MAU

What MAU does

MAU (legally Studio Marić, arhitektura i urbanizam d.o.o.) is a boutique architectural and urban design studio founded in 2015 and headquartered in Umag, Croatia. The firm offers a multi-disciplinary service portfolio spanning architecture, urbanism, product design, interior design, conceptual studies, architectural research and development, and executive project documentation including construction supervision. Its work is anchored in a documented "hybridization" design methodology that resolves architectural tensions (private/public, traditional/modern, curved/straight) by generating new typologies rather than selecting between opposing options, supported by a six-phase process from client collaboration through construction delivery.

The studio serves three principal customer segments: private residential clients (its primary segment, including villa and multi-unit housing projects such as Metti Hills Village), commercial and industrial clients (e.g., DRM Technologies' 3D-printing filament manufacturing facility), and public/institutional clients (e.g., Osnovna škola Marija i Lina, Student Center Pula). Project delivery uses contemporary visualization software, physical model-making, and parametric/form-finding techniques, combined with technical collaboration from external engineering and construction partners.

MAU operates a direct-to-consumer, relationship-driven go-to-market motion within the Istrian peninsula of Croatia, with project acquisition driven by portfolio visibility, referrals, and direct client engagement. The firm has no disclosed external funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and operates with a six-person team led by founder-CEO and sole equity-holder Nenad Marić. Registered founding capital is 20,000 kuna (~2,654.46 EUR), and the company markets itself through a bilingual website (mau.hr) and an Instagram account (@mau_studi0), with no explicit marketing spend, channel partnerships, or reseller relationships.

Name

MAU

Legal name

Studio Marić, arhitektura i urbanizam d.o.o.

Website

https://mau.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

MAU is a six-person boutique architectural and urban design studio in Umag, Croatia, offering architecture, urbanism, interior, and product design services to private residential, commercial, and public-sector clients across the Istrian region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Umag

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: MAU generates revenue through commissioned architectural design services spanning concept studies, full architectural design, interior design, urban planning, and product design. Revenue is project-based, with engagements ranging from residential homes to commercial and public facilities. The studio also provides construction supervision and consulting services as part of project delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MAU is a boutique architectural and urban studio that delivers commissioned architectural design, urban planning, interior design, product design, and conceptual studies for private residential, commercial, and public-sector clients in Croatia. Its work spans the full project lifecycle, from initial client brief and context research through diagrammatic ideation, technical integration with expert partners, and executive project documentation including construction drawings and on-site supervision.

Product overview

MAU (Marić arhitektura i urbanizam / Marić Architecture and Urbanism) is an architectural and urban studio founded in 2015 in Umag, Croatia, offering a comprehensive range of spatial design services. The studio provides architecture services, urbanism, product design, interior design, conceptual studies, and architecture research and development. Their methodology is based on experimentation through the evolution of form and program, with close collaboration with clients and various experts from related disciplines. The studio also offers executive project documentation including construction drawings, formwork design, and expert supervision services. MAU does not offer a software product but rather professional architectural and design services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services
• Urbanism
• Interior Design
• Product Design
• Conceptual Studies
• Executive Project Documentation and Construction Supervision
• Architecture Research and Development

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects completed across residential, commercial, public space, and industrial categories with multiple projects in various stages of development
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Global interdisciplinary architecture, landscape, and design firm rooted in Scandinavia with a methodology emphasising context, hybridization, and research-driven design—comparable to MAU in design philosophy but operating at vastly larger scale across architecture, interior, and product design.
• MVRDV: Dutch architecture and urbanism studio known for research-driven, data-led, and idea-driven design across architecture, urban planning, and interiors—comparable to MAU's methodology-led approach but operating as a global incumbent.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm offering integrated architecture, urbanism, and interior design across residential, commercial, and public projects—relevant as a broad incumbent whose end-to-end service model mirrors MAU's multi-disciplinary scope at vastly larger scale.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Global architecture and design practice combining architecture, urbanism, research, and product design under one roof—relevant as a broad incumbent whose multi-disciplinary, hybridization-style methodology echoes MAU's positioning, though at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Studio Arhipelag: Slovenian studio working on architectural, urban, and landscape projects in the Adriatic/Central European region—comparable as a regional boutique peer with overlapping multi-disciplinary scope and design-driven methodology.

Direct peers

• SADAR+VUGA: Slovenian architecture studio with a portfolio spanning residential, public, and cultural projects at a comparable boutique scale—relevant as a regional peer with similar service breadth across architecture, urbanism, and interior design.
• Studio 3LHD: Croatian architecture and urbanism studio founded in Zagreb with a multi-disciplinary practice spanning architecture, urbanism, and research—directly comparable in scale and service scope to MAU, though operating from a larger domestic base.
• SANGRAD Architects: Croatian architecture studio with a portfolio of residential, public, and commercial projects—directly comparable as a domestic boutique peer serving Croatian clients with similar scale and service mix.
• ENOTA: Slovenian boutique architecture studio known for research-driven, context-responsive design and integrated architectural, interior, and product work—comparable to MAU in methodology and size, with geographic proximity in the broader Adriatic/Central European region.
• OFIS architects: Slovenian boutique architecture firm working across housing, public, and cultural projects with a research-led design approach—comparable to MAU as a regional boutique peer with similar small-team structure and design-led positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/mau_studi0
• Facebookfacebook.com/studiomau
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studiomau

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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