Architects BDA RDS Partners

What Architects BDA RDS Partners does

Architects BDA RDS Partners, legally Rauh Damm Stiller Partner Planungsgesellschaft mbH, is a German architecture firm founded in 1950 and headquartered in Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The firm operates as a privately held GmbH registered at the Essen commercial register (HRB 15188 AG Essen) and is led by managing partners Peter M. H. Damm and Arne Thorben Damm, both credentialed as Dipl.-Ing. Architekten BDA/AKG. The practice specializes in public-sector and institutional building typologies, with documented project experience in healthcare facilities (hospitals and clinical buildings), courthouses and justice infrastructure, research and laboratory buildings, educational facilities, senior-care residences, and heritage-preservation/listed-building work. The firm is an active member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA) and the Architekten- und Ingenieurkammer Bau (AKG), signaling professional accreditation beyond the legally required minimum.

The firm's revenue model is project-based professional services delivery, typical of German Planungsgesellschaften: fees are negotiated per project against the HOAI fee structure (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure) for public clients, with scope covering architectural programming, design, planning permission, and execution supervision. Clients are predominantly public-sector entities — municipalities, federal-state authorities, hospital operators, universities, judicial bodies, and ecclesiastical or heritage organizations — supplemented by private institutional clients. The firm employs 51–100 staff, comprising registered architects, planners, and project managers across its Hattingen office. No public funding rounds, acquisitions, or technology investments are disclosed. The firm has been recognized with multiple awards including the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Construction Prize (2016), the Big Beautiful Buildings Award (2018), a Top-10-Architects-Germany designation (2014), and BDA Stipendium Ruhr awards (2022, 2024), reinforcing its credentials in the German public-architecture market. Geographic operations are concentrated in NRW with project reach across other German federal states.

Name

Architects BDA RDS Partners

Legal name

Rauh Damm Stiller Partner Planungsgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://rdspartner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

German architecture firm (Rauh Damm Stiller Partner Planungsgesellschaft mbH) founded 1950, headquartered in Hattingen, specializing in healthcare, justice, research, educational, senior-care, and heritage-preservation buildings for public-sector and institutional clients across Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture
• Institutional building design
• Architectural planning services
• Research facility design
• Justice facility architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Hattingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services and Planning: Project-based architectural design and planning services for institutional clients, including healthcare facilities, justice buildings, research institutions, and educational buildings. Revenue is generated through design fees, planning services, and project management for construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

RDS Partner provides project-based architectural design, planning, and project management services for institutional clients. The firm specializes in complex healthcare facilities (hospitals, psychiatric clinics, rehabilitation centers), justice buildings (prisons, forensic psychiatry), research institutions (laboratories, biosafety facilities), and educational buildings across Germany. Services span concept design, target planning, and total planning (Ziel- und Gesamtplanung) through project completion.

Product overview

RDS Partner (Rauh Damm Stiller Partner Planungsgesellschaft mbH) is an architectural firm based in Hattingen, Germany, operating under the brand 'Architekten BDA RDS Partner'. The company specializes in comprehensive architectural planning services for healthcare facilities and institutional buildings. Their portfolio is organized across nine project typologies: Buildings for Health Services, Buildings for Seniors, Buildings for Housing, Buildings for Administration and Industry, Buildings for the Environment, Buildings for Education and Culture, Buildings for Research, Buildings for the Judiciary, and Buildings for Heritage Preservation. RDS Partner does not offer a software product or digital platform; their offerings consist of architectural planning, design, project management, and general contractor services for construction projects, primarily in the healthcare, justice, and research sectors. The company reports over 70 years of experience and has won numerous architectural competitions for hospital construction, psychiatric clinics, forensic facilities, and educational buildings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• Healthcare Facility Architecture Services Architectural planning, design, and project management for healthcare facilities including hospitals, psychiatric clinics, rehabilitation centers, and diagnostic and therapy centers. The service addresses modern healthcare facility design, barrier-free access, specialized treatment environments, and healing architecture for institutional healthcare clients.
• Justice Building Architecture Services Specialized architectural design for prisons, justice centers, and forensic psychiatry institutions, incorporating security requirements, regulatory compliance, and specialized facility design expertise for government and public sector clients.
• Research Institution Architecture Services Specialized architectural design for research facilities, laboratories, university buildings, and scientific institutions, including specialized laboratory design, biosafety requirements, and research infrastructure planning for public and academic clients.
• Educational Building Architecture Services Architectural planning and design for schools, universities, and educational facilities, incorporating accessible design, acoustic optimization, and specialized learning environments for government and educational institution clients.
• Senior Care Facility Architecture Services Architectural design and planning for senior residences, nursing homes, and geriatric care facilities, incorporating barrier-free design, accessibility, and comfortable living environments for senior care operators and private clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Passive house design achieved for psychiatric clinic (LVR-Klinikum Essen) with 90 residents using prefabricated modular construction

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AKG (Architekten für Krankenhausbau und Gesundheitswesen)coreOthersActive member of the professional association for hospital construction and healthcare architecture. Participates in regular spring and fall meetings held in various European locations. This membership provides networking opportunities and industry recognition for specialized healthcare architecture expertise.

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• KSP Engel Architekten: German architecture firm with a substantial healthcare and public-sector portfolio. Comparable in scale and vertical specialization, frequently competing for public hospital and administrative building commissions across German states.
• Nickl & Partner Architekten: Munich-based architecture firm specializing in healthcare, research, and educational buildings. Highly comparable niche focus and similar project typology mix (hospitals, research institutes, universities), making it a head-to-head competitor for specialized institutional commissions in Germany.
• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Berlin-based architecture firm with significant hospital and research-building experience. Comparable project typology mix and similar mid-sized scale, frequently competing for German public-sector institutional commissions.
• Heinle, Wischer und Partner: Stuttgart-based architecture firm with a strong healthcare and research-building practice. Comparable mid-sized German peer competing for similar institutional clients, particularly in southern and western Germany.
• HPP Architekten: German architecture firm with a long-standing, market-leading healthcare and cultural-building practice. Directly competes with RDS Partner for German hospital and institutional commissions, with overlapping client base among university medical centers and public health authorities.
• Wörner + Partner: Frankfurt-based architecture firm with a diversified institutional portfolio including healthcare, education, and research buildings. Comparable mid-sized German peer competing for public-sector commissions across multiple German states.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Global architecture and engineering firm with one of the world's largest dedicated healthcare practices. Operates in Germany through EU offices and competes for large hospital programs, representing a broader incumbent with deeper resources than RDS Partner's specialized boutique.
• gmp Architekten: Large Hamburg-based German architecture firm with international reach across cultural, public, and healthcare typologies. Larger and broader than RDS Partner, but competes in the same institutional public-client market for landmark healthcare and research projects.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering firm with a sizable healthcare architecture practice and German operations. Competes for cross-border and large-scale hospital projects where RDS Partner may not have the bench or geographic footprint.

Others

• Henn Architekten: Munich-based architecture and design firm with a portfolio spanning healthcare, research, and workplace buildings. Adjacent rather than head-to-head: broader design focus with projects at the intersection of healthcare and workplace/research, occasionally competing for institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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