Heneghan Peng Architects

What Heneghan Peng Architects does

Heneghan Peng Architects (hparc) is an independent architecture, landscape, and urban design partnership founded by Shih-Fu Peng and Róisín Heneghan in New York in 1999, relocated to Dublin in 2001, and expanded to Berlin in 2011. The practice operates from two offices — 14–16 Lord Edward Street, Dublin and Potsdamer Strasse 98a, Berlin — with a 20+ named professional team delivering projects across cultural institutions, civic buildings, educational facilities, infrastructure, and corporate workplaces. Headline projects include the Grand Egyptian Museum (100,000m²), Palestinian Museum, Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre, National Gallery of Ireland Historic Wings Refurbishment, Storm King Art Center, National Centre for Contemporary Arts Moscow, and the Airbnb EMEA Headquarters. The firm is privately held, founder-controlled, and structured as a partnership with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, or parent entity.

The practice's core product is site-specific, story-led architectural design — including masterplanning, new-build, refurbishment, and conservation — operating across project sizes from 1,800m² visitor centres to 100,000m² museums. Its commercial model is professional services: project-based, multi-year engagements won primarily through international architectural competitions and direct institutional commissions, with fees negotiated per engagement and not publicly disclosed. Primary customer segments are cultural and civic institutions, educational institutions, and government/public sector clients, with a smaller corporate and infrastructure book. Distribution is reputation-driven: award recognition (Aga Khan Award 2019, RIBA Stirling Prize shortlistings, TIME 100 Most Influential Companies 2026), international exhibition presence (Venice Biennale), and earned media (The New York Times, BBC, TIME) generate inbound commissions from established institutional clients.

The firm's long-term competitive position rests on a small, named team with a track record of designing within UNESCO World Heritage Sites and culturally constrained environments, supported by a stable ecosystem of tier-one engineering and design partners (Arup, Buro Happold, West 8, Bruce Mau Design, ATELIER BRÜCKNER, WXY, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Reed Hilderbrand). Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the practice has not raised external funding, undergone M&A, or restructured. Approximately 20+ countries of project activity span Ireland, the UK, Germany, Norway, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the Netherlands, France, and the USA.

Name

Heneghan Peng Architects

Legal name

Heneghan Peng Architects

Website

https://hparc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Heneghan Peng Architects is an independent architecture, landscape, and urban design partnership founded in 1999, operating from Dublin and Berlin, that designs site-specific cultural, civic, educational, and infrastructure projects for governments, cultural institutions, and corporate clients across 20+ countries.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 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 Services: Professional architectural services revenue generated through commissioned design work for cultural institutions, government bodies, educational facilities, workplace environments, and infrastructure projects. Projects range from masterplanning and new-build to refurbishment and conservation. Revenue is project-based, typically multi-year engagements for large-scale projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Heneghan Peng Architects is a global architecture, landscape, and urban design practice delivering design services for cultural institutions, governments, and educational facilities. The firm works on projects spanning more than 20 countries, with offices in Dublin and Berlin, and provides full architectural and masterplanning services for publicly funded and institutional clients. Its portfolio is anchored in site-specific, research-driven design for museums, civic buildings, cultural landmarks, and urban regeneration schemes.

Product overview

Heneghan Peng Architects (hparc) is a design partnership practicing architecture, landscape and urban design. The practice offers services across multiple project typologies including cultural institutions (Grand Egyptian Museum, Palestinian Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, Storm King Art Center, National Centre for Contemporary Arts Moscow), visitor centres (Giant's Causeway, Berlin Botanic Gardens), educational buildings (University of Greenwich, Maynooth University student housing), commercial workplaces (AirBnB EMEA Headquarters), civic buildings (Áras Chill Dara), and infrastructure projects (bridges, masterplans). Projects range from large-scale urban masterplans to individual building commissions, working with leading designers and engineers across 1,800m² to 100,000m² projects globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Grand Egyptian Museum described by TIME magazine as an 'instant icon' and featured in The New York Times
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Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

