What Simpson Coulter Studio does

Simpson Coulter Studio is a Las Vegas-based architectural firm providing comprehensive architecture, planning, and interior design services across four primary verticals: Education, Civic and Cultural, Corporate and Commercial, and Religious. The firm operates a project-based professional services model, acquiring clients through direct business development, project referrals, and long-standing institutional relationships, with prospective clients encouraged to initiate contact via a website "Say Hello" call-to-action. Its portfolio includes K-12 schools, career-technical academies, university libraries and law schools (notably UNLV Lied Library and William S. Boyd School of Law), airport terminals (Harry Reid International Airport Terminal 3 and Terminal 1 renovation), the Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion, public libraries, civic administration buildings, corporate offices, and houses of worship.

The firm's underlying capability rests on its team of AIA-registered architects with LEED AP and WELL AP credentials, including a principal (Wade Simpson) elevated to LEED Fellow in 2024 and a licensed architect (Joy Rineer) who is part of a select global group of WELL Faculty members. It maintains kit-of-parts prototype designs for elementary schools and career-technical academies that allow adaptation to site-specific conditions, and it consistently participates as a sub-consultant on mega-projects alongside firms such as PGAL, Design Las Vegas, and Watts Construction. The firm does not develop, license, or sell any software or AI product; it is a traditional architectural design practice.

Geographically, Simpson Coulter Studio is headquartered at 151 E. Warm Springs Rd. in Las Vegas, Nevada, and serves clients across Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona. Revenue is generated entirely through project fees determined by scope, complexity, and scale, with no standardized public pricing tiers. The firm is privately held, structured around its two named principals (Wade Simpson and Sean Coulter), with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or public-market activity. Notable clients include the LDS Church (30+ projects over 20+ years), Clark County School District, UNLV, Clark County Department of Aviation, Clark County Library District, and various regional nonprofits and commercial enterprises.

Name

Simpson Coulter Studio

Legal name

Simpson Coulter Studio

Website

https://simpsoncoulter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Simpson Coulter Studio is a Las Vegas-based architecture and interior design firm delivering comprehensive planning, design, and construction administration services to education, civic, corporate-commercial, and religious clients across the southwestern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Educational facility design
• Civic architecture
• Commercial interior design
• Religious building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through providing comprehensive architectural, planning, and interior design services on a project fee basis. Revenue is project-based with fees determined by project scope, complexity, and scale across education, civic, corporate commercial, and religious sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Simpson Coulter Studio is an architectural and interior design firm providing comprehensive design services across education, civic and cultural, corporate and commercial, and religious sectors. The firm delivers end-to-end project services from programming and schematic design through construction administration, with hands-on principal involvement and in-house expertise in sustainable (LEED) and wellness (WELL) building standards. Its portfolio spans K-12 schools, universities, libraries, airports, convention centers, government facilities, corporate offices, retail centers, and worship spaces primarily across Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona.

Product overview

Simpson Coulter Studio is an architecture and interior design firm offering comprehensive design services across four primary verticals: Education, Civic and Cultural, Corporate and Commercial, and Religious architecture. The firm provides end-to-end architectural services from programming and schematic design through construction administration, serving clients throughout Nevada, Utah, California, and Arizona. The firm's portfolio includes K-12 schools, career academies, university libraries, airport terminals, convention centers, office buildings, retail centers, churches, and community facilities. No software product or SaaS platform is offered—the firm is a traditional architectural design practice.

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Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-service architectural and interior design services for commercial, civic, educational, and religious projects, spanning schematic design through construction administration.
• Education Architecture Design services for Pre K-12 schools, career and technical academies, and higher education facilities including libraries and law schools.
• Civic and Cultural Architecture Design services for public libraries, community centers, government buildings, airports, convention centers, and recreation facilities.
• Corporate and Commercial Architecture Design services for office buildings, retail centers, headquarters facilities, and mixed-use commercial developments.
• Religious Architecture Design services for churches, sanctuaries, chapel expansions, and religious campus facilities.

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Patterson-Thompson ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Patterson-Thompson Architects on the Foothills Library project in Yuma, Arizona. The project was designed to serve the eastern portion of Yuma and accommodate the 65+ demographic while also including spaces for teenagers.
• VisioneeringminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Visioneering on the Canyon Ridge Christian Church expansion project. Simpson Coulter Studio was introduced at the end of schematic design phase to assist with construction documents, construction administration, and value engineering.
• Design Las VegascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Design Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Convention Center Expansion project. The expansion included 1.4 million SF added to the 3.2 million SF existing campus as part of a five-architect team.
• PGALcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with PGAL on Harry Reid International Airport Terminal 3 project. Terminal 3 was so expansive in scope, scale, and complexity that it required a team of architectural firms to complete.
• Watts ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign-build team partnership with Watts Construction on Washington County Administration Building project. The team worked closely with County Commissioners, County Manager, and user groups to create a program that accommodates future growth.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• JLG Architects: Architecture firm specializing in education, civic, and commercial sectors across the western and midwestern US. Comparable to Simpson Coulter Studio in vertical mix (K-12, higher education, civic) and project-fee service model.
• Carrier Johnson + Culture: San Diego-based architecture and design firm with comparable commercial, civic, and interiors portfolio across the western US. Similar mid-sized, design-led practice serving institutional and corporate clients.
• KGA Architecture: Nevada-based architecture firm with comparable education, civic, and commercial portfolio. Direct regional peer in the Las Vegas/Reno market with similar project scale and client types (school districts, municipalities).
• PGAL: National architecture and engineering firm with a strong aviation and civic practice; directly comparable as Simpson Coulter Studio partnered with PGAL on the Harry Reid International Airport Terminal 3 project. Both firms compete for institutional and public-sector commissions across the southwestern US.
• Dekker/Perich/Sabatini: Southwestern architecture and design firm with deep education, civic, and religious portfolios. Comparable to Simpson Coulter Studio across its four primary verticals and regional southwestern US orientation.

Broad incumbents

• HKS, Inc. National architecture firm with large civic, education, and convention-center practices. Comparable on convention center and civic project types (HKS is a major Las Vegas Convention Center-area architect), though at materially larger scale.
• LEO A DALY: Privately held national architecture, engineering, and planning firm with deep aviation, civic, and education practices. Comparable to Simpson Coulter Studio on aviation and civic projects (LEO A DALY is a major airport terminal architect), though at materially larger scale.
• CannonDesign (formerly Cannon): Large national architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with significant higher education and civic practices. Competes with Simpson Coulter Studio for institutional and higher education RFPs at greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• SmithGroup: Large integrated design firm with major higher education, civic, and science/healthcare practices. Competes with Simpson Coulter Studio for university libraries and civic commissions at greater scale and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• H Architecture: Architecture firm operating in the southwestern US with overlapping education and civic practices. Directly comparable in regional positioning and project scale, though focused more on the Phoenix market than Las Vegas.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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