential architecture services
• Commercial architecture design
• Architectural renovation services
• Adaptive reuse design
• Construction document services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lafayette

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue from architectural design projects including residential homes and commercial buildings. Projects include new construction, renovations, adaptive reuse, and interior design. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for design and construction document services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gossen Architects is a Lafayette, Louisiana-based architecture firm founded in 1988 that provides residential and commercial architecture design services. Core offerings include new construction design, renovation, adaptive reuse, and interior design, delivered through a client-collaborative process led by Principal Architect Kevin Gossen from preliminary hand-drawn floorplans through detailed construction documents with 3D renderings and weekly construction-phase job checks.

Product overview

Gossen Architects is a traditional architecture firm offering two core service lines: Residential Architecture and Commercial Architecture. The firm provides full-service architectural design from initial concept sketches through construction documents to construction phase oversight. Residential services include traditional southern-style homes and transitional modern contemporary designs. Commercial services cover new construction, renovations, and adaptive reuse for institutional clients including schools and offices. The firm operates from Lafayette, LA and was founded in 1988 by Kevin Gossen.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture Services

Named customers13 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Decorations LucullusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design partner for the Résidence Secondaire project in Metairie, Louisiana. Collaborated on interior design elements for the residential project.
• Haylei SmithminorOthersProfessional photographer who photographed the Kiki residential project, capturing interior and exterior imagery for the firm's portfolio.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates (Gensler): Global architecture and design firm with extensive commercial and adaptive reuse practice. Indirectly comparable as a broader incumbent that competes for the same institutional and commercial commissions Gossen serves, albeit at vastly different scale and geographic reach.
• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based architecture firm renowned for high-end custom residential and select commercial work. Comparable as a principal-led, craft-focused practice with strong residential positioning and portfolio-driven marketing — though significantly larger and more internationally recognized.
• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based award-winning architecture firm with strong residential and adaptive reuse portfolios. Comparable as a design-led practice that similarly emphasizes regional identity, traditional-to-modern range, and client-collaborative process — though larger in scale and national recognition.
• Robert A.M. Stern Architects: New York-based architecture firm with strong portfolio in traditional and transitional residential design. Comparable as a practice that similarly delivers traditional-to-modern range and serves high-end residential clients, though at much greater scale and national standing.

Regional players

• Coleman Partners Architects: New Orleans-based architecture firm focused on residential and commercial projects across the Gulf Coast. Comparable as a Louisiana-based boutique practice with a similar residential/commercial mix and principal-led client engagement model.
• Holly & Smith Architects: Louisiana-based architecture firm providing commercial, institutional, and residential design across the Gulf South. Comparable as a same-state regional peer focusing on similar public and private project types in Louisiana communities.
• Trahan Architects: New Orleans-based architecture firm with deep Louisiana roots and a strong portfolio across cultural, institutional, and residential projects. Highly comparable as a Louisiana-headquartered practice with strong regional brand and design-led client engagement, though significantly larger in scale and recognition.
• Mathes Brierre Architects: New Orleans-headquartered architecture firm with a long-standing Louisiana practice spanning commercial, residential, and adaptive reuse. Comparable as a seasoned Louisiana design firm with similar institutional and adaptive reuse capabilities.
• AOS Architects: Baton Rouge-based architecture firm serving Louisiana and the Gulf South with residential, commercial, and institutional design. Closely comparable geography and mixed residential/commercial service mix to Gossen Architects.
• Billes Partners: Louisiana-based architecture firm with a portfolio in residential, commercial, and institutional projects. Comparable as a Louisiana-headquartered peer offering the same architectural service breadth to Acadiana-adjacent clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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