2b architectes

What 2b architectes does

2b architectes is a privately held Swiss architecture and urban-planning firm founded in 2000 in Lausanne, operating under the trade name "2b / stratégies urbaines concrètes" and led by co-founders Stephanie Bender and Philippe Béboux. With approximately 9 employees and headquarters at 22 A, av. de Beaumont, the firm specialises in sustainable and prospective architecture with technical depth in concrete construction, wood-structure engineering, and complex transformation projects spanning residential, educational, cultural, healthcare, and administrative typologies.

Name

2b architectes

Legal name

2b architectes

Website

https://2barchitectes.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

2b architectes is a Lausanne-based Swiss architecture firm founded in 2000, providing sustainable architectural design and urban-planning services to public-sector municipalities and private developers across Western Switzerland, with expertise in concrete and wood construction, transformations, and competition-driven project acquisition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Urban planning
• Sustainable architecture
• Public building design
• Residential architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Lausanne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Project-based architectural and urban planning services including competition entries, new construction, transformation and extension projects for public and private clients

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

2b architectes provides full-scope architectural and urban planning services, from competition-stage concept design through construction supervision, for public and private clients in Western Switzerland. The firm specializes in sustainable, prospective architecture with deep expertise in concrete and wood construction, delivering residential, public administrative, cultural, educational, and healthcare buildings as well as urban-scale planning mandates.

Product overview

2b architectes is an architecture and urban planning firm based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The firm operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their portfolio consists of architectural design services spanning residential buildings, educational institutions, cultural centers, administrative buildings, public spaces, and urban planning projects. The firm also engages in academic activities, research, and publishes architectural documentation. Notable project types include housing (individual, collective, cooperative), school transformations and extensions, public buildings, pedestrian bridges, and cultural centers. The firm has a prospective and sustainable approach to architecture and urbanism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Urban Planning Services Comprehensive architectural and urban planning services for public and private clients in Western Switzerland, spanning competition-stage concept design through construction supervision. Covers residential buildings (individual, collective, cooperative), public administrative buildings, cultural centers, schools, healthcare facilities, pedestrian bridges, and territorial/urban planning mandates. The firm specializes in sustainable and prospective ("durable") architecture with deep expertise in concrete and wood construction.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Forster-paysagecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Landscape architecture collaboration on urban development projects including Quartier de la Piscine in Renens and Bernex Vieux-Lully cultural center project. Joint team on municipal development competitions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HHF Architects: Basel-based architecture studio of similar size, known for design quality and built work in Switzerland. Comparable as a peer-tier Swiss firm competing for similar competition briefs and cultivating a comparable award-winning profile internationally.
• Atelier 5: Long-established Bern architecture firm with strong public-sector and housing heritage. Comparable as a Swiss boutique practice with similar emphasis on collective housing, public buildings, and a competition-driven project pipeline across Western Switzerland.
• Christian Kerez: Zurich-based architect running a similarly-sized Swiss practice. Comparable as a fellow Swiss small-scale architecture firm with strong reputation for concrete construction, public-sector commissions, and academic engagement.
• EM2N: Zurich-based architecture firm of comparable size with overlapping public-sector and educational building portfolio. Comparable along multiple dimensions: similar headcount band, similar public-sector competition strategy, and similar Swiss architectural practice positioning.
• Lacaton & Vassal: French architecture practice of comparable size, awarded the 2021 Pritzker Prize for social-housing and public-sector work. Comparable on philosophy and project type: similar commitment to sustainable transformation, public-sector clients, and design-led competition wins in mid-sized practice format.
• Barozzi Veiga: Small Barcelona-based architecture firm of comparable size and profile. Comparable as a peer-tier boutique practice with similar competition-driven project pipeline, award recognition, and focus on cultural and public-sector commissions.
• Group-8: Geneva-based Swiss architecture and urban-planning studio of comparable scale and philosophy. Directly comparable: similar size, similar focus on sustainability, public-sector work, and urban strategies in Romandy — making them the closest head-to-head competitor in the same regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Diener & Diener Architekten: Established Basel architecture firm with broader portfolio and longer history. Comparable as an incumbent Swiss architecture practice competing for similar public-sector and cultural-building briefs, though operating at larger scale and across more project typologies.
• Burckhardt+Partner: Switzerland's largest architecture firm with comprehensive services across all building types. Comparable as the dominant Swiss incumbent competing for the same large public-sector tenders and able to absorb projects at scale that 2b cannot.
• David Chipperfield Architects: Internationally established architecture firm with strong cultural and public-sector portfolio. Comparable as a benchmark for the trajectory a successful competition-driven practice can take — though at vastly larger scale — competing for similar institutional and public clients globally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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