Fuse Studios

What Fuse Studios does

Fuse Studios Limited is a privately held architecture and interior design practice headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom (Company No. 7367196), operating with a second studio in Manchester. The firm was founded to unify architecture and interior design within a single discipline rather than as two separate departments, and it has built a 15-year track record of 60+ completed projects serving enterprise clients across hospitality, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), commercial real estate, and education. With over 30 staff and co-directors Mike Harris and Simon Clarke personally engaged on every engagement from concept to completion, Fuse operates a high-touch, director-led delivery model anchored in long-tenured repeat clients such as Hard Rock International, VITA Student/Select Property Group, and Zizzi/Azzurri Group.

The core service offering spans architectural design, feasibility studies, masterplanning, urban design, interior design, space-planning, and graphic design, supplemented by a sub-consultancy network covering lighting, cost consultancy, landscape, wayfinding, and principal designer/health & safety. Underlying capabilities are people- and process-driven rather than technology-driven: the firm does not sell proprietary software, hold patents, or expose APIs, and no AI or automation tooling is referenced in its public material. Geographic reach, while UK-centric by staff location, is international by project footprint, spanning Hard Rock venues in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Czech Republic, plus Hard Rock Hotel Goa in India.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees negotiated on a project-by-project basis; no pricing model, fee schedule, or revenue figure is publicly disclosed. The firm has no external investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no M&A history, and no completed funding rounds. Distribution occurs exclusively through direct enterprise engagement, portfolio-led marketing (website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), industry awards, and repeat/referral work from named flagship accounts.

Name

Fuse Studios

Legal name

Fuse Studios Limited

Website

https://fuse-studios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fuse Studios Limited is a Leeds-based architecture and interior design practice that integrates both disciplines in a single team to deliver hospitality, student accommodation, commercial real estate, and education projects for enterprise clients across the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through architectural design, interior design, masterplanning, urban design, space-planning, and graphic design commissions. Projects range from commercial office refurbishments to large-scale student accommodation developments and hospitality venues.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fuse Studios is a privately owned architecture and interior design practice delivering integrated architectural design, interior design, masterplanning, urban design, space-planning, and graphic design services as a single unified discipline. The firm serves enterprise clients across hospitality, student accommodation, commercial offices, and educational facility sectors in the UK and internationally, with supplementary specialisms (lighting, cost consultancy, landscape, wayfinding, health & safety) accessed through sub-consultancy arrangements.

Product overview

Fuse Studios is a privately owned architecture and interior design practice that offers a unified service combining architectural design and interior design into a single discipline. The company provides services including architectural design, feasibility studies, masterplanning, urban design, interior design, space-planning, and graphic design. Through sub-consultancy arrangements, they also offer lighting design, cost consultancy, landscape design, wayfinding and signage design, and principal designer/health & safety services. They work nationally and internationally across multiple sectors including education, hotels, leisure & hospitality, masterplanning, refurbishment, residential, student accommodation, and workplace. The company employs over 30 people at their design studio in Leeds.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Architectural design service covering commercial, residential, hospitality, student accommodation, and educational projects, delivered by a unified team with both architecture and interior design capability for enterprise clients nationally and internationally.
• Interior Design Interior design service covering hospitality venues, restaurants, hotels, student accommodation studios and communal areas, commercial offices, and educational interiors, delivered by the same team as architectural design to ensure unified vision across all projects.
• Masterplanning Masterplanning service for larger scale developments, including campus and neighbourhood-scale schemes, integrated with architectural and interior design delivery.
• Urban Design Urban design service addressing the public realm and built environment at neighbourhood and district scale, delivered alongside the firm's architecture and interior design practice.
• Space-planning Space-planning service supporting workplace, residential, and amenity layouts, including high-density studio planning for PBSA schemes.
• Graphic Design Graphic design service supporting brand-aligned wayfinding, signage schemes, and visual communications within Fuse's architecture and interior design projects.
• Feasibility Studies Feasibility studies informing early-stage development decisions, including site analysis, options appraisal, and development potential for prospective clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Vita York achieved 99% occupancy on completion
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Hard Rock InternationalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing strategic partnership for Hard Rock Cafe and Hotel design projects internationally. Fuse has completed multiple venues across Europe including Florence, Barcelona, Istanbul, Vienna, Amsterdam, Brussels, Prague, and Venice, as well as Hard Rock Hotels in Prague and Goa. The partnership involves Fuse acting as design partner for venue fit-outs and rebranding projects.
• VITA Student / Select Property GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreferred design partner for VITA Student purpose-built student accommodation projects across the UK. Completed multiple major schemes including Vita York (644 beds), Vita Sheffield (366 studios), Vita Newcastle (259 studios), and ongoing projects.
• Zizzi Restaurants / Azzurri GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership for Zizzi restaurant interior design across UK locations. Fuse has designed multiple Zizzi venues including Canary Wharf, Derby, Liverpool, Southampton, Coventry, Hull, Sheffield, Stockport, Bedford, and others.
• Atabek TPAminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTurkish architectural partners for Hard Rock Cafe Istanbul project, providing local expertise and regulatory navigation.
• SAA Architects (Florence)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal architect of record for Hard Rock Cafe Florence project.
• Purcell UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeritage and conservation architects collaborating with Fuse on the Vita York project, working alongside planning officers and Historic England.
• Re-form Landscape ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture partners on Vita York and other major projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hodder + Partners: UK architecture firm with sector overlap across leisure, retail, residential, and commercial — several Fuse senior team members previously worked at Hodder + Partners. Similar mid-sized practice operating across the same client types.
• Denton Corker Marshall: International architecture practice with UK presence covering hospitality, cultural, education, and commercial sectors. Comparable integrated approach and sector mix; senior Fuse team members have direct prior experience.
• EPR Architects: UK-based architecture practice with strong heritage/conservation and education portfolios, plus workplace and residential. Close sector overlap with Fuse, particularly on university and listed-building refurbishment work.
• MJP Architects: UK architecture and interior design practice operating across workplace, leisure, heritage, and residential. Similar mid-sized integrated service offering with comparable sector mix to Fuse.
• Chapman Taylor: UK-headquartered global architectural practice specialising in hospitality, leisure, retail, and residential — directly overlapping with Fuse's Zizzi and Hard Rock projects. Senior Fuse team members worked at Chapman Taylor, indicating cultural and operational adjacency.
• Jestico + Whiles: London-based architecture and interior design studio with integrated practice model and strong hospitality, education, and residential sector presence. Comparable size and integrated service offering to Fuse.
• careyjones architects / careyjoneschapmantaylor: Predecessor firm of Fuse Studios; multiple senior team members including both Directors originated from careyjones. Operates in the same Leeds-anchored architecture and interior design space serving hospitality, education, and commercial clients.

Emerging players

• Purcell UK: UK heritage and conservation architecture firm that has collaborated with Fuse on the Vita York listed-building project. Adjacent peer with complementary specialist capability in heritage-led design — a key Fuse differentiator in PBSA.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm with major hospitality, workplace, and commercial interiors practices worldwide. Significantly larger but competes for the same Hard Rock, Zizzi, and corporate workplace mandates at the top end of the market.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Large UK-headquartered multidisciplinary design practice covering architecture, interior design, masterplanning, and engineering. Significantly larger than Fuse but competes for the same university, healthcare, and commercial refurbishment briefs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Fuse.Studios.Ltd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fuse-studios-limited
• Instagraminstagram.com/fusestudiosltd
• Xx.com/fuse_studios

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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