Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH

What Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH does

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH is a privately held German architecture and interior design firm headquartered in Pilsach, Bavaria, founded in 1984 and operating across 14 staff. The firm operates under a dual-credential model, employing both Architects BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) and Interior Architects BDIA (Bund Deutscher Innenarchitekten), allowing it to deliver integrated architectural and interior design services from a single practice. It serves five distinct customer segments — private residential clients (primary), corporate and commercial clients, public and institutional clients, healthcare and wellness providers, and hospitality operators — across new construction, renovation, heritage restoration, and adaptive reuse projects. Geographic focus is Bavaria and broader Germany, with selected projects in Switzerland.

Technical differentiation is anchored in sustainable construction and craft heritage. Core capabilities include timber construction (solid timber walls with wood-fibre insulation, larch cladding, Douglas fir elements), renewable energy integration (36 geothermal probes at 120m depth, photovoltaic systems, air-water heat pumps, solar cooling, rainwater management), daylighting design, and specialist heritage restoration of listed structures including monasteries, manor houses, and Jugendstil villas. The firm's value proposition centres on combining these sustainable and heritage capabilities with holistic interior architecture — integrating space planning, lighting concepts, material palettes, and custom furniture into unified spatial experiences, billed under the full Leistungsphasen 1–9 service scope.

Revenue is generated through project-based, individually negotiated commissions billed directly to clients under German HOAI-style fee structures; no public pricing tiers exist. The firm is founder-owned, co-founded by Johannes Berschneider (1952–2022) and Gudrun Berschneider, with no external institutional investment. Following Johannes Berschneider's death in July 2022, operations continue under Gudrun Berschneider and the existing team with an active project pipeline extending into 2028. Marketing is portfolio-driven through the firm's website, supplemented by organic social media (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook) and earned local press coverage; no formal content marketing, channel partnerships, or external funding activity is observable.

Name

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH

Legal name

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH

Website

https://berschneider.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH is a German architecture and interior design firm (Architekten BDA + Innenarchitekten BDIA) based in Bavaria, delivering integrated new construction, renovation, and heritage restoration across residential, commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and public-sector clients in Germany and Switzerland.

Ownership category

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Product category

Architectural and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Industrial Design Services (541420)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Luxury Whole-Home Renovation (High-End Finishes & Custom Build) (HSAPAEAI)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Heritage building restoration
• Sustainable timber construction
• Building renovation services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH is a German architecture and interior design firm offering integrated architectural and interior design services across residential, commercial, hospitality, cultural, and public building typologies. The firm delivers full-scope design services from concept through execution, including new construction, comprehensive renovation, heritage-protected restoration, sustainable building practices (timber construction, geothermal energy, photovoltaic), and holistic interior architecture extending from space planning through custom furniture and lighting design.

Product overview

Berschneider + Berschneider GmbH is an architecture and interior design firm (Architekten BDA + Innenarchitekten BDIA) offering integrated architectural and interior design services. The firm operates as a single unified practice rather than a platform, delivering services across multiple project types: residential buildings, commercial and office buildings, hotels and hospitality, educational facilities, healthcare buildings, cultural institutions, and public buildings. Their portfolio demonstrates expertise in new construction, comprehensive renovation, heritage restoration, and sustainable building practices, with particular emphasis on holistic interior architecture that extends from space planning through to custom furniture and lighting design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Interior Design Services
• Heritage Building Restoration (Denkmalgeschützte Sanierung)
• Sustainable Building Design
• Timber Construction Design (Holzbau)
• Daylighting Design

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brückner & Brückner Architekten: A family-led Bavarian architecture practice of comparable scale, also based in Franconia (Würzburg) and working across new build, renovation, and interior design for residential, commercial, and public clients — directly comparable in size, regional positioning, and integrated service offering.
• Hild und K Architekten: Munich-based practice with a comparable integrated architecture and interior design approach, particularly in cultural, educational, and residential projects; similar design-led ethos and Bavarian market footprint.
• Florian Nagler Architekten: Munich-based practice known for restrained, materially focused architecture in residential, educational, and cultural typologies; comparable in size and design philosophy to Berschneider + Berschneider, with similar emphasis on craft and Bavarian project base.
• KNERER LANG Architekten: A small-to-mid German architecture firm working on residential, educational, and healthcare projects with strong attention to materiality and construction detail; comparable scale and project-type mix to Berschneider + Berschneider, with shared focus on sustainable construction.

Broad incumbents

• Staab Architekten: A larger, Berlin-based German architecture practice working across cultural, residential, and public typologies with strong award credentials; broader geographic reach and portfolio than Berschneider + Berschneider but comparable in design philosophy and integrated delivery approach.
• HPP Architekten: One of Germany's largest established architecture firms with deep experience in commercial, public, and interior design projects across Germany; competes for the same corporate, hospitality, and institutional commissions as Berschneider + Berschneider but with materially greater resources and geographic reach.
• David Chipperfield Architects: Internationally recognised practice with a major Berlin office, known for high-profile cultural and heritage projects including museum restorations; overlaps with Berschneider + Berschneider on the listed-building restoration niche but operates at vastly greater scale and global scope.
• Ingenhoven Architects: Internationally recognised Düsseldorf-based practice with strong sustainability credentials and award-winning cultural, commercial, and residential work; comparable sustainability expertise but operates at international scale well beyond the subject firm's regional scope.
• Max Dudler Architekten: Established German practice with offices in Berlin, Zurich, and Frankfurt delivering cultural, commercial, and residential architecture; comparable design-driven ethos but at meaningfully larger scale and broader geographic footprint than the subject firm.

Regional players

• Peter Haimerl Architektur: Bavarian (Munich) practice working on cultural, residential, and hospitality projects with strong craft focus; competes in a similar regional market to Berschneider + Berschneider and shares emphasis on materiality and contextual design, though more Munich-centric.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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