Filipao Nunes

What Filipao Nunes does

Filipe Nunes (marketed as Filipão Nunes) is a private architecture and interior design studio founded in 2016 by Portuguese architect Filipe Nunes and headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico. The firm specializes in hospitality projects — restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and hotels — and serves restaurant operators, hospitality groups, and brand owners across Mexico (CDMX, Cancún, Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla) and selectively in the United States (Dallas, Atlanta). The studio executes concept-driven architectural and interior design for individual venues and for multi-location chain rollouts, working with brand concepts such as Ilios, Porfirios, Harry's, Bonbonniere, Señora Tanaka, Nicoletta, Gaucho, Mantela, La Vicenta, Hatxa, Mazatleca, Nadim, and Yulia.

The service offering covers concept design, interior architecture, and project execution across hospitality venues typically ranging from ~500 m² mid-size restaurants up to ~1,900 m² larger mixed-use and hotel projects. The studio has broadened beyond pure hospitality into residential and mixed-use work, and has accumulated multiple international design awards (Americas Property Awards, DNA Paris Design Awards, Hotel & Property Awards, and others). The team comprises approximately 22 named professionals across design, project management, and creative direction functions.

The business model is project-based professional services: revenue is generated through design and execution fees tied to project scope (square meterage, complexity, and deliverables), with material recurring engagement from restaurant chains that commission multi-location rollouts to maintain brand consistency. The firm is privately held and founder-led, with no disclosed external funding, no public revenue, and operations across roughly 11–50 employees. Growth has been self-funded and organic, supported by geographic diversification (Mexico plus selective US projects), vertical extension (residential and mixed-use), and award-driven brand building in the Mexican hospitality design segment.

Name

Filipao Nunes

Legal name

FILIPAO ARQUITECTOS, S.A. DE C.V.

Website

https://filipaonunes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Filipe Nunes (Filipão Nunes) is a private Mexico-based architecture and interior design studio specializing in hospitality projects — restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and hotels — for restaurant operators and hospitality brands across Mexico and selectively in the US. Founded in 2016.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design services
• Hospitality design
• Restaurant interior design
• Residential architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

San Pedro Garza García

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural and Interior Design Services: Project-based professional services for architecture, interior design, and executive project services. Revenue is generated through direct client contracts for designing restaurants, bars, hotels, residential properties, and mixed-use developments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Filipao Nunes is an architecture and interior design studio that delivers integrated design services covering concept, architectural, executive project, and interior design for hospitality venues (restaurants, bars, nightclubs, hotels) and residential homes. The studio operates project-based engagements primarily for commercial hospitality brands and high-end residential clients across Mexico and select international markets.

Product overview

Filipao Nunes is an architecture and interior design studio founded by Portuguese architect Filipe Nunes, specializing in commercial and residential projects primarily in Mexico. The firm operates as a single unified design studio rather than a platform architecture. Their core offerings include commercial architecture and interior design services for hospitality venues (restaurants, bars, nightclubs, hotels) and residential projects. Since 2020, they have expanded into mixed-use developments. The firm has developed several recurring restaurant and hospitality brand concepts including Ilios (Greek), Porfirio's (Mexican cantina), Señora Tanaka (Japanese-inspired), Bonbonniere (nightclub), Nicoletta (Italian), Harry's (fine dining), Gaucho (Argentine), Nadim (Moroccan rooftop), Yulia (Italian), Mazatleca (coastal), Hatxa (Mexican-Spanish fusion), Mantela (Latin), and La Vicenta (modern art). Projects range from 485 m2 to over 1,900 m2 and are located throughout Mexico with some international presence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Architecture & Interior Design Services
• Residential Architecture & Interior Design Services
• Mixed-Use Development Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple international design awards including Americas Property Awards 2022, Hotel & Property Awards, Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, and others
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Studio Yabu Pushelberg: Luxury hospitality and residential design firm with global portfolio. Both firms offer integrated architecture and interior design for premium hospitality projects with strong aesthetic differentiation and a focus on high-end clientele.
• Rockwell Group: David Rockwell's hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment design firm. Both firms specialize in immersive restaurant and nightlife design, cultural concept translation, and creating memorable hospitality experiences.
• Roman and Williams: NYC-based architecture and design firm known for hospitality, restaurants, and high-end residential work. Comparable through shared specialization in experiential hospitality design and premium residential interiors.
• Wilson Associates: International hospitality interior design firm serving luxury hotels and resorts. Both firms focus on hospitality interiors with cultural and contextual design considerations for premium clientele.
• WATG: Hospitality architecture and design firm with global hotel and resort focus. Both firms serve hospitality clients with integrated architecture and interior design services and emphasize contextual, place-based design.
• Esrawe + Cadena: Mexico City-based architecture and design firm known for hospitality interiors and furniture design. Both firms share a Mexican hospitality design focus, multi-disciplinary approach, and emphasis on creating distinctive sensory spatial experiences for restaurants, hotels, and retail.
• Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA): Global hospitality interior design firm with deep hotel and restaurant portfolio. Comparable through shared hospitality design focus, international project experience, and integrated interior architecture capabilities.
• AvroKO: Globally recognized hospitality design firm specializing in restaurants, hotels, and nightlife venues. Comparable through shared hospitality specialization, sensory-focused spatial design approach, and similar portfolio of restaurant and bar projects.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with a significant hospitality practice. Comparable as a larger architecture peer with a much broader service portfolio including hospitality design, but operating at vastly different scale and scope.
• Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos: One of Mexico's leading architecture firms with broader commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, and residential practice. Comparable as a Mexican architecture peer with broader scope and significantly larger scale than Filipao.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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