Unanimous Architects

What Unanimous Architects does

Unanime is a privately held multidisciplinary architecture group founded in Lyon in 1994, operating under a partner-architect model and organized around five integrated practices: architecture, interior architecture, healthcare (via the UNHI subsidiary), industry and laboratories, and construction engineering (Ingénierie de l'Exécution). The firm employs approximately 70 professionals across four offices — Lyon (headquarters at 25 Rue Saint Jérome), Drumettaz-Clarafond in the French Alps, Paris, and Manama, Bahrain — serving institutional, healthcare, industrial, residential, and tertiary clients in France and the Gulf.

The group's underlying technology stack is centered on BIM (Building Information Modeling) and digital twins, deployed primarily in industrial and laboratory projects to simulate technical environments, manage flows and containment, and optimize long-term facility operations. Healthcare delivery is concentrated in the UNHI subsidiary (created 2019 through a partnership with the Hall-Idasiak studio), which carries more than 30 years of specialized hospital and medico-social architecture experience and has delivered over 100 healthcare projects. The Construction Engineering division extends the practice from design into on-site execution, while the interior architecture practice provides immersive fit-out and atmospheric design services.

Unanime's revenue model is project-based professional services, with contract values disclosed historically ranging from approximately €1.8M for individual healthcare units to €52M for large industrial commissions (e.g., the Hermès Pierre-Bénite workshops). The go-to-market is direct enterprise and institutional sales, with most projects won through competition, direct commission, or reputation-led mandates with public sector bodies (AP-HP, HCL, CERN, SNCF) and private enterprise clients (Hermès, Carl Zeiss Meditec, McPhy, Ynov Campus). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and varies by project scope, complexity, and sector; multi-year contracts are standard for larger healthcare and industrial engagements. The firm is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds or external ownership.

Name

Unanimous Architects

Legal name

Unanime

Website

https://unanime.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Unanime is a Lyon-based multidisciplinary architecture group of 70 professionals operating across four offices in France and Bahrain, delivering healthcare (via the UNHI subsidiary), industrial/laboratory, residential, tertiary, and interior architecture projects for institutional and enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Engineering Services (541330), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Accessibility & Universal Design Consulting (HSABAJAB), Home Accessibility Assessment & Design (HSAPANAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Healthcare architecture
• Industrial facility design
• Construction engineering services
• Interior architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Core revenue from architectural design services across multiple sectors including residential, healthcare, industry, laboratories, and tertiary. Projects range from small-scale renovations to large industrial and healthcare facilities. Revenue is project-based with varying contract values.
2. Construction Engineering/Execution: Integrated construction management and execution services delivered through the group's own engineering subsidiary. Provides added value by ensuring design integrity through construction phase.
3. UNHI Healthcare Division: Specialized healthcare architecture services through the UNHI subsidiary, serving hospitals and medical-social facilities with over 30 years of specific experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Unanimous Architects (Unanime) is a multidisciplinary architecture group providing full-service architectural design, construction engineering, and interior architecture across residential, healthcare, industrial, laboratory, and tertiary (workplace) sectors. It delivers integrated design and execution services through its main firm and UNHI healthcare subsidiary, serving institutional and enterprise clients across France and the Gulf region.

Product overview

Unanimous Architects (Unanime) is a multidisciplinary architecture group offering comprehensive design services across six core specializations: interior architecture, construction engineering, healthcare, laboratories and industry, residential, and tertiary (commercial) sectors. The group operates through its main brand and UNHI, a specialized healthcare subsidiary, providing integrated architecture services from concept through construction execution. With 70 team members across four offices in France (Lyon, Paris, Drumettaz-Clarafond) and Bahrain, the firm delivers projects ranging from complex healthcare facilities and industrial plants to residential developments and office buildings, emphasizing cross-disciplinary collaboration and digital tools like BIM (Building Information Modeling).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UNHI: Unanime Group's health division, created in partnership with Hall-Idasiak studio, dedicated entirely to healthcare architecture including hospital and medico-social facility design.

Products and services

• Architecture Design Services Full-service architectural design for institutional, healthcare, industrial, residential, and tertiary clients across France and the Gulf region. Projects range from small renovations to large industrial and healthcare facilities.
• Industry & Laboratories Architecture Specialized architecture for technically complex industrial and laboratory facilities, including production sites, research centers, logistics hubs, and laboratories compliant with BPF/ISO/ATEX standards. Uses BIM and digital twin simulation to integrate functional, technical, and logistical constraints.
• Healthcare Architecture (Santé) via UNHI Specialized design of hospitals, psychiatric facilities, geriatric care (EHPAD), rehabilitation centers, and medico-social facilities, delivered through the UNHI subsidiary. Built on 30+ years and 100+ completed healthcare projects.
• Residential Architecture (Résidentiel) Design of collective housing, student residences, senior residences, and mixed-use developments with focus on quality of use, contextual urban integration, biosourced materials, and adaptability to evolving lifestyles.
• Construction Engineering (Ingénierie de l'Exécution) Integrated construction execution services providing site management, quality control, cost optimization, and as-designed delivery from concept through project completion, delivered in-house.
• Interior Architecture (Architecture d'Intérieur) Interior design, space planning, and atmospheric design focused on creating immersive environments that combine well-being, functionality, and sustainable materials, led by Unanime Interior.
• Tertiary / Workplace Architecture Design of office buildings, major renovations, interior fit-outs, and flexible workspaces combining functionality, adaptability, and corporate identity for organizations transforming their work environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ healthcare projects completed across hospitals and medical-social facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hall-Idasiak StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership formed in 2019 between Unanime and the Paris-based firm Hall-Idasiak (specialist in healthcare and social care architecture) to create UNHI, a subsidiary entirely focused on health-sector projects. This partnership consolidated Unanime's healthcare expertise and enabled the group to tackle the most complex healthcare projects with a global approach.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Egis: Large French engineering and architecture group operating across buildings, infrastructure, and transportation. Competes with Unanime on large institutional and industrial commissions but as a much broader incumbent.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and consulting firm with significant French and European presence. Competes for the same large healthcare, industrial, and corporate-real-estate mandates as Unanime, with materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Artelia: Major French engineering, project management, and architecture group with deep public-sector and industrial client base. Overlaps with Unanime's industrial and institutional practice but at significantly greater scale and broader service mix.

Direct peers

• Groupe-6: French multidisciplinary architecture firm with strong healthcare, cultural, and higher-education practices. Comparable to Unanime in offering architecture and interior design across institutional sectors with similar project-scale profile.
• Patriarche: French architecture and engineering group with integrated design-build capabilities across housing, healthcare, industry, and workplace — closely matching Unanime's full-service group structure and sector mix.
• Chaix & Morel et Associés: French architecture practice with deep expertise in healthcare, sports, and complex public infrastructure. Competes with Unanime/UNHI for major hospital and institutional commissions in France.
• Kardham: French architecture, interior design, and real estate consulting group. Comparable in offering architecture and interior architecture as an integrated practice serving institutional and corporate clients in France.
• Brunet Saunier Architecture: Paris-based architecture firm covering healthcare, housing, urban planning, and tertiary sectors. Comparable multidisciplinary scope and competition-based GTM model targeting French institutional clients.
• AIA Life Designers: French architecture firm dedicated to healthcare and life-sciences facilities (hospitals, clinics, EHPADs, medical-social). Directly comparable to UNHI/Unanime's healthcare vertical in size, geography, and regulatory specialization.
• Valode & Pistre: Large French architecture firm with diversified practice across healthcare, industry, offices, and housing. Overlaps with Unanime across multiple verticals and competes for similar marquee institutional and corporate clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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