Weicken Architects

Name

Weicken Architects

Legal name

weicken architekten partmbB

Website

https://weickenarchitekten.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services (Healthcare Specialization)

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Healthcare facility planning
• Hospital architecture services
• Medical building design
• Educational building architecture
• Public sector architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Unna

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Planning and Design Services: Weicken Architekten generates revenue through fees for architectural and engineering planning services across all HOAI Leistungsphasen (1–9), including design, tendering, cost management, and construction supervision. Revenue is project-based, derived from commissions for hospital construction, school buildings, public facilities, and residential projects. The firm also earns fees for feasibility studies, concept competitions, and project management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Weicken Architekten provides comprehensive architectural planning and design services across all nine HOAI Leistungsphasen, operating as a general planner (Generalplaner) including technical building equipment (TGA). The firm specializes in planning and constructing hospitals, medical clinics, and other healthcare facilities, with additional work in educational buildings, public sector facilities, emergency services buildings, and residential projects. Services span design and planning, tendering and cost management, project realization (Bauleitung), feasibility studies, architectural competitions, and renovation/conversion work.

Product overview

Weicken Architekten is an architecture firm (partmbB) offering comprehensive architectural services. The firm operates as a unified service-based practice organized around three core service pillars: Design and Planning, Tendering and Cost Management, and Project Realization. Their portfolio spans healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers), educational buildings (schools, universities), residential projects, churches and community centers, and fire stations/emergency services buildings. The firm also actively participates in architectural competitions and conducts feasibility studies. With over 75 years of experience, they specialize in healthcare architecture, having planned and built numerous hospitals and medical facilities across Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gesundheitswesen Planung (Healthcare Planning) Specialized architectural planning and construction services for hospitals and medical facilities, including ICUs, cardiology departments, oncology/tumor centers, hybrid operating theatres, and emergency services buildings, for healthcare operators such as hospital gGmbHs and university clinics.
• Entwurf und Planung (Design and Planning) Architectural design and planning services covering all HOAI Leistungsphasen (1–9) or concept studies, with intensive preliminary discussions to establish clear project objectives and integrated planning (Integralplanung).
• Ausschreibung und Kostenmanagement (Tendering and Cost Management) Cost management services including regular cost updates and transparent change-order management (Nachtragsmanagement) for project cost security across all construction phases.
• Projektrealisierung (Project Realization) Construction management and on-site supervision (Bauleitung) provided by experienced staff with high on-site presence and early integration of construction management into the planning process.
• Machbarkeitsstudien (Feasibility Studies) Feasibility studies and concept development services for complex building projects, examining project viability and developing planning approaches for institutional and public sector clients.
• Sanierung und Umbau (Renovation and Conversion) Renovation, conversion, and modernization services for existing buildings, including structural modifications and adaptive reuse projects, frequently delivered in operational hospital and educational settings.
• Wettbewerbe (Architecture Competitions) Participation in and development of architectural competition entries (Realisierungswettbewerbe), including open and non-open competitions, for schools, healthcare facilities, civic buildings, churches, and emergency service centers in Germany.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed hospital expansion with 166 additional beds across 10 floors (Klinikum Dortmund, 8,600 m²) delivered on schedule.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• B.S.L. Landschaftsarchitekten, SoestminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023B.S.L. Landschaftsarchitekten from Soest participated as the landscape architecture specialist in the competition team for the Realschule Plus Neustadt an der Weinstraße project. The collaboration followed standard German public procurement practice where competition entries require joint architect-landscape architect teams.
• SAL Landschaftsarchitektur, MünsterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020SAL Landschaftsarchitektur from Münster collaborated with Weicken Architekten on the Goetheschule Marl competition entry, providing landscape architecture services as required by the competition brief.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HPP Architekten: Direct peer — Düsseldorf-based architecture firm specializing in healthcare facility planning, with a comparable healthcare architecture focus and German national footprint. Most directly comparable competitor in Weicken's primary niche.
• Heinle, Wischer und Partner Architekten: Direct peer — German architecture firm with significant healthcare and education sector work and full HOAI Leistungsphasen delivery, comparable in scale and client base to Weicken.
• Sander Hofrichter Architekten: Direct peer — German architecture practice with healthcare architecture expertise and public-sector project delivery, overlapping with Weicken on hospital and municipal projects in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Regional players

• Bez+Kock Architekten: Regional player — Stuttgart-based architecture firm with healthcare and education sector projects; similar scale and German mid-market positioning to Weicken but operating in southwestern Germany.

Broad incumbents

• Hascher Jehle Architektur: Broad incumbent — German architecture practice with strong public-sector work including healthcare and educational facilities, operating at a larger scale than Weicken but serving similar institutional clients.
• gmp Architekten: Broad incumbent — Large Hamburg-based German architecture firm with broad public-sector, cultural, and healthcare work. Larger scale than Weicken; competes on public competitions at the national level.
• KSP Architekten: Broad incumbent — Established German architecture firm with significant public-sector and institutional portfolio, including education and healthcare projects. Comparable in service breadth though larger in scale.
• HDR (Henning Larsen) — Healthcare Architecture Practice: Broad incumbent — Global architecture/engineering firm with a dedicated healthcare practice delivering complex hospital projects worldwide. Competes with Weicken on larger university hospital and chain-hospital commissions.
• JSK Architekten: Broad incumbent — German architecture firm with broad public-sector and healthcare/institutional work, comparable in scale to Weicken but operating with national coverage and competing in similar Realisierungswettbewerbe.

Emerging players

• Schmidtke Architekten: Emerging player — Mid-sized German architecture firm with growing healthcare architecture credentials, comparable in scale and service offering to Weicken with overlapping target client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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