Archbau AG

What Archbau AG does

Archbau AG (legal entity: ARCHBAU Scherer AG) is a Swiss architecture and construction management firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in Stans, Nidwalden. The firm operates from a purpose-built office in the Fliegersiedlung (a certified 2000-Watt-Areal development) since April 2023, with a team of approximately 20 multidisciplinary staff combining architects, construction managers, technicians, draftspersons, trainees, and administrative personnel. As of 2025, the firm is wholly owned by co-founder Iwan Scherer following the buyout of his 24-year partner Claudio Clavadetscher, with a renewed Geschäftsleitung in place from April 2026.

The company's offering comprises three integrated service lines: Architecture (Architektur) covering project development, feasibility studies, design, and execution planning; Construction Management (Baumanagement) covering devisation, cost planning, site management, and schedule control; and BIM & Digital Planning (BIM & Digitale Planung) delivering 3D-model-based coordination with all project stakeholders. The core technology stack is BIM-centric, with building models produced at multiple Levels of Detail (LOD) and used to coordinate architects, engineers, and builders, reducing on-site error risk and enabling layperson client visualization. Notable technical projects include a fully 3D-coordinated timber office building for Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG and a high-altitude (3,020m) renovation with Herzog & de Meuron on the Titlis.

Commercially, Archbau operates as a project-based professional services firm generating revenue through fee-for-service mandates across the full building lifecycle. Projects are won through direct client engagement, architectural competitions, public procurement tenders, and referrals from established partner architecture firms. The client base spans private individuals and investors, cantonal and municipal public institutions (Kanton Nidwalden, Armasuisse), corporate clients (Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG, Raiffeisenbank, Migros, Titlis Bergbahnen, Spital Nidwalden), and peer architecture firms (Herzog & de Meuron, EM2N, TGS Architekten, Lussi + Partner). Pricing is project-specific and quote-based; no standardized pricing is published. Geographic focus is central Switzerland, particularly the cantons of Nidwalden, Luzern, Obwalden, Zug, and Uri.

Name

Archbau AG

Legal name

ARCHBAU Scherer AG

Website

https://archbau.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Archbau AG is a Swiss architecture, construction management, and BIM/digital planning firm in Stans, Nidwalden, serving private clients, public institutions, and corporate clients across central Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Construction Management Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Construction management
• BIM digital planning
• General planning
• Building project management

Headquarters

HQ city

Stans

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture Services: ARCHBAU provides full architectural services including project development, feasibility studies, design and planning, execution planning, and general planning (Generalplanung). Revenue is generated as professional service fees for individual projects, typically one-time engagements with scope across the full building lifecycle.
2. Baumanagement (Construction Management): Services include cost planning and control (Devisierung, Kostenplanung), invoicing/accounting (Rechnungswesen), site management (Örtliche Bauleitung), senior site management (Oberbauleitung), and schedule and cost control. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for construction phase management.
3. BIM & Digitale Planung: Digital planning services using 3D BIM models for coordination across all parties, quality improvement, and error reduction. Offered as standalone digital planning services or integrated with architecture and construction management mandates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Archbau AG provides integrated architecture, construction management (Baumanagement), and BIM-based digital planning services for building projects. The firm covers the full project lifecycle from feasibility studies and project development through design, execution planning, cost and schedule control, site management, and completion. It serves private clients, institutional investors, public authorities (cantons, municipalities), and corporate clients, and acts as specialist partner to other architecture firms such as Herzog & de Meuron and EM2N.

Product overview

Archbau AG offers a portfolio of three integrated services: Architecture (Architektur) for design and planning, Construction Management (Baumanagement) for project execution oversight, and BIM & Digital Planning (BIM & Digitale Planung) for 3D-model-based coordination. These services work together as a unified offering—from early design through construction completion—enabling clients to execute architecture projects with digital coordination support throughout the project lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architektur (Architecture) Full architectural services covering project development, feasibility studies, design, execution planning, and general planning for private clients, investors, and public sector clients across central Switzerland.
• Baumanagement (Construction Management) Construction management services including cost planning and control (Devisierung, Kostenplanung), accounting (Rechnungswesen), local construction management (Örtliche Bauleitung), senior construction management (Oberbauleitung), and schedule and cost control across the project execution phase.
• BIM & Digitale Planung (BIM & Digital Planning) 3D modeling-based digital planning service for transparent and efficient coordination with all project stakeholders, increasing planning quality and reducing error risk on construction sites through virtual model visualization at multiple levels of detail.

