Linehouse

What Linehouse does

Linehouse is a privately held architecture and interior design studio founded in 2013 by Alex Mok and Briar Hickling. The firm operates from three studios located in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Auckland, with project deliveries spanning Greater China, Southeast Asia, Japan, Oceania, and Europe. Its core offerings are organized across five verticals: Architecture, Interior Design for DINE (food and beverage), RETAIL (concept stores and pop-ups), STAY (hospitality and residential), WORK (workplace and coworking), and Object Design (bespoke fixtures and objects). Clients include enterprise hospitality, retail, F&B, workplace, technology, and automotive brands such as Shangri-La, WeWork, Booking.com, NIO, Hershel Supply, JNBY, and CentralWorld.

The studio's design methodology emphasizes rigorous research, materiality, craft, and experimentation to translate familiar elements into distinctive spatial experiences. Projects are developed holistically and collaboratively across disciplines, integrating architecture, interiors, and object design. Marketing and lead generation rely on earned media coverage in publications such as Frame, Monocle, Dezeen, AD Architecture Digest, d+a, MARU, and Elle Decor, combined with design week participation and organic social media presence on Instagram, WeChat, REDBOOK, and LinkedIn. No awards, certifications, patents, M&A activity, or external funding rounds are disclosed in available materials.

Linehouse's revenue mechanics are project-based and negotiated client-by-client; no publicly disclosed pricing tiers exist. The firm is privately held with no parent company, subsidiaries, external institutional investment, or public listing. Active engagements include projects targeting openings in 2026 (Hotel JEN by Shangri-la Hangzhou) and 2027 (Wanxing Forest Garden Development residential), suggesting forward order visibility into the medium term. The firm currently operates with 11-50 employees and continues to recruit across its three studios.

Name

Linehouse

Legal name

Linehouse

Website

https://linehousedesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Linehouse is a privately held architecture and interior design studio founded in 2013, operating from Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Auckland studios to deliver hospitality, retail, food and beverage, workplace, and residential projects for enterprise clients internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Drywall, Partitions & Suspended Ceilings (IMAFANAG)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design
• Hospitality design
• Retail design
• Object design

Headquarters

HQ city

Hong Kong

HQ country

Hong Kong SAR China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Linehouse is a design studio offering architecture, interior design, and object design services for enterprise clients. Founded in 2013 by Alex Mok and Briar Hickling, the firm operates across sectors including hospitality (STAY), food and beverage (DINE), retail (RETAIL), workplace (WORK), and residential projects, delivering holistic spatial experiences from studios in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Auckland.

Product overview

Linehouse is a design studio offering architecture, interior design, and object design services. Founded in 2013 by Alex Mok and Briar Hickling, the studio operates across multiple sectors including hospitality (STAY), food and beverage (DINE), retail (RETAIL), workplace (WORK), and residential projects. With studios in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Auckland, Linehouse creates projects internationally, combining architectural and interior design capabilities with object design to deliver holistic spatial experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Architectural design services spanning commercial, residential, hospitality, and retail projects, integrated with the firm's interior and object design capabilities through studios in Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Auckland.
• Interior Design - DINE Interior design services specialized for food and beverage venues including restaurants, food halls, and teahouses, delivered for enterprise hospitality clients with a focus on materiality, craft, and memorable spatial narratives.
• Interior Design - RETAIL Interior design services for retail environments including concept stores, fashion boutiques, pop-ups, flagship locations, and market renovations, designed to enable immersive brand storytelling and experiential retail.
• Interior Design - STAY Interior design services for hospitality and residential stay accommodations including hotels and high-end apartments, delivered to enterprise clients seeking distinctive, locality-rooted spatial experiences.
• Interior Design - WORK Interior design services for workplace and office environments including co-working spaces, corporate offices, and brand creative studios, designed to balance collaboration and focus while expressing corporate brand.
• Object Design Design of bespoke objects, fixtures, furniture, and spatial products integrated within architectural and interior projects, allowing clients to receive custom-made pieces that complement the studio's holistic spatial design language.

Named customers26 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Joyce Wang Studio: Hong Kong–based interior design studio known for hospitality, restaurant, and luxury retail projects across Asia — comparable in geography, sector mix, and founder-led creative identity to Linehouse.
• Kokaistudios: Architecture and interior design firm with studios in Shanghai and Paris, focused on retail, hospitality, and workplace projects across Asia — closely comparable business model, client mix, and regional footprint to Linehouse.
• Neri&Hu Design and Research Office: Shanghai-based interdisciplinary architectural and interior design practice working across hospitality, retail, and residential in Greater China and internationally — directly comparable to Linehouse in scale, sector mix, and design-led positioning.
• AIM Architecture: Shanghai-based architecture and interior design studio with comparable boutique scale and a portfolio spanning hospitality, retail, F&B, and workplace projects in Greater China — directly competitive for the same enterprise clients as Linehouse.

Broad incumbents

• Kengo Kuma and Associates: Tokyo-headquartered global architecture practice with a strong Asia-Pacific portfolio in hospitality and cultural projects — operates at much greater scale than Linehouse but competes for high-profile Asian hotel and cultural commissions.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto- and New York–based global interior design and concept firm serving luxury hospitality, retail, and residential — overlaps with Linehouse on hospitality and high-end retail brand environments but at significantly larger scale.
• Rockwell Group: New York–based architecture and design firm known for hospitality, entertainment, and brand environments globally — comparable in sector mix (hospitality, F&B, retail) but operating at significantly larger scale and project value.
• CCDI (China Construction Design International): One of China's largest architecture and engineering design groups with deep mainland developer and municipal relationships — represents the scaled end of the market that Linehouse competes against for residential and mixed-use commissions in Greater China.
• HBA (Hirsch Bedner Associates): Global hospitality-focused interior design firm with extensive hotel group relationships across Asia — competes with Linehouse for premium hotel commissions but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Ministry of Design: Singapore-based interdisciplinary design practice working on hospitality, retail, and residential projects across Southeast Asia — comparable boutique scale and Asia-Pacific focus, with partial overlap on hospitality and retail commissions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/10291449
• Instagraminstagram.com/line___house

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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