Hôpital Antoine Béclère 1

What Hôpital Antoine Béclère 1 does

Behar & Ferenczi is a Paris-based private architecture agency (legal name BEHAR & FERENCZI, also operating as Behar & Ferenczi + Studio Clavel) founded by Michèle Behar and Manuelle Ferenczi, with Madeleine Clavel serving as project lead. The firm specializes in the extension and restructuring of buildings, with a dominant practice in healthcare and public-equipment sectors, and additional work in heritage buildings. Its core competency is executing complex architectural projects in occupied sites — including hospitals that must remain operational throughout construction — under strict ERP (Établissements Recevant du Public) regulatory constraints, with internal expertise in complex phasing, containment, and worksite safety/air/water management.

The firm's product surface is organized around service modules that mirror the typologies it serves: hospital inpatient wings; day hospitals (hôpital de jour) including chemotherapy suites and addiction treatment units; oncology and hematology departments with ISO5/ISO7/ISO8 controlled environments; pediatric oncology and ambulatory surgery units; geriatric EHPAD/USLD facilities; emergency departments; hospital pharmacies; medical imaging centers (MRI, scintigraphy); therapeutic innovation and early-trials departments; polyhandicapped children units; consolidated dental centers; and adjacent cultural and office typologies. Project scale ranges from ~600 m² specialty units to multi-phase 3,600 m² oncology plateaus, with disclosed construction budgets reaching €10M on the Gustave Roussy hematology restructuring.

The business model is fee-based architectural services billed under standard French maîtrise d'œuvre mission contracts, with revenue derived from public-sector procurement and institutional tenders. The client base is concentrated in the Greater Paris region (Île-de-France, Yvelines, Val-d'Oise) and consists primarily of major public hospitals — AP-HP network facilities (Bretonneau, Trousseau, Béclère, La Roche-Guyon), Institut Gustave Roussy, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles André Mignot — together with municipal and cultural entities (CPAM Paris, Mairie de Coupvray, SEMADS, Ville de Vanves). The firm is privately held by its founding partners with no disclosed external investment, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Hôpital Antoine Béclère 1

Legal name

BEHAR & FERENCZI

Website

https://beharferenczi.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Behar & Ferenczi is a Paris-based architecture firm specializing in healthcare and public-facility design, with deep expertise in hospital restructuring in occupied environments. It serves major French public hospitals including AP-HP facilities, Institut Gustave Roussy, and Centre Hospitalier de Versailles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Behar Ferenczi is an independent architecture agency specializing in the extension and restructuring of buildings, with deep expertise in healthcare facilities (hospitals, oncology/hematology units, pediatric departments, day hospitals, imaging centers, pharmacies, emergency departments) and public/cultural facilities. The firm operates in occupied sites with complex phasing requirements and ERP regulatory constraints, and also handles heritage building renovation.

Product overview

Behar & Ferenczi is an architecture firm specializing in the extension and restructuring of buildings, particularly in the healthcare sector (hospitals, EHPAD, long-term care facilities) and public facilities, often working in occupied sites with complex constraints. The firm's portfolio includes hospital wings, oncology/hematology units, pediatric departments, day hospitals, imaging centers, pharmacies, and other medical facilities. They work on projects ranging from patient room design to full hospital restructuring, often collaborating with engineering firms (BET), economists, and landscape architects. The firm also handles heritage building renovation and public/cultural equipment projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Studio Clavel: Collaborating architecture studio

Products and services

• Healthcare Facility Architecture Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Artelia: Large French engineering and architecture group with a healthcare buildings practice, combining design with technical engineering. Comparable on hospital and healthcare facility projects, but as a multi-disciplinary incumbent with substantially greater capacity.
• SCAU Architecture: French architecture firm active in healthcare and public-sector projects. Comparable in serving public institutional clients, though with a broader typology mix.
• Valode & Pistre: Established French architecture firm with substantial healthcare and hospital project experience, including large-scale medical facilities. Comparable client universe but with greater scale and geographic reach.
• Wilmotte & Associés: Major French architecture firm with healthcare and cultural facility work. Comparable in public-sector hospital design, but operates at significantly larger scale and broader typology.
• Architecture-Studio: Major French architecture firm with a broader portfolio spanning cultural, public, and healthcare projects. Comparable in public-sector healthcare work but operating at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Groupe-6: French architecture firm active in healthcare and public-sector projects, including hospital design and restructuring. Overlaps with Behar Ferenczi in serving public institutional clients.
• Reichen et Robert & Associés: Specialized French healthcare architecture firm known for hospital and medical facility design, with comparable focus on complex medical environments and public-sector hospital clients.
• Patriarche: French architecture and engineering group with a healthcare practice serving hospitals and long-term care facilities. Comparable in addressing complex institutional building programs.
• Brunet Saunier Architecture: French architecture firm with a meaningful healthcare portfolio alongside broader public-sector work. Comparable in scale and project typology, including hospital and public facility design.
• AIA Life Designers: Major French architecture firm with a dedicated healthcare design practice, directly comparable to Behar Ferenczi in hospital, EHPAD, and healthcare facility design. Strong overlap in client base and project types across France.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/h%C3%B4pital-antoine-b%C3%A9cl%C3%A8re-1
• Instagraminstagram.com/studioclavel_bf

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Hôpital Antoine Béclère 1