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• TGS ArchitektencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025ARCHBAU serves as Bauleitung (site management) on the Kompetenzzentrum G'ART project led by TGS Architekten in Kriens (2025-2027). TGS Architekten serves as the primary planners for this training center project for the gastronomy and hospitality industry.
• Burch und Partner ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided Oberbauleitung for the Länderpark Migros expansion project in Stans, working alongside TGS Architekten (project and cost planning) and Burch und Partner Architekten (execution planning).
• freiraumarchitekturminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on multiple projects including Wohnüberbauung Fliegersiedlung, Das Haus am See, and Regierungsgebäude Kanton Nidwalden. freiraumarchitektur provides landscape planning for these projects.
• Atelier OririminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered on Wohn- und Geschäftshaus Stans (Waser project) and Schulhaus Dallenwil, where Atelier Oriri provided landscape planning services.
• Renggli AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenggli AG provided timber construction planning for the Bürogebäude Aviatik project (Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG), a three-story timber office building. ARCHBAU served as general planner.
• Evolut Bau GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationEvolut Bau GmbH handled BIM coordination for the Bürogebäude Aviatik project, enabling fully 3D representation of the complete project including building services.
• EM2N (Zürich)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU acted as Baumanagement specialist for EM2N's conversion of a former factory hall into the Zentralschweizer Fachhochschule für Design & Kunst in Emmen (2014-2016). This was a major project for the Viscosistadt development.
• Herzog & de Meuron (Basel)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU served as Baumanagement partner for Herzog & de Meuron's landmark Titlis project (2018-2025), a culinary center and total renovation at 3020m altitude. ARCHBAU provided the foundational construction management over 7 years for this internationally significant project.
• Auf der Maur & Böschenstein (Luzern)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided cost and construction management for the Mittelschule Kanton Nidwalden project, partnering with Auf der Maur & Böschenstein who won the architectural competition (2011-2013).
• Lussi + Partner AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU implemented the first phase of Lussi + Partner AG's competition-winning design for the Alterszentrum Nägeligasse in Stans (2020-2024, budget CHF 45 million).
• Giuliani Hönger (Zürich)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU formed an ARGE (joint venture) with EXA Baumanagement to provide Baumanagement for Giuliani Hönger's winning competition design for Spital Nidwalden's expansion (2025).
• EXA Baumanagement (Luzern)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU formed an ARGE (joint venture) with EXA Baumanagement for the Spital Nidwalden Baumanagement mandate, partnering with Giuliani Hönger as planners.
• Masswerk Architekten (Kriens)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided construction and cost management for the Schulanlage Turmatt project (2007-2009), partnering with Masswerk Architekten who won the competition for this school complex with triple gymnasium.
• Manetsch Meyer ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provides cost planning and construction management for Manetsch Meyer Architekten's Wohnüberbauung Stans project (new construction and renovation).
• f&r Asset Management (Beckenried)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU partnered with f&r Asset Management for the Wohnüberbauung Peninsula project, providing planning and execution with buyer support for 11 exclusive lakefront units.
• Eggimann ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided planning for the Höhere Fachschule Bürgenstock project, partnering with Eggimann Architekten for site management (2011-2012).
• BGM & Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten (Basel)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided cost management as specialist partner for BGM & Rahbaran Hürzeler Architekten's competition-winning Schulhaus Engelberg project (2013-2014).
• Ducksch Anliker Architekten (Langenthal)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU's project plan for Wohnhaus Kriens was handed to Ducksch Anliker Architekten for execution planning, who successfully realized the three high-end condominiums (2019-2020).
• Iwan Bühler Architekten (Luzern)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU provided execution planning and construction management for Iwan Bühler Architekten's commercial building extension in Stans, as well as separately designing and executing the Raiffeisenbank Nidwalden headquarters fit-out.
• Laager ArchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU took over pre-project work from Laager Architekten and developed Wohnhaus The Nest to permit and construction readiness (2023-2025).
• Quartier Vier Architektur (Hergiswil)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerARCHBAU handled cost planning, tendering, and site management for the Kapelle Klimsenhorn restoration project, with Quartier Vier Architektur (formerly Reinhard Architekten) providing project management.
• Cyclus GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCyclus GmbH provided landscape planning for the Altes Schützenhaus project in Oberdorf NW (2024-2025).
• Portmann GartenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortmann Garten provided landscape planning for the Wohnhaus The Nest project in Ennetbürgen (2023-2025).
• Fahrni LandschaftsarchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFahrni Landschaftsarchitekten provided landscape architecture for the Wohnüberbauung Peninsula in Hergiswil.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Burckhardt+Partner AG: Major Swiss architecture, general planning and construction management group with offices across Switzerland. Competes for the same institutional, healthcare, and corporate real-estate mandates ARCHBAU pursues, but with national scale and deeper multi-disciplinary resources.
• Itten+Brechbühl AG: Large, established Swiss architecture and general-planning firm with national footprint. Overlaps with ARCHBAU on architecture and BIM-coordinated mandates but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Auf der Maur & Böschenstein Architekten: Luzern architecture firm that won the Mittelschule Kanton Nidwalden competition, partnering with ARCHBAU for cost/construction management. Similar profile: regional competition-winning architects with comparable institutional and educational project pipelines.
• ffbk Architekten AG: Basel-based mid-sized Swiss architecture practice with a comparable service range across architecture, conversion, and project management. Competes for cultural, educational, and conversion mandates similar to those in ARCHBAU's portfolio.
• Burkhalter Sumi Architekten: Winterthur-based Swiss architecture firm of similar scale with a comparable mix of architecture, conversion, and construction-management-adjacent services. Competes for the same institutional and commercial mandate profile in the German-speaking Swiss market.
• Lussi + Partner AG: Stans-based architecture firm of comparable scale that won the Alterszentrum Nägeligasse competition (CHF 45M), in which ARCHBAU served as implementation partner. Direct competitor for the same regional public-sector and private commissions in Nidwalden.
• TGS Architekten AG: Luzern-based architecture firm that leads the Kompetenzzentrum G'ART project where ARCHBAU serves as Bauleitung. Comparable mid-size Swiss firm pursuing similar institutional and commercial mandates in Central Switzerland.

Others

• Renggli AG: Swiss timber construction specialist that partnered with ARCHBAU on the Pilatus Aviatik timber office building. Adjacent ecosystem participant (design-build contractor) rather than a direct competitor, but relevant for understanding the integrated timber+BIM delivery model.

Regional players

• EM2N Architekten AG: Zürich-based architecture firm whose Viscosistadt Fachhochschule project (2014–2016) used ARCHBAU as Baumanagement partner. Comparable in BIM/integrated-delivery sophistication but based in a different Swiss region; relevant peer for digital-planning capability comparison.
• EXA Baumanagement AG: Luzern-based construction management firm that formed an ARGE (joint venture) with ARCHBAU for the Spital Nidwalden project. Closest direct competitor in pure Baumanagement services in the Central Switzerland market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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