30 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WXY architecture + urban designcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaborating with WXY architecture + urban design on Storm King Art Center's first major capital project — the arrival sequence redesign, outdoor exhibition expansion, and conservation/fabrication facility. Storm King opened to the public in June 2025. The project won the AIANY Design Award 2026 with special citation for sensitivity to landscape and art. WXY handled urban design aspects while heneghan peng architects led architectural design.
• Reed HilderbrandminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Reed Hilderbrand provided landscape architecture for the Storm King Art Center project, working with heneghan peng architects and WXY.
• Gustafson Porter + BowmanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Gustafson Porter + Bowman provided urban design for the Storm King Art Center capital project, announced with a $45 million investment in 2022.
• Ralph Appelbaum AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborating with Ralph Appelbaum Associates (Berlin) on the Old Tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church exhibition replanning and extension. The design won first prize in an international two-phase competition in 2023. Ralph Appelbaum Associates provides exhibition design expertise as associate architect for this Berlin cultural heritage project.
• Susan Philipsz (Artist)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Artist Susan Philipsz is a collaborator on the Old Tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church project, working with heneghan peng architects and Ralph Appelbaum Associates on the first-prize-winning design for exhibition replanning and extension.
• Gustafson Porter + BowmanminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2019Gustafson Porter + Bowman provided urban design for the One Pulse Memorial project in Orlando, Florida, alongside exhibition design by Pentagram and artist Sven Anderson.
• PentagramminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Pentagram provided exhibition design for the One Pulse Memorial project in Orlando, Florida — a memorial museum honoring those affected by the 2016 Pulse nightclub tragedy.
• Studio QwertzminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Studio Qwertz is the partner architect for the Berlin Botanic Gardens Entrance & Visitors' Centre project. Hager und Partner also collaborated as partner architect on this project. The project won the Berlin Botanical Gardens competition in 2016.
• MACOMminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2016MACOM provided exhibition and communication consultancy for the Berlin Botanic Gardens Entrance & Visitors' Centre project, alongside partner architect Studio Qwertz.
• KardorfminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2013Kardorf provided integrated engineering and fire safety services for the Museum of Jesus' Baptism at Bethany Beyond the Jordan, shortlisted for the international design competition in 2015.
• Projacs InternationalminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2011Projacs International served as project managers for the Palestinian Museum, Birzeit. The project won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019.
• Arabtech JardanehminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2011Arabtech Jardaneh served as local partner (structures, civil, MEP, cost) for the Palestinian Museum, providing implementation support alongside the heneghan peng architects design team.
• Alan Baxter AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2009Alan Baxter Associates provided structural and civil engineering for the University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 and EU Mies Award nomination.
• Hoare LeaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2009Hoare Lea provided building services engineering for the University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building project.
• Bartenbach LichLaborminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2009Bartenbach LichLabor provided specialist lighting design for the University of Greenwich project. Also collaborated on Áras Chill Dara and Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre projects.
• Assmann Beraten+Planen GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2009Assmann Beraten+Planen GmbH served as project manager for the Art Storage and Conservation Centre for the Klassik Stiftung Weimar (Neubau Zentrales Archiv), breaking ground in 2011.
• Leonhardt Andrä und PartnerminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2009Leonhardt Andrä und Partner provided structural and civil engineering for the Neubau Zentrales Archiv (Art Storage and Conservation Centre) for Klassik Stiftung Weimar, alongside Dresdner Ökotherm GmbH.
• Adams Kara Taylor IIminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2007Adams Kara Taylor II provided structural engineering for the Diamond Bridge F06 at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London 2012. Project completed and opened July 2012.
• Waagner Biro Stahlbau AGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2007Waagner Biro Stahlbau AG provided structural steel specialist work for the Diamond Bridge F06 at the London 2012 Olympic Park.
• Blackwood AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Blackwood Associates served as conservation architect alongside heneghan peng architects for the National Gallery of Ireland Historic Wings Refurbishment (18,000m², Phases 1-3 complete). The project won the RIAI Silver Medal in Conservation 2024.
• Punch Consulting EngineersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2007Punch Consulting Engineers provided structures and civil engineering for the National Gallery of Ireland refurbishment, working alongside AECOM and T/E/S/S Atelier d'Ingénierie.
