BACHELARD WAGNER ARCHITEKTEN

What BACHELARD WAGNER ARCHITEKTEN does

Bachelard Wagner Architekten AG BSA is a privately held Swiss architecture firm founded in 2006 and headquartered at Kirschgartenstrasse 7, Basel. The firm operates as a partnership of five architects (Anne Marie Wagner, Cédric Bachelard, Julia Brandenburg, Alexander Bierer, Dominik Golaszewski) supported by approximately ten additional staff, apprentices, and interns. The firm specializes in complex architectural and urban planning commissions across residential, care/healthcare, educational, cultural, and infrastructure typologies, with a particularly strong portfolio in collective housing, nursing homes, schools, and museum projects.

The firm's revenue model is project-based professional services, with fees typically structured as a percentage of construction costs or fixed project fees. Projects are acquired through four primary channels: open architectural competitions, invited competitions, direct commissions, and study commissions. The client base spans public institutions (Kanton Basel-Stadt, SBB AG, BLT Baselland Transport AG, Stiftung Kunstmuseum Bern), housing cooperatives (Baugenossenschaft wohnen&mehr, Siedlungsgenossenschaft Sunnige Hof), and private developers (Warteck Invest AG, Logis Suisse AG, Freiburger Stadtbau GmbH, Oase Gruppe) primarily across Switzerland and the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The business uses no proprietary technology platforms; its competitive differentiation rests on design quality, competition track record (notably the Hugo-Häring State Prize 2024 for Rennwegdreieck Freiburg and Callwey Award 1st Prize 2023), a published monograph (Quart Verlag, 2022), and recurring joint-venture partnerships with peer firms including Reuter Architekten GmbH, HHF Architekten Basel, and Mexico-based Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Geographic operations are concentrated in the DACH region with no global footprint claim.

Name

BACHELARD WAGNER ARCHITEKTEN

Legal name

Bachelard Wagner Architekten AG BSA

Website

https://bachelard-wagner.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bachelard Wagner Architekten is a Basel-based Swiss architecture firm of 15, specializing in residential, care, educational, and cultural building commissions acquired through architectural competitions and direct commissions across Switzerland and Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning services
• Residential architecture
• Building design services
• Construction supervision

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architectural design, urban planning studies, and interior design commissions. Revenue derived from design fees calculated as percentage of construction costs or fixed project fees. Includes direct commissions, competition prizes, and study commissions for public and private clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bachelard Wagner Architekten is a Swiss architecture firm providing full-service architectural design, urban planning, and project execution for residential, care, educational, cultural, and infrastructure projects. Services span competition design through construction supervision, with a specialization in collective housing typologies, care facilities, educational buildings, and complex urban contexts across Switzerland and Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reuter Architekten GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partnership (ARGE) for Felix-Platter Areal Basel project. Collaboration on Baustein 1, Baustein 4, and Pavillon 1 of the Westfeld development. Firms work together as integrated project team under joint project management.
• HHF Architekten BaselcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on multiple projects including Areal Rösslimatt Luzern and L'Orée de Crissier. Firms share architectural vision for collective housing and urban development projects.
• Tatiana Bilbao EstudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration for L'Orée de Crissier project in Switzerland, bringing diverse architectural perspectives to residential development.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Burkhalter Sumi Architekten: Zurich-based architecture firm with strong housing and public building track record. Comparable Swiss competitor in similar competition circuits and project typologies.
• Pool Architects (Leuppi & Bürgi): Swiss architecture firm with comparable residential and public building portfolio. Similar in scale and operating model to Bachelard Wagner in Swiss competition circuits.
• EM2N: Swiss architecture firm focused on housing, education, and public buildings. Comparable in scale, Swiss-Germany footprint, and competition-based project acquisition model.
• Christ & Gantenbein: Basel-based architecture practice with similar housing, cultural, and urban planning portfolio. Direct comparable in scale (~20 staff), Swiss focus, and competition-led acquisition model.
• HHF Architekten: Basel-headquartered architecture firm with parallel specialism in collective housing. Already an active ARGE collaboration partner; directly comparable in team size, residential typology focus, and DACH market presence.
• Miller & Maranta: Basel-based architecture firm with strong housing and cultural building expertise. Directly comparable Swiss regional competitor with similar competition-driven acquisition and project typologies.
• Diener & Diener Architekten: Established Basel architecture practice with broad residential, cultural, and institutional portfolio. Direct comparable in Swiss DACH market with longer track record but similar competition-led approach.
• Steiner Beck Architekten: Basel architecture practice with deep housing cooperative and care facility experience. Comparable Swiss peer in similar residential and competition-driven segments.

Regional players

• Baumschlager Eberle Architekten: Architecture firm with strong presence in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Comparable in DACH residential and sustainability-led projects but operates primarily outside Basel; relevant as a regional competitor in overlapping competition bids.

Broad incumbents

• Herzog & de Meuron: Basel-headquartered global architecture firm. Compares as a Swiss peer operating out of the same regional ecosystem with overlapping institutional and cultural building clientele; far larger scale but same Swiss design ethos.

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

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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