CoBe

What CoBe does

CoBe Architecture et Paysage is a Paris-headquartered multidisciplinary architecture, urban planning, and landscape design firm operating across France, Portugal, and Spain through six offices (Paris, Bordeaux, Lorient, Porto, Lisbon, Valencia) and a team of more than 60 professionals. Its offering is structured around three interconnected service lines: Architecture & Design (residential, commercial, hospitality, and public buildings), Urban Planning & Landscaping (operational urban planning for ZACs and public spaces, landscape design), and Project Management / Maîtrise d'œuvre d'exécution (construction-phase supervision, scheduling, cost control, and coordination). Through its 2023 acquisition of CoMPERE SAS, the firm has extended into water, wastewater, energy, healthcare, and public facilities infrastructure engineering.

The firm's core technology stack is BIM (Building Information Modeling) using GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD, applied across design and project management to integrate architecture, urbanism, and landscape disciplines in a single coherent design process. CoBe's signature methodology is its cross-disciplinary integration and multi-scale approach, linking scales from territory to detail, and a strong emphasis on sustainable and reversible construction (wood structures, low-carbon design, frugal approaches). Demonstrated sustainability credentials include NF Habitat HQE 9-star certification (Tribequa), BREEAM Very Good (Hotel Madalena Porto), Label Frugal Bordeaux, E2C2, and HS2.

CoBe generates revenue as a professional services firm via project-based fees from public-sector commissions (won through competitive tendering/appels d'offres) and direct private developer commissions. Client base spans public urban development agencies (EpaMarne EpaFrance, SPL Lyon Confluence) and major private developers (Eiffage Immobilier, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Legendre Immobilier, VINCI, OGIC, Pitch Immo, Nacarat). Notable mandates include the master planning framework for four ZACs at Montévrain, the 35-hectare Lyon Confluence 2022–2030 mission, and the design of the French delegation buildings at the Paris 2024 Olympic Athletes' Village. Pricing is per-project and not publicly disclosed; no revenue figures have been published.

Name

CoBe

Legal name

CoBe Architecture et Paysage

Website

https://cobe.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CoBe Architecture et Paysage is a Paris-based multidisciplinary architecture, urban planning, and landscape design firm with 60+ staff across six offices in France, Portugal, and Spain, serving public urban development agencies and private real estate developers with integrated design and project management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural and Design Services: Fees generated from providing complete architectural design services for residential, commercial, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Revenue is project-based and derived from public and private sector commissions.
2. Urban Planning and Landscape Services: Fees from operational urban planning missions and landscape architecture projects, often for public urban development zones (ZAC) and municipal clients. Typically long-term concession-style assignments.
3. Project Management and Execution (Maitrise d'oeuvre d'execution): Fees for construction phase project management, site supervision, scheduling, cost control, and coordination on large-scale building projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CoBe is a European multidisciplinary practice that provides integrated architectural design, urban planning, landscape architecture, and construction project management services for residential, commercial, hospitality, and large-scale urban development projects. The firm combines architects, urban planners, landscape designers, engineers, and project managers into a single coherent delivery model using BIM (ArchiCAD), spanning projects from territorial master plans down to millimetre-level detail. Through its CoMPERE subsidiary, CoBe also delivers engineering services in water, wastewater, energy, health, and public facilities.

