Archipl Architects

What Archipl Architects does

Archipl Architects is a Belgian architectural design practice headquartered in Gent, founded in 2007 as an evolution of Architectenbureau Patrick Lefebure (established 1989). The firm operates as a design collective of 15 architects delivering contextual, sustainability-driven architecture across five core segments: healthcare and residential care, education, residential (including social and student housing), heritage and adaptive reuse, and urban development. Archipl's core differentiators are its consultation-based design process (the overlegmodel) and specialized methodologies for heritage conversion and psychiatric care architecture, notably the patio-woningmodel typology.

The firm's technology stack consists of conventional architectural design services, augmented by external collaborators for engineering, acoustics, lighting, 3D visualization, photography, and art integration. There is no proprietary software product, no AI/ML tooling, and no digital platform; the practice delivers customized architectural projects through human-led design processes. Notable technical specializations include industrial heritage conversion (maintaining typology while adding subordinate new layers), low-energy healthcare building design, and large-scale student housing masterplanning.

Archipl generates revenue exclusively through professional services — commissions for new construction, renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects — with no disclosed pricing, no subscription or productized revenue, and no disclosed financial figures. Go-to-market is sales-led and competition-driven: the firm wins work through Flemish and Belgian architectural competitions (notably Vlaams Bouwmeester open calls, municipal and provincial competitions), direct commissions from institutional clients in healthcare and education, and ongoing partnerships with developers such as Upgrade Estate. Customers include Broeders van Liefde, Wit-Gele Kruis, multiple psychiatric centers, OCMW Gent, social housing companies, and student housing developers, with international projects in Malta and Ivory Coast.

Name

Archipl Architects

Legal name

Archipl architecten

Website

https://archipl.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Archipl Architects is a Gent-based Belgian architectural practice of 15 architects, founded in 2007 from a predecessor firm (1989), delivering contextual design across healthcare, education, residential, heritage restoration, and urban development sectors via public competitions and direct commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAKAA

Architectural Design Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

SECONDARYHSAPAEAB

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations

Home & Personal Services/Residential Renovation Services/Whole-Home Renovation & Remodel

SECONDARYBPAHAKAC

Landscape Architecture & Site Design

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

SECONDARYBPAHAKAB

Interior Design Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning and design
• Heritage restoration services
• Adaptive reuse architecture
• Healthcare facility design

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural design services: The firm generates revenue through commissions for architectural design services including new construction, renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse projects. Projects span healthcare, education, residential, heritage, and urban development sectors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Archipl Architects is a Belgian architectural design practice providing urban design, planning, restoration, and adaptive reuse services. The firm delivers architectural design for new construction, renovation, and restoration projects across healthcare, education, residential, heritage, and urban development sectors. It operates as a design collective of fifteen architects working on socially relevant projects.

Product overview

Archipl Architects is an architectural design firm, not a software product company. They offer architectural and urban planning services across project categories including urban infill (stedelijke inbreiding), reconversion and restoration (herbestemming en restauratie), collective housing, education facilities, healthcare facilities, retail, workplaces, art integration, and urban planning. Their portfolio spans residential, healthcare/psychiatric centers, educational institutions, offices, cultural buildings, and public infrastructure projects throughout Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers30 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DENC-STUDIOcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Joint partnership with DENC-STUDIO for Magdalenazwembad Open Oproep Vlaams Bouwmeester 4106 competition win
• CC ScharpoordminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Scenographic design partnership for Pix-Sea Award photography exhibition at cultuurcentrum Scharpoord
• Light experts (lichtdeskundigen)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal collaborations with lighting experts for specialized lighting design in projects
• PhotographersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborations with photographers for project documentation and artistic integration
• Artists (kunstenaars)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt integration partnerships with artists including Stefaan Van Biesen, Kris Martin, Louis De Cordier, Thierry De Cordier, Jozef Legrand, Jacques Charlier, Joost Van Santen, Pieter Gaudesaboos, Philip Aguirre y Otegui, and Dirk Zoete
• Engineering firms (studiebureaus)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal partnerships with engineering firms for technical equipment, acoustics, and structural stability
• Wim De BeusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with architect Wim De Beus on Restaurant Volta project (ism Architect Wim De Beus)
• Upgrade EstatecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOngoing partnership with developer Upgrade Estate for multiple projects including student housing (Upkot, Tower_Bro), Drukkerij 'Het Licht' restoration
• Thierry De CordiercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt collaboration with artist Thierry De Cordier for 'Kapel van het Niets' art project at PC Duffel
• Abscis ArchitectencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Abscis Architecten on Drie Koningen student housing project (530 rooms)
• Kollektif LandscapecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture collaboration with Kollektif Landscape for Drie Koningen project
• M4 architectenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with M4 architecten for WZC Zonnehove execution phase
• Sileghem & PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Sileghem & Partners for Egied van Broeckhovenschool reconversion project in Molenbeek
• Jan De Nul NVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction partnership for Egied van Broeckhovenschool project
• Johan De Schepper (Egg in Motion BV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior execution supervision by Johan De Schepper for Villa De Groote project
• WDB-architectuurstudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with WDB-architectuurstudio for Passief Kantoorgebouw project
• Dhooge & MeganckminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Dhooge & Meganck for Polytoren design study
• 3DAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with 3DA for 't Verband project in Gentbrugge
• Philip Aguirre y OteguiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt integration collaboration with Philip Aguirre y Otegui for Fioretti-De Steiger project
• Dirk Zoete (kunstintegratie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArt integration collaboration with Dirk Zoete for Egied van Broeckhovenschool project

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• 51N4E: Brussels-based architecture and urbanism practice with strong overlap in adaptive reuse, public architecture, and urban intervention. Comparable mid-size Belgian firm competing in similar Vlaams Bouwmeester and European open-call arenas.
• Robbrecht en Daem architecten: Ghent-based Belgian architectural practice of comparable scale, with parallel expertise in cultural, public, and adaptive-reuse commissions. Shares Archipl's contextual, historically-sensitive design approach and operates in the same Flemish competition-driven market.
• Stéphane Beel Architecten: Belgian practice with a similar ethos of material sobriety, contextual urbanism, and cultural/heritage commissions. Comparable in scale and project typology mix (cultural, residential, public) to Archipl's portfolio.
• Dhooge & Meganck: Belgian practice and documented Archipl collaborator (Polytoren design study). Operates in adjacent public and residential segments in Flanders with similar contextual design philosophy.
• DENC-STUDIO: Belgian practice and joint winner with Archipl of the 2021 Vlaams Bouwmeester Open Oproep 4106 (Magdalenazwembad). Comparable size, similar typological focus on adaptive reuse, and a direct competition partner.
• Marie-José Van Hee architecten: Ghent-rooted Belgian practice renowned for context-driven, historically-aware architecture. Overlaps directly with Archipl on residential, heritage, and public commissions in Flanders and on the use of careful, understated architectural language.
• Abscis Architecten: Belgian practice and documented Archipl partner (Drie Koningen 530-room student housing). Operates at slightly larger scale but in the same residential, public, and education segments in Flanders.
• WIT architecten: Belgian practice with documented experience in healthcare, education, and adaptive-reuse projects. Similar scale and project typology to Archipl, including public-sector competition work in Flanders.
• Crepain Binst Architecture: Belgian firm with parallel focus on contextual architecture, public commissions, and built heritage. Competes with Archipl for Flemish cultural and institutional clients at a similar scale.

Broad incumbents

• B2Ai: Larger Belgian architectural firm with broad service lines spanning healthcare, education, residential, and public infrastructure. Competes with Archipl across most Flemish segments but at materially greater scale and resourcing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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