Sage and Coombe Architects

Name

Sage and Coombe Architects

Legal name

Sage & Coombe Architects

Website

https://sageandcoombe.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Public architecture
• Civic architecture
• Sustainable design
• Historic preservation
• Master planning

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture services billed on a project basis. Projects range from small park facilities to large public buildings. Revenue derived from government, institutional, and private sector clients for design, master planning, renovation, and expansion services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sage and Coombe Architects is a women-led architectural firm providing full-service architecture, renovation, master planning, and sustainable design for public, civic, educational, and cultural clients. The firm delivers projects ranging from small park facilities to large civic buildings, with specialization in Design Excellence, accessibility compliance, historic preservation, and resilient infrastructure. Services are billed on a project basis to government, institutional, and private sector clients.

Product overview

Sage & Coombe Architects is a women-led architectural firm specializing in public and civic architecture. Their portfolio comprises diverse project types including libraries, schools, museums, firehouses, athletic facilities, park pavilions, and waterfront structures. The firm's services span architecture design, renovation, master planning, and sustainable design, with projects ranging from 4,500 sq. ft. community pavilions to 150,000 sq. ft. urban parks. Their architectural offerings include civic buildings (FDNY Marine 9 Barracks, Conference House Park Pavilion), cultural institutions (Noguchi Museum, NYPL branches), educational facilities (Maplewood Memorial Library, Buckley School, Poly Prep Performing Arts Center), and public infrastructure (Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Live Oak Bank Pavilion, Mulberry Commons). The firm also provides exhibition design services (Edgeless School) and ongoing campus master planning for educational institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services
• Renovation and Adaptive Reuse Services
• Master Planning Services
• Sustainable and Resilient Design Services
• Exhibition Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• First LEED Gold certified library in New Jersey (Maplewood Memorial Library)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Hargreaves-Jones Landscape ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on the Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park project in Wilmington, NC. Hargreaves-Jones served as prime landscape architect with Sage and Coombe designing the pavilions.
• EHDD ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering on Hudson River Park Estuarium Research and Education Facilities project. Joint design collaboration for environmental education facility.
• Supermass StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Supermass Studio on Mulberry Commons Phase II design, a transformational downtown park in Newark connecting Newark Penn Station, Prudential Center, and Ironbound District.
• StantecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking together on Lower Concourse Park in the Bronx with NYC EDC and NYC Parks. Also collaborated on Tompkinsville DOT Dockworkers Building project on Staten Island's North Shore.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: International architecture and landscape practice with a major civic and cultural portfolio; comparable on civic public-architecture positioning but operates at significantly larger scale and global scope.
• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with substantial civic, institutional, and educational practice; comparable in civic institutional client mix but much larger scale and broader service portfolio.

Direct peers

• Ennead Architects: NYC-based firm renowned for cultural and civic institutional buildings (libraries, museums, public buildings); directly comparable on civic institutional client overlap and Design Excellence–style public work.
• Pelli Clarke & Partners: Architecture firm known for civic and cultural buildings worldwide; directly comparable on civic institutional client base and project typology, and a known prior employer of Sage and Coombe's associate partner.
• Bernheimer Architecture: Small NYC architecture firm that was the first US architecture practice to ratify a collective bargaining agreement (2024); highly comparable in scale, civic focus, and progressive workplace posture, making it the most analogous peer for Sage and Coombe.
• Studio Gang: Architecture and urban design practice with a strong civic, cultural, and sustainability-focused portfolio; directly comparable on civic institutional commissions and sustainable design leadership.
• COOKFOX: NYC-based architecture firm with deep sustainability credentials and a portfolio of civic, multifamily, and commercial projects; directly comparable on climate-focused design positioning in the NYC market.
• WXY architecture: NYC-based firm specializing in urban design, civic architecture, and public-sector master planning; comparable in geographic focus, public-sector client base, and project complexity.
• Curtis + Ginsberg Architects: NYC architecture firm with a portfolio of sustainable multifamily, civic, and institutional projects; directly comparable on NYC geography, scale, and sustainability orientation, and is a known prior employer of Sage and Coombe staff.
• Marvel Architects: NYC-based architecture firm of comparable size with a strong portfolio of civic, library, and public-building projects; closely aligned in client mix (NYPL, NYC agencies) and project typologies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sage-and-coombe-architects-llp
• Instagraminstagram.com/sageandcoombe

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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