BOURBOUZE & GRAINDORGE

Name

BOURBOUZE & GRAINDORGE

Legal name

Bourbouze & Graindorge

Website

https://bourbouze-graindorge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bourbouze & Graindorge is a French architecture firm founded in 2005, specializing in collective housing, student residences, schools, and public buildings. The ~10-person practice serves French municipalities, social housing operators, and institutional clients through architectural competitions and direct commissions, operating from Nantes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional fees for architectural design, project management, and consultancy services on construction and urban development projects. Revenue is project-based, driven by the award of public competitions and direct commissions from public and private clients. The firm has delivered projects across collective housing, student residences, educational facilities, sports complexes, and urban development zones.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bourbouze & Graindorge is a French architecture firm providing professional architectural design, project management, and consultancy services for collective housing, student residences, educational facilities, sports complexes, and public buildings. Revenue is project-based, driven by the award of public competitions and direct commissions from municipalities, social housing operators, and private developers across France. The firm also publishes books documenting its built work and architectural research.

Product overview

Bourbouze & Graindorge is an architecture firm founded in Paris in 2005 by Gricha Bourbouze and Cécile Graindorge, specializing in collective housing, student residences, schools, offices, and sports facilities. The firm operates from Nantes with approximately ten collaborators and has completed projects throughout France including Paris, Nantes, Rennes, Lyon, and others. The company offers architectural services as its primary offering, supplemented by two publications: '1171 CHAMBRES' documenting their collective housing portfolio of 10 projects with 1,171 total rooms, and 'Architectures Extra-Normales' presenting research on extraordinary Mediterranean architecture as a manifesto for contextual design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Professional architectural design, project management, and consultancy services for collective housing, student residences, educational facilities, sports venues, mixed-use developments, and public buildings. Delivered via public architectural competitions and direct commissions for municipalities, social housing operators (OPH), institutional developers, and private clients across France.
• 1171 Chambres (Book)

Quantifiable outcome

• Preserved 50% of plot surface as permeable/green space and 85% of remarkable trees at the Savigny-sur-Orge project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes: Paris-based practice with strong portfolio in public facilities (schools, bridges, cultural venues) and social/collective housing. Closely comparable mix of public-sector work and emphasis on structural expression.
• Hamonic+Masson & Associés: Paris-based studio with strong track record in collective housing, urban renewal, and public facilities. Comparable in scale, competition-driven GTM, and focus on typological quality in social housing.
• Triptyque Architecture: French practice with comparable scale and a similar focus on housing, mixed-use, and environmental innovation. Operates in overlapping public/private client bases and shares B&G's typological, low-carbon orientation.
• Lacaton & Vassal Architectes: Paris-based practice renowned for social and collective housing with a focus on generosity of space, reuse, and lightweight interventions. Closely comparable to B&G in typological innovation within French public-housing briefs and in scale/profile.
• Agence Christian de Portzamparc: Major French practice with deep experience in collective housing, university buildings, and large public commissions (e.g., Cité de la Musique). Comparable in pursuit of complex public-sector programs and award-recognition trajectory.
• Atelier 9.81: Small French practice with strong specialization in social and collective housing delivered through public competitions. Closely comparable size, client mix (OPHs, municipalities), and project typologies.
• SOA Architectes: French firm recognized for social housing, student residences, and educational facilities delivered through public competitions. Directly comparable client base (OPHs, universities) and project typologies.

Broad incumbents

• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Global practice active across housing, education, and public infrastructure with a competition-heavy model. Comparable in typological ambition for public buildings and housing, though at materially larger scale.
• Studio Gang: International practice recognized for collective housing, civic architecture, and structural/material innovation. Comparable in approach to ecological and structural differentiation in housing, but broader portfolio and larger scale.
• MVRDV: Larger international practice with deep experience in dense housing, mixed-use, and public cultural buildings. Comparable in typological experimentation and public-sector housing innovation, though at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bourbouze-&-graindorge

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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