3XKO

What 3XKO does

3XKO is an international design collective delivering architecture, interior design, and urban planning services to enterprise and government clients worldwide. Founded in 2012 by three brothers—Korkut Özgenler, Korkmaz Özgenler, and Koray Özgenler—who collectively brought over 15-20 years of prior experience at renowned architecture firms in Germany, the UK, and France, the firm operates under a 'Think Tank' collaborative model across associate studios in Cologne (registered HQ), London, Istanbul, and Bali. Its three core service lines—Architecture, Interiors, and Urbanism—are routinely combined on engagements, with project examples spanning small-scale interiors (1,800 m² headquarters fit-outs) through to mixed-use mega-schemes exceeding 500,000 m².

The firm's customer base is concentrated in real estate development (Vadistanbul/Artas/Invest, Unibail Rodamco, Esta Construction, Grey Yapi, Orjin Group), banking (Halk Bank, National Commercial Bank Libya), hospitality (iLive Holding, mixed-use club complex in Islamabad), housing associations (Hyde Housing), energy/investment (IKAV/Ecoprime), and government entities (System Construction, Tripoli Police Operations). Projects span ten countries across Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, the Caucasus, Southern Europe, and Latin America. The practice has accumulated more than ten industry awards and shortlists (notably the 2010 Housebuilder Awards, Evening Standard New Homes Award, London Planning Awards, Housing Design Awards 2007, British Homes Awards, and Building for Life Gold 2009) and trades under multiple brands including 3XKO Architects and 3XKO Mimarlık A.Ş.

Commercially, 3XKO operates as a privately held, self-funded professional services firm with no external institutional capital and no disclosed funding events. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements priced by scope, complexity, and scale, delivered via enterprise field sales through its studio offices. The firm maintains two legal entities—3XKO GmbH in Cologne, Germany (HRB 94301), and 3XKO Mimarlık A.Ş. in Istanbul, Turkey—and delivers services through direct client engagement, supplemented by partnerships such as its joint delivery with Benoy on the Vadistanbul Retail Centre. Its GTM motion is exclusively enterprise-led, with marketing restricted to owned website, social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn), an Architizer profile, and earned media in architecture trade publications.

Name

3XKO

Legal name

3XKO GmbH

Website

https://3xko.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

3XKO is an international design collective delivering architecture, interior design, and urban planning services through associate studios in Cologne, London, Istanbul, and Bali. Founded in 2012, the firm serves enterprise and government clients—including real estate developers, banks, hospitality operators, and housing associations—across Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design services
• Urban planning
• Mixed-use development design
• Master planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Beyoglu

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Professional architecture, interior design, and urbanism services delivered through project-based engagements for clients worldwide. Services include concept design, design development, tender documentation, and project coordination.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

3XKO is an international design collective offering architecture, interior design, and urbanism services delivered through project-based engagements. The firm designs and delivers special places for living, working, shopping, culture and learning across residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, cultural, educational, and mixed-use building typologies, with projects ranging from small showrooms to schemes exceeding 500,000 m². Services span the full building lifecycle including concept design, design development, tender documentation, and project coordination, executed through associate studios in London, Cologne, Istanbul and Bali.

Product overview

3XKO is an international design collective offering three integrated core services: Architecture, Interiors, and Urbanism. Founded in 2012, the firm operates as a unified design practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. Their services span the entire building lifecycle from concept through execution documentation, covering residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, cultural, educational, and mixed-use building typologies. The three service lines are frequently combined in projects—for example, the Vadistanbul Shopping Centre involved both architecture and interior design services, while the Porto Maravilha project combined architecture, landscape, and urbanism. Projects are delivered through their associate studios in London, Cologne, Istanbul, and Bali, employing a 'Think Tank' collaborative philosophy across disciplines and locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Comprehensive architectural design services spanning residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, cultural, educational, and mixed-use building typologies across global markets, including concept design, design development, tender documentation, and project coordination.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services including public retail interiors, street retail frontage, office interiors, hospitality interiors, and residential interiors for projects of various scales delivered for enterprise clients.
• Urbanism Services Urban planning and masterplanning services including city district regeneration, waterfront revitalization, and large-scale urban development projects for public and private sector clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects span multiple countries and building types from small showrooms to 525,000 m² mixed-use schemes

Named customers12 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BenoycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design collaboration between 3XKO and Benoy for the Vadistanbul Retail Centre project in Istanbul. 3XKO delivered the public retail interior and street retail frontage design execution along with coordination of all sub-consultants and suppliers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Aedas: Global architecture practice with a strong Middle East, Asia, and emerging-market footprint; directly competes for mixed-use, retail, and hospitality design commissions in geographies where 3XKO operates.
• Gensler: World's largest design firm offering architecture, interiors, and urban planning globally; competes for enterprise commercial, retail, and hospitality interiors mandates at a scale 3XKO cannot match but addresses the same buyer.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture and integrated design practice with much broader portfolio and deeper bench; competes for headline international mixed-use and cultural schemes where 3XKO also bids.
• HOK: Global design, architecture, and engineering firm with active practice in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia; comparable diversified practice covering architecture, interiors, and masterplanning on institutional and commercial work.
• SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill): Global architecture, engineering, and urban design practice; competes with 3XKO for benchmark mixed-use, commercial, and masterplanning commissions though at a vastly larger scale and resource base.

Direct peers

• Chapman Taylor: UK-headquartered international architecture practice specializing in retail, leisure, residential, and mixed-use schemes — directly comparable typology and geographic mix to 3XKO's flagship projects.
• UNStudio: International network architecture firm with offices across Europe and Asia offering architecture, interior, and urbanism services; comparable integrated design practice serving developers on large mixed-use and cultural projects.
• Benoy: International architecture and design firm with strong retail, mixed-use, and masterplanning practices; 3XKO has an active interior-design partnership with Benoy on the Vadistanbul scheme and shares the same typology footprint.
• Broadway Malyan: International architecture, masterplanning, and interior design firm with offices across UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia; comparable three-discipline integrated practice serving real estate developers on similar project profiles.

Regional players

• DP Architects: Asia-headquartered architecture firm with growing global practice spanning mixed-use, retail, and urbanism; overlaps with 3XKO on integrated masterplanning-plus-interiors bids in Asia and Middle East.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3xko
• Instagraminstagram.com/3xkoarchitects

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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