Chambaud Architectes

What Chambaud Architectes does

Chambaud Architectes is a French architecture and urban planning firm established in 1972, structured as a SARL (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) and headquartered in Mâcon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The firm employs approximately 30 collaborators distributed across four offices — Mâcon (HQ), Lyon, Paris, and Saint Martin des Champs — and provides comprehensive architectural services spanning eight building typologies: housing, commercial, industrial, retail, leisure, healthcare, education, and rehabilitation. Its client base is roughly balanced between public institutions (Conseil Régional de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, OPAC Saône et Loire, SEMCODA, various municipal authorities) and private developers / corporates (Atos, Vinci Immobilier, Eiffage Immobilier, Manpower, Crédit Agricole Centre-Est, ERDF/Enedis). The firm delivers primarily through winning architectural competitions and securing direct commissions rather than via marketing channels.

The firm's technical platform is built around BIM (Building Information Modeling), with explicit BIM Level 2 execution capability demonstrated on complex, large-scale projects — most notably the 18,000 m² Atos campus and R&D center at Echirolles, inaugurated October 2022. The firm carries demonstrable expertise across the principal French and European energy performance frameworks: RT 2012 thermal regulations, BBC (Bâtiment Basse Consommation), BREEAM In-Use (Very Good on Atos Orléans), Effinergie+ passive housing (32 units at Les Elfes, Péronnas), HQE (Haute Qualité Environnementale), and Label E+C- (Énergie positive et réduction Carbone) at level E1C2 on Atos Hermes. Core production tooling is Autocad CAO/DAO with Revit and BIM methodology strongly preferred per active hiring criteria.

The business model is straightforward professional-services revenue: fees are project-specific, negotiated through competition submissions and direct client mandates, with no standardized pricing tiers disclosed. Revenue is project-based, dependent on a continuous pipeline of competition wins and direct commissions across both public tenders and private developer relationships. Geographic concentration has historically been in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, with active expansion into Île-de-France, Bretagne, Normandie, Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Notable repeat clients include OPAC Saône et Loire (rehabilitation programs across Aubépins, Le Creusot, Cluny) and Atos (Echirolles, Orléans, Nantes, Clayes-sous-Bois), evidencing multi-phase relationship depth rather than transactional engagement.

Name

Chambaud Architectes

Legal name

SARL Chambaud Architectes

Website

https://chambaud-architectes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chambaud Architectes is a French architecture and urban planning firm with ~30 collaborators across four offices, delivering design and project management services for public institutions, social housing operators, and private corporate clients across France, with specialization in BIM Level 2 and energy-certified building design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning
• Building rehabilitation
• Energy efficient construction
• Sustainable architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design and Project Management Services: Chambaud Architectes generates revenue through professional architecture and urban planning services, including design, project management, and construction follow-through for buildings and urban projects. Revenue is project-based and obtained through competitions and direct commissions from public and private clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Chambaud Architectes is a French architecture and urban planning agency delivering comprehensive design, project management, and construction follow-through services for buildings and urban projects. The firm serves both public and private clients across multiple building typologies including housing, tertiary/commercial offices, industrial facilities, retail, leisure, healthcare, education, and rehabilitation, with particular expertise in energy-efficient and certified sustainable construction (BBC, BREEAM, Effinergie+, Passive Housing, HQE).

Product overview

Chambaud Architectes is a multi-disciplinary architecture and urban planning firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of services across multiple building categories. The firm operates as a unified practice organized into specialized service areas: Logements (housing), Tertiaire (commercial), Industrie (industrial), Commerces (retail), Loisirs (leisure), Santé (healthcare), Enseignement (education), and Réhabilitation (rehabilitation). With approximately 30 collaborators across four agencies in Mâcon, Lyon, Paris, and Saint Martin des Champs, the firm delivers projects ranging from new construction to complex renovations, with particular expertise in energy-efficient and sustainable building design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Urban Planning Services
• Logements (Housing) Design Services
• Tertiaire (Commercial/Office) Design Services
• Industrie (Industrial) Design Services
• Commerces (Retail) Design Services
• Loisirs (Leisure) Design Services
• Santé (Healthcare) Design Services
• Enseignement (Education) Design Services
• Réhabilitation (Rehabilitation) Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Thermal gain superior to 100 kWh/m² SHON/an achieved through BBC renovation at Cité des Aubépins (647 housing units)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MAGELLIMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMAGELLIM, a property development group, is the primary developer partner for multiple Atos tertiary projects (Echirolles, Clayes-sous-Bois). Chambaud Architectes is associated with MAGELLIM on Atos Hermes (Clayes-sous-Bois, 6,939 m²) and the Atos Echirolles campus (18,000 m²). MAGELLIM initiated the extended collaboration following successful earlier phases.
• Edwin Herkens ArchitectecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdwin Herkens Architecte serves as associated architect on the Atos Hermes project at Clayes-sous-Bois, working jointly with Chambaud Architectes as lead.
• BatiSafeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBatiSafe partnered with Chambaud Architectes on the Bourg St-Maurice funicular station project, providing construction and safety expertise.
• IBK, ARTELIA, OPCIminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIBK, ARTELIA, and OPCI are named as key partners in the execution of the Atos Echirolles campus project (18,000 m², BIM Level 2), contributing engineering, project management, and investment expertise.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Egis: Egis is a major international engineering, architecture, and project management group with strong public-sector infrastructure exposure. Comparable on public-tender channel and energy/tertiary project types but operates as a broad engineering-services incumbent.
• Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés: Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés is an established Parisian architecture firm with strong tertiary, healthcare, and corporate real estate portfolios. Comparable on Atos-style corporate mandates but at a larger scale and international footprint.
• Valode & Pistre Architectes: Valode & Pistre is a major French architecture firm with deep expertise in sustainable design, large tertiary, and HQE-certified projects. Comparable on energy performance specialization but at significantly greater scale and visibility.
• Wilmotte & Associés: Wilmotte & Associés is a larger, established Parisian architecture firm with broader international scope and a wider luxury, cultural, and tertiary portfolio. Comparable in typology but materially larger and more internationally oriented than Chambaud.
• Artelia: Artelia is a major French engineering and project management group with an architecture and building design practice. Overlaps with Chambaud on large tertiary and corporate projects (Artelia itself partnered on Atos Echirolles) but operates at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Groupe-6: Groupe-6 is a Grenoble-based French architecture firm operating in housing, healthcare, education, and tertiary sectors with comparable scale and Rhône-Alpes regional presence. Direct comparability in typology and regional market.
• Architecture-Studio: Architecture-Studio is a Paris-based, multi-disciplinary architecture practice with comparable housing, urban planning, and public-sector work. Similar mid-to-large French architecture firm profile with comparable typology breadth.
• AIA Life Designers: AIA Life Designers is a multi-office French architecture practice with strong healthcare, education, and tertiary portfolios. Similar national footprint with comparable public-sector and private-developer client mix.
• Patriarche: Patriarche is a Lyon-based French architecture and engineering firm with comparable multi-typology practice (housing, tertiary, healthcare) and similar Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional anchoring. Directly comparable in scale and sector mix to Chambaud.

Emerging players

• Triptyque Architecture: Triptyque is a Paris-based contemporary architecture practice with sustainability and innovation focus. Comparable on typology (housing, tertiary) but with smaller scale and more emerging-player positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance8 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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