What KPB Architects does

KPB Architects is a privately-held architecture and design firm headquartered at 500 L Street in Anchorage, Alaska, established in 1982. The firm provides integrated architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and master planning services across five market verticals: Healthcare (primary), Workplace/Commercial, Living (residential and senior housing), Government and Military, and Urban/Mixed-Use. Disclosed active clients and project engagements include Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), Southcentral Foundation, Providence Alaska Medical Center, multiple Alaska Native corporations (Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Afognak Native Corporation, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Cook Inlet Housing Authority, NANA Development Corporation, Kuukpik Corporation), Eielson Air Force Base, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, First National Bank Alaska, Holland and Hart, and Santos. Geographic footprint concentrates in Alaska across more than 180 communities with additional operating presence in Washington and Oregon.

The firm organizes delivery around six core offerings: Master Planning Services (strategic planning combining landscape and building design, practiced for 20+ years), Architectural Design Services (conceptual design through construction administration), Landscape Architecture, Interior Design (with CHID credential and evidence-based design expertise), Arctic Design Services (specialized for extreme cold-climate conditions), and 3D Visualization. Distinctive capabilities include combined landscape and architectural practice under one firm, arctic and cold-climate design expertise for Alaska's permafrost and limited-daylight environment, sustainable technologies such as ground-source heat pumps, solar PV arrays, super-efficient envelopes, and passive design, plus cultural design integration that incorporates Alaska Native heritage through materials, artwork, and spatial programs.

KPB operates as a project-based professional services firm with custom fees per engagement, ranging from interior redesigns to multi-year campus master plans. All client work is direct and consultative; the firm does not maintain productized offerings, digital self-serve channels, or published fee schedules. Business development runs through principal-led relationships, community sponsorships, professional society engagement (SMPS Alaska, AIA, Environments for Aging Conference), and a recently formalized Marketing and Business Development Director function. The firm is privately held with no institutional investors; ownership and management rest with principals including Michael Prozeralik (President and Managing Principal) and other named principals and associate principals. Disclosed scale signals are 18+ professionals, 300+ completed projects, 95% employee retention, and 10+ community organizations supported annually.

Name

KPB Architects

Legal name

KPB Architects

Website

https://kpbarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KPB Architects is an Anchorage, Alaska-based architecture firm founded in 1982 providing integrated architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and master planning services to healthcare systems, Alaska Native corporations, government agencies, and commercial clients primarily across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Landscape architecture
• Master planning services
• Arctic building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

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, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional fees for architectural design, interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, and related consulting services. Revenue is generated per engagement on a per-project basis, with scope defined by each client's needs from conceptual design through construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

KPB Architects delivers integrated architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, and master planning services across healthcare, workplace, residential, urban, and government markets. The firm specializes in Arctic and cold-climate design for Alaska's extreme environment and incorporates Alaska Native cultural design integration into built environments. Services span conceptual design, planning, construction documentation, and construction administration on a custom, per-project basis.

Product overview

KPB Architects is an architecture and design firm founded in 1982 that provides integrated architectural services across six core offerings: Master Planning Services (strategic planning integrating landscape and building design for over 20 years), Architectural Design Services (conceptual design, planning, renovation, and adaptive reuse), Landscape Architecture, Interior Design (with evidence-based design expertise for healthcare), Arctic Design Services (specializing in extreme climate challenges), and 3D Visualization. The firm serves markets across Healthcare (patient housing, medical offices, clinics), Workplace (corporate offices), Living (residential and affordable housing), Urban (parking structures, transit facilities), and Government (military and civic facilities). Notable projects include the ANTHC Patient Housing & Skybridge (108,748 sf with 200 rooms), Santos Workplace Office (80,000 sf), Southcentral Foundation Benteh Nuutah Valley Primary Care Center (LEED Silver), and various Cook Inlet Housing Authority developments. The portfolio demonstrates expertise across diverse sectors while maintaining a consistent approach of client collaboration and thoughtful, enduring design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Master Planning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• ANTHC Patient Housing (108,748 sf, 200 rooms) designed as part of three-phase campus development with 2,561 sf skybridge
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HDR: Architecture and engineering firm with one of the largest healthcare design practices in North America and growing federal/government presence. Competes for the same large healthcare and federal programs that anchor KPB's revenue.
• HOK: Global architecture firm with significant healthcare, aviation, and government practices — directly comparable to KPB's anchor sectors. Competes for the same institutional campus work but with substantially more resources.
• DLR Group: Integrated architecture and engineering firm with strong healthcare, K-12, and civic sector portfolios. Overlaps with KPB's healthcare, government, and residential segments and competes with comparable master-planning capabilities.
• Perkins&Will: Global healthcare-focused architecture firm with deep expertise in hospital and clinical design. Competes for the same large healthcare capital programs that KPB serves in Alaska, and the same ANTHC-class RFPs that occasionally draw national bidders.
• NBBJ: Seattle-headquartered global architecture firm with deep healthcare and aviation portfolios overlapping KPB's two largest verticals. Far larger scale, but directly competes for the same institutional clients expanding into the Pacific Northwest.
• Stantec: Large multi-disciplinary design firm offering architectural, interior, and landscape architecture services comparable to KPB's integrated offer, but at vastly greater scale and broader geographic reach. Stantec's Buildings practice competes for the same institutional and tribal clients.

Direct peers

• SmithGroup: Mid-large integrated design firm combining architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture under a single practice — closely mirroring KPB's integrated service model. Especially strong in healthcare, workplace, and higher education.
• Mithun: Mid-sized integrated architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture firm emphasizing cultural and community-driven design. Closely comparable integrated model and similar size to KPB, with shared cultural-integration design philosophy.
• RIM Architects: Anchorage-based architecture firm with a comparable Alaska footprint and similar scope of architectural, interior, and planning services across healthcare, education, and government. RIM is the closest direct geographic and scale-based competitor to KPB in the Alaska market.
• Bettisworth North: Fairbanks-based Alaskan architecture and planning firm serving healthcare, education, government, and Native corporation clients across Alaska. Comparable size and regional operating model to KPB with similar public-sector and tribal client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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