Product overview

CoBe Architecture et Paysage is a European multidisciplinary architecture and urbanism firm operating across France, Portugal, and Spain. The company offers three interconnected core services: Architecture & Design covering buildings from housing to hotels; Urban Planning & Landscaping for operational urban development and public spaces; and Project Management (Maîtrise d'œuvre d'exécution) for construction execution and supervision. Through its CoMPERE subsidiary, the firm extends into water, wastewater, energy, and healthcare infrastructure. The firm operates from six locations: Paris (headquarters), Bordeaux, Lorient, Porto, Lisbon, and Valencia, with approximately 50+ team members including architects, urban planners, landscape designers, engineers, and project managers. Projects span residential, commercial, hospitality, public facilities, and large-scale urban development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture & Design
• Urban Planning & Landscaping
• Project Management (Maîtrise d'œuvre d'exécution)
• CoMPERE Engineering Services (Subsidiary)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 1,000 homes and ~7,500 m² of office/commercial space delivered between May 2023 and May 2024 across Paris and Bordeaux
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eiffage ImmobiliercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 September 2023Eiffage Immobilier is a key development partner for CoBe in Portugal. CoBe designed the Hotel Madalena in Porto (176 rooms, BREEAM Very Good) for Eiffage Immobilier, with the foundation stone laid in September 2023. This represents a significant cross-border collaboration demonstrating CoBe's ability to serve major French developers on Portuguese projects.
• EpaMarne EpaFrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEpaMarne EpaFrance is the public urban development agency that awarded CoBe the master planning framework contract for 4 ZACs in Montévrain (Val d'Europe, Charbonnière, Clos de Rose, and Université). This is one of CoBe's most significant public sector mandates.
• SPL Lyon ConfluencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPL Lyon Confluence is the public development company that awarded CoBe an operational urban planning assignment for the Lyon Confluence district on the Rhône side. The mission covers 35 hectares from 2022–2030, one of the most ambitious urban redevelopment projects in France.
• BNP Paribas Real EstatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBNP Paribas Real Estate commissioned CoBe for the Tribequa project (77 housing units in Bordeaux, NF Habitat HQE 9-star certified, 9 M€ HT), a flagship residential development near Bordeaux Saint-Jean station.
• Ville EnvieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVille Envie is the developer partner for the Halle Amédée rehabilitation project in Bordeaux, transforming a former railway workshop into a gourmet market hall and co-working/bureau spaces (800 m² SDP, 2.5 M€ HT, delivered 2024).
• OGICminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOGIC (alongside LARAQUI-BRINGER ARCHITECTURE & URBANISME) commissioned 179 housing units in Issy-les-Moulineaux, delivered between 2023–2024 as part of CoBe's construction division output.
• VINCIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVINCI (alongside HARDEL LE BIHAN ARCHITECTES) commissioned 58 housing units in Bordeaux, delivered between 2023–2024.
• ALIOS DEVELOPPEMENTminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerALIOS DEVELOPPEMENT (alongside BFV ARCHITECTES) commissioned 46 housing units in Ivry-sur-Seine, delivered between 2023–2024.
• Pitch ImmominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPitch Immo (alongside ORY.architecture) commissioned 113 housing units in Saint-Cloud, delivered between 2023–2024.
• CoMPEREcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoMPERE is a Brittany-based engineering firm (Quimperlé, Finistère) with over 30 years of experience in water, wastewater, energy, health, and public facilities sectors. Acquired by CoBe Group as part of its European constellation strategy to expand capabilities in environmental engineering and infrastructure.
• Mission NerrivikminorOthersCoBe supports Mission Nerrivik and its Nanuq sailing expedition to the east coast of Greenland (July–September), dedicated to marine research (pollution, currents, plankton, cetaceans) and scientific mediation. The partnership includes collaboration with Le Rocher association to host disengaged youth on a 2-week discovery camp.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• KCAP (Kees Christiaanse): European urban planning and architecture firm known for large European master plans (Rotterdam, Paris, Zürich); competes with CoBe for ZAC-scale European urban regeneration mandates.
• Architecture-Studio: Paris-based multidisciplinary architecture firm with an integrated architecture/urbanism/landscape offering; directly comparable to CoBe's French multidisciplinary model and target public-sector and developer clients.
• MVRDV: Dutch architecture and urban planning firm known for large-scale European urban regeneration, experimental housing, and sustainability-led design; CoBe has already collaborated with MVRDV on the Bordeaux Bastide Niel B127 project.
• Groupe-6 (now part of Equator): French multidisciplinary architecture, urban planning, and landscape firm combining architecture and urbanism in a single practice, very closely analogous to CoBe's integrated model in the French market.
• OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture): Rotterdam-based architecture and urban planning firm operating across Europe and globally, with strong public-sector and master planning credentials analogous to CoBe's ZAC framework mandate profile.
• Ateliers Jean Nouvel: Paris-based architecture practice with global reach, comparable to CoBe in pursuing signature public and developer commissions, though operating at larger scale and stronger global brand.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Global multidisciplinary architecture and urban planning firm with a strong sustainability and integrated design narrative, comparable to CoBe in combining architecture, urbanism, and large-scale master planning for public and private clients.
• Wilmotte & Associés: French architecture and urban planning firm with a similar Paris base and combined architecture, urbanism, and interior design practice; competes with CoBe for French cultural, residential, and developer commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Global architecture and integrated design practice with deep public-sector and master planning work in Europe; competes with CoBe on flagship urban regeneration and public infrastructure tenders while operating at much greater scale.
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Global architecture firm with a strong portfolio of cultural and public buildings across Europe; relevant incumbent peer for premium public tenders where CoBe competes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cobe_archi

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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