• Bennett RobertsonminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2005Bennett Robertson provided structural engineering for the Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre, a shortlisted project for RIBA Stirling Prize 2013 and EU Mies Award 2013.
• Arup (with ACE Cairo and Shaker Engineering Egypt)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2003Arup provided structural, civil, and traffic engineering for the Grand Egyptian Museum project, working with local partner ACE Cairo and Shaker Engineering Egypt. The 100,000m² museum is the largest in the world dedicated to a single civilization.
• West 8 (with Sites International Egypt and Bruce Mau Design)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003West 8 led the design team management for the Grand Egyptian Museum project alongside Sites International (Egypt) and Bruce Mau Design. The project was won in a Cairo International Competition in 2003.
• ATELIER BRÜCKNERcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003ATELIER BRÜCKNER provided exhibition design for the Tutankhamun Gallery within the Grand Egyptian Museum. The museum, completed in 2025, was acknowledged by TIME magazine as an 'instant icon.'
• Buro Happold (with Shaker Engineering Egypt)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2003Buro Happold provided building services engineering for the Grand Egyptian Museum, working with Shaker Engineering Egypt for local implementation.
• Buro HappoldcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2003Buro Happold provided building services engineering across multiple projects including the Grand Egyptian Museum, Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre, and Áras Chill Dara. A long-standing engineering partner for the practice.
• Mitchell + AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2003Mitchell + Associates provided landscape architecture services, collaborating as implementation partner on Arabtech Jardaneh projects. Also collaborated with heneghan peng on Áras Chill Dara (landscape concept) and Mittelrheinbrücke.
• Arthur Gibney & PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Associated architect for Áras Chill Dara civic offices, Kildare County Council. The project won multiple awards including RIAI Best Public Building 2006, RIBA European Award 2006, and Sustainable Energy Ireland Building of the Year 2006.
• Andrew Ingham & AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 1997Andrew Ingham & Associates created the physical model for the 'Bigfoot' floating football stadium concept — a 1997 ideas competition winner. The concept proposed a stadium-ship for Los Angeles.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Snøhetta: Multi-disciplinary architecture, landscape, and urban-design practice (Oslo/New York) with a comparable typology spread — cultural institutions, visitor centres, opera houses, libraries. Wins international competitions and shares hparc's site-specific, landscape-integrated design ethos.
• SANAA: Japanese practice (Sejima + Nishizawa) and Pritzker laureates with an almost identical anchor in museums and cultural buildings (Louvre-Lens, New Museum New York). Direct competitor for prestige museum commissions and a frequent benchmark in the same RIBA Stirling / Aga Khan conversation.
• David Chipperfield Architects: London-based practice of comparable size and profile, with a parallel specialty in museums, galleries, and heritage conservation (Neues Museum Berlin, Royal Academy refurbishment). Like hparc, multiple RIBA Stirling Prize wins and EU Mies Awards, and recurrently wins international cultural competitions.
• Allies and Morrison: UK practice with strong civic, cultural, and university portfolio (Royal Festival Hall refurbishment, masterplans for King's Cross and Elephant & Castle). Comparable in scale and in the mix of cultural/educational commissions hparc delivers in Ireland and the UK.
• John McAslan + Partners: London practice with cultural and institutional focus (Burrell Collection refurbishment, Edinburgh). Similar mid-size structure and historic-building refurbishment specialization, serving comparable UK and European institutional clients.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Iconic, competition-winning architecture practice with strong cultural-institution portfolio (MAXXI Rome, Heydar Aliyev Center). Significantly larger but a direct competitor for the largest international museum and civic commissions hparc also targets.
• Studio Libeskind: Daniel Libeskind's studio is a near-direct comparator on cultural/iconic architecture and masterplanning (Jewish Museum Berlin, masterplans for Ground Zero and WTC). Competes in the same international museum and memorial competition pool, with a similar narrative-driven approach.
• Studio Gang: Jeanne Gang's US-based practice with overlapping typologies — cultural buildings (Writers Theatre), campuses, public/civic projects — and an analogous site-specific, landscape-integrated methodology. Comparable mid-sized cultural practice with strong competition track record.
• Caruso St John: London-based practice of similar scale specialising in museums, galleries, and the adaptive reuse of historic buildings (Tate Britain, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg). Strong heritage conservation portfolio shared with hparc's National Gallery of Ireland work.

Broad incumbents

• OMA: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (Rem Koolhaas) is a larger, broader incumbent with a substantial cultural and museum portfolio (Fondazione Prada, Garage Museum, CCTV) and active research/AMO arm. Competes with hparc on large-scale cultural masterplans and museum commissions.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

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