ARBECO ARQUITECTURA

What ARBECO ARQUITECTURA does

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA SLP is a Madrid-headquartered architecture studio founded in 1984 that provides end-to-end architectural services across residential, urban planning, and landscape design. The firm operates as a Sociedad Limitada Profesional with a 9-employee multidisciplinary team and serves three primary client groups: property developers and housing cooperatives (including NIDRA HOMES, AELCA/Vía Célere, AMENABAR, IKASA, Greenhabitat, and Lornin Ibérica), public-sector entities (notably the Comunidad de Madrid Consejería de Vivienda for protected-housing programs), and smaller private clients. Its project book is dominated by collective housing developments ranging from 15-unit buildings to the 438-unit Rivas-Vaciamadrid three-phase program for AELCA/Vía Célere, alongside single-family homes, office buildings, and senior/assisted-living facilities.

The studio's underlying technology stack centers on Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology, having transitioned from earlier CAD and pencil-based workflows. Project delivery follows a team-based, full-lifecycle approach spanning terrain analysis, urban planning optimization, preliminary design (Anteproyecto), complete project documentation, and finished construction supervision. Revenue is generated through professional-services fees, typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed project fees, quoted bespoke per engagement rather than on standardized tiers.

Commercially, ARBECO pursues projects through direct enterprise engagement, repeat-client relationships (especially with cooperative promotoras and NIDRA HOMES), and competitive public tenders (concursos) for protected-price housing (VPPL, VPO, VPPA). Geographic concentration sits in the Community of Madrid and surrounding municipalities, with selective expansion into Castilla-La Mancha, Andalucía, Extremadura, and other Spanish regions. The firm holds no external investment, operates no parent/subsidiary structure, and discloses no financial metrics publicly.

Name

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA

Legal name

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA SLP

Website

https://arbeco.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA SLP is a Madrid-based architecture studio founded in 1984 that provides BIM-enabled design, urban planning, and project delivery services primarily for residential developers, housing cooperatives, and public-sector clients across Spain.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural project services: Full-service architecture firm providing project development from initial analysis and preliminary designs (Anteproyecto) through complete project documentation and finished construction works. Revenue generated through project fees based on construction cost percentages or fixed fees per project.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA is a Madrid-based architecture studio that delivers full-scope architectural project services, from terrain analysis and urban planning optimization through preliminary design, complete project documentation, and oversight of finished construction. The firm specializes in residential developments (collective housing, single-family homes, senior living, and large-scale protected housing schemes under VPPL/VPO/VPPA), urban planning (urbanismo), and landscape design (paisajismo) for property developers, housing cooperatives, and government entities.

Product overview

ARBECO ARQUITECTURA is an architecture studio that offers a comprehensive suite of architectural services centered on precision architecture for housing solutions. The core offerings include Projects (Proyectos de Arquitectura) for complete project development from terrain analysis through construction, Urban Planning (Urbanismo) for land development optimization, and Landscape Design (Paisajismo) for building surroundings. The studio specializes in residential complexes including collective housing (Vivienda Colectiva), single-family housing (Vivienda Unifamiliar), and office buildings (Oficinas). Projects range from individual residential towers like El Canaveral (45 dwellings) to large-scale developments such as Rivas Vaciamadrid (438 dwellings in 3 phases) and Torrejon (120 VPPL dwellings). Notable completed projects include ARPO 6D in Pozuelo de Alarcón (123 dwellings), Boadilla complex (163 dwellings), and various office buildings. The studio's methodology emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork and has evolved from traditional drafting to CAD and now BIM technologies.

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Products and services

• Proyectos de Arquitectura (Architectural Project Services) Full-lifecycle architectural project development services for property developers, housing cooperatives, and government entities. The offering encompasses terrain analysis, urban planning feasibility, preliminary design (Anteproyecto), complete project documentation, and oversight through finished construction for residential complexes (collective housing, single-family homes, senior living), office buildings, and urban planning projects.
• Urbanismo (Urban Planning) Urban planning services aimed at achieving the best possible urban development by optimizing land use potential and ensuring that resulting architectural projects are coherent with urban regulation and context.
• Paisajismo (Landscape Design) Landscape architecture design for building surroundings and their interconnections, enriching built environments with natural elements and integrating landscaping with the architectural project.

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MVRDV: Dutch architecture practice with residential, urban-planning, and landscape projects. Comparable as an integrated architecture, urbanism, and landscape-design firm; differs in scale and geographic footprint.
• OMA: Internationally recognized architecture practice with significant residential and urban-planning work. Comparable in offering architectural and urban-design services, but at a substantially larger scale and broader project type mix than ARBECO.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): International architecture firm with substantial residential and mixed-use housing portfolio. Serves as a larger-scale comparator for residential-architecture capability and BIM-driven delivery, though operating at significantly greater scale and global footprint than ARBECO.
• SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill): Global architecture, engineering, and urban-planning firm with substantial residential and large-scale development work. Comparable as an integrated architecture practice spanning buildings, urbanism, and masterplanning, though at vastly greater scale.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Global architecture practice with residential and large-scale masterplanning projects. Functions as a broad-incumbent peer in the same professional architectural services category, though at a far larger scale and project scope.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm with a residential and masterplanning practice. Compares to ARBECO as a broad incumbent in the same architectural-services category, though operating across much larger commercial, infrastructure, and urban-planning commissions.

Direct peers

• ÁBATON Arquitectura: Spanish architecture practice focused on residential and sustainable housing design, with a comparable Madrid/Spain footprint and similar multidisciplinary, sustainability-oriented methodology.
• A-cero Arquitectura: Madrid-headquartered architecture studio founded by Joaquín Torres, focused on residential and luxury housing design in Spain. Highly comparable in size, Madrid base, and residential-architecture specialization to ARBECO.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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