Name

Haptic Architects

Legal name

Haptic Architects Ltd

Website

https://hapticarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban masterplanning
• Aviation terminal design
• Sustainable architecture
• Regenerative building design

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Fee-based professional services for architectural design, masterplanning, and interior design projects. Revenue is project-based and recurrent as new commissions are won through competitions and direct appointments. Clients include government bodies, developers, and private institutions across aviation, housing, workplace, and infrastructure sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Haptic Architects is an international architecture and design practice delivering full-service architectural design across aviation, masterplanning, waterfront, housing, workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality sectors. The firm operates through its Haptic Way six-stage design methodology (Cultivate, Qualify, Conceive, Refine, Realise, Revisit) and an embedded sustainability programme called Haptic Green, delivering projects for government bodies, airport operators, developers, and private clients worldwide from offices in London, Oslo, and Bilbao.

Product overview

Haptic Architects is an international architecture and design firm headquartered in London, Oslo, and Bilbao, offering comprehensive architectural services across multiple sectors including aviation, masterplanning, housing, workplace, healthcare, education, waterfront, and hospitality. The firm operates through its core design services, supplemented by Haptic Green (its sustainability initiative providing environmental tools and consultation) and The Haptic Way (its proprietary six-stage design methodology). The portfolio includes landmark projects such as airport terminals, government headquarters, residential developments, and urban masterplans across the UK, Norway, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Full-service architecture and design firm offering masterplanning, workplace design, housing, aviation, healthcare, education, waterfront, and hospitality projects across multiple countries.
• Haptic Green Sustainability Programme In-house sustainability working group delivering environmental and social sustainability guidance, sustainable design guides, and in-house environmental tools and resources across all projects, with R&D collaboration with other practices and academia, committed to carbon neutral business by 2030.
• The Haptic Way Design Methodology A proprietary six-stage design process: Cultivate (observation and research), Qualify (context mapping and brief distillation), Conceive (strategy and concept development), Refine (collaborative design development), Realise (construction oversight), Revisit (post-completion evaluation).

Quantifiable outcome

• Norwegian Government Headquarters built to passivhaus standards and BREEAM Excellent ratings; whole quarter heated and cooled by sea water.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Nordic (Architects)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLongstanding collaboration on large-scale Scandinavian projects. Nordic was architect of Oslo Airport Gardermoen and its extensions. On Norwegian Government Headquarters, Nordic is the lead architect with Haptic as part of the design team alongside COWI, Aas-Jacobsen, Rambøll, SLA, and Bjørbekk & Lindheim. Also collaborated on Oslo Airport City masterplan.
• COWIsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEngineering consultancy providing structural, civil, and environmental engineering for the Norwegian Government Headquarters project as part of the Nordic-led consortium.
• RambøllsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEngineering consultancy on Norwegian Government Headquarters. Also collaborated with Haptic on the Dubai Regenerative Tower thought leadership piece and on the Oslo Highrise regenerative tower concept.
• SLA (Landscape)supportingTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture consultancy for Norwegian Government Headquarters, contributing to the public realm and green space design within the masterplan.
• GrimshawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor international architecture practice. Collaborated on Istanbul Airport (IJV team with Haptic and Nordic), Athens International Airport (Anemos consortium), Noida International Airport (Zurich Airport International consortium with Nordic, AKT II, STUP), and Long Thanh International Airport Vietnam (consortium). The IJV team worked on envelope design development for Istanbul Airport.
• ArupcoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal engineering consultancy. Part of the Anemos consortium for Athens International Airport (with Grimshaw, Haptic, K-studio, Leslie Jones, Triagonal, Plan A), and part of the HS2 London Euston Station consortium (with WSP, Grimshaw, Haptic, LDA Design).
• K-studiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreek architecture practice. Part of the Anemos consortium for Athens International Airport expansion, working alongside Grimshaw, Haptic, Arup, Leslie Jones, Triagonal, and Plan A.
• LDA DesignsupportingTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture and urban design consultancy. Part of the consortium with Arup, WSP, Grimshaw, and Haptic for HS2 London Euston Station design.
• WSPsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEngineering and professional services consultancy. Part of the HS2 London Euston Station consortium alongside Arup, Grimshaw, Haptic, and LDA Design.
• Zurich Airport InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerZurich Airport International selected Haptic (with Nordic, Grimshaw, AKT II, STUP) for the design of Noida International Airport — a pioneering net-zero carbon airport serving 30 million passengers annually at Jewar, southeast of Delhi.
• AKT IIsupportingTechnology or IntegrationStructural engineering and sustainability consultancy. Part of the Zurich Airport International consortium for Noida International Airport design alongside Nordic, Grimshaw, and STUP.
• PIR2coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorwegian architecture practice. In January 2023, Haptic and PIR2 won the competition to design Tårnkvartalet — a new school and cultural centre for Bærum municipality at Fornebu — selected from a five-strong shortlist including BIG and NORD Architects.
• GMW / Scott BrownriggsupportingTechnology or IntegrationArchitecture practice that took on design development for Istanbul Airport while the IJV team (Haptic, Grimshaw, Nordic) worked on envelope design development. Several Hapticians co-located to Grimshaw's offices during this period.
• Buro HappoldsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEngineering consultancy. Part of the team for Oslo Airport City masterplan alongside Nordic and Ipax, working on the sustainable airport city concept powered by self-produced energy.
• LondonOncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative group of architecture practices (Haptic, Morris+Company, TurnerWorks, Gort Scott, Elliott Wood, Urban Systems Design) plus Vill. Won the Indre Laksevåg competition in 2020 to reimagine Bergen's last industrial district. Also collaborated on the Circular Block masterplan for Tallinn.
• PlanitcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architecture practice. Haptic and Planit are lead masterplanners for Marina Village, Barrow-in-Furness — a 67-acre waterfront regeneration delivering over 1,000 new homes, appointed through Muse Places / ECF partnership.
• Muse PlacescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban development company and strategic development partner for Westmorland and Furness Council. Appointed Haptic (with Planit) as lead masterplanners for Marina Village Barrow-in-Furness through the ECF partnership (Muse, L&G, Homes England).
• LondonOnsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHaptic worked in partnership with Nordic on the London Cancer Hub masterplan, applying experience from Scandinavian healthcare and life-sciences design to develop a vision for an open, green, and equitable campus.
• Yitong DesignsupportingTechnology or IntegrationChinese design consultancy. Collaborated with Haptic on the Wenli Lake masterplan in Quzhou, China — a highrise regenerative development of up to 150,000m² integrating the lake with its urban context.
• DesigEngsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEngineering consultancy. Collaborated with Haptic on the Wenli Lake masterplan in Quzhou, contributing to the engineering design of the regenerative towers.
• Love Design StudiocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSustainability design consultancy. Haptic is working with Love Design Studio to support Transport for London in developing a toolkit and strategy for fabric improvement of TfL's ~2,500 building estate, supporting TfL's net-zero carbon commitment by 2030.
• Transport for LondoncoreOthersClient for TfL's Sustainable Fabric Strategy project — a strategic programme to improve the energy performance and resilience of TfL's ~2,500 building portfolio to support net-zero carbon commitment by 2030.
• Sjø Consortium (Selvaag + We Are Human)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSjø is a consortium between Selvaag (Norway's largest developer) and We Are Human (tech company). They commissioned Haptic to design AQ — a waterfront ocean campus and fjordarium at Fornebu, one of the most significant ocean campuses in Europe.
• Eckersley O'CallaghansupportingTechnology or IntegrationStructural engineering consultancy. Collaborated with Haptic and BOB Design on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park car park — a rewrapped car park that was one of the first legacy projects after London 2012.
• BOB DesignsupportingTechnology or IntegrationDesign and branding consultancy. Created supergraphics for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park car park with Haptic, and designed the Haptic website and visual identity. Also collaborated on the Arkwright office fit-out project.
• Haptic GreencoreOthersHaptic's in-house sustainability working group embedded across all projects. Comprises sustainability consultants ensuring environmental and social sustainability is embedded in everything the practice does. Undertakes R&D with other practices and academia. Committed to carbon neutral business by 2030.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• K-studio: Athens-based architecture practice working in masterplanning, hospitality and airport contexts and a direct consortium partner with Haptic on the Athens International Airport expansion. Match in size and Mediterranean-project overlap.
• Heatherwick Studio: London design-led practice competing for, and winning, the same kind of high-profile cultural, transport and public-realm signature commissions through competitions and direct appointments. Comparable reputation-driven, awards-led positioning.
• Snøhetta: Scandinavian-origin international architecture practice working across aviation (Oslo Airport expansion), cultural, masterplanning and public-realm projects. Direct peer to Haptic in scale, Nordic-DNA design positioning, multi-office structure, and aviation portfolio overlap.
• Grimshaw Architects: London-headquartered international practice with deep aviation credentials (Istanbul Airport, Athens Airport, Noida Airport) and frequent consortium partnering with Haptic on the same projects. Direct competitor and collaborator on transport infrastructure and masterplanning.
• Morris+Company: UK architecture practice of similar size, London base, design-led reputation and cross-sector portfolio, including a fellow LondonOn consortium partner with Haptic on Indre Laksevåg and Circular Block. Direct peer on residential, workplace and masterplanning bids.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Danish-rooted, internationally-scaling architecture practice competing for similar signature civic, transport and masterplanning commissions (often head-to-head with Haptic, e.g. Tårnkvartalet shortlist). Comparable competition-led growth strategy and global project footprint.
• Nordic Office of Architecture: Norwegian architecture practice behind Oslo Airport Gardermoen and lead architect of Norwegian Government Headquarters alongside Haptic. Closest direct peer in Oslo base, aviation specialism, and Nordic public-sector project profile.

Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Large global architecture incumbent operating across aviation (Beijing Daxing, Shenzhen Bao'an), masterplanning and workplace at a vastly larger scale. Competes for the same mega-transport and public-realm commissions as Haptic, often as a benchmark reference.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Globally recognised competition-led practice with strong aviation and masterplanning credentials. Competes head-to-head with Haptic for high-profile civic and transport signature projects but operates at a much larger scale.

Regional players

• White Arkitekter: Scandinavian-headquartered architecture practice with strong sustainability positioning and Nordic public-sector portfolio. Closely comparable in Scandinavian design DNA and sustainability-led offering, primarily competing in the Nordic/UK geographies where Haptic is strongest.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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