Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C.

What Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C. does

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C. is a privately held professional architecture corporation founded in 1983 and headquartered at 517 East Congress Street in Savannah, Georgia. The firm delivers architectural design, renovation, interior design, building information modeling (BIM), sustainable/LEED-informed design, visualization (renderings, walkthroughs, VR), programming, and ASTM E-2018 facility assessments to institutional clients across Georgia and the broader Southeast. Its named customers are concentrated in higher education (e.g., Georgia Southern University, College of Coastal Georgia, East Georgia State College, Georgia College & State University, Savannah State University, University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography), K-12 public school systems (Savannah Chatham County Public School System, Bryan County Schools), and civic/cultural institutions (Live Oak Public Libraries, Chatham Area Transit Authority, Coastal Heritage Society), with selective private and ecclesiastical work.

The firm's core technology stack centers on BIM applied to every project for coordinated design across consultants, supplemented by high-fidelity visualization for stakeholder buy-in and sustainable design tools (energy modeling, daylight analysis, passive strategies, high-efficiency HVAC integration). Project teams are principal-led and staffed by AIA, NCARB, NFPA, ASID, NCIDQ, and LEED Green Associate certified professionals, with documented expertise in phased construction maintaining facility operations, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse.

The business model is professional services: project-based, quote-based fee agreements for design and construction administration work, typically structured as multi-year engagements. The firm does not publicly disclose pricing, revenue, or fees. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct principal engagement with institutional decision-makers, supplemented by competitive bidding and RFQ processes, an organic social presence (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), and a portfolio-driven website. Marketing and client development are increasingly supported by a dedicated Director of Business Development role. Revenue is therefore episodic, tied to the Georgia public-sector and institutional construction cycle, with no recurring subscription or volume-based contracts.

Name

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C.

Legal name

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C.

Website

https://cogdellmendrala.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C. is a Savannah, Georgia-based architecture firm founded in 1983 that delivers new construction, renovation, BIM, sustainable design, and facility assessment services to higher education, K-12, civic, library, historic, and ecclesiastical clients across Georgia and the Southeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Other Specialized Design Services (54149)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Educational facility design
• Building information modeling
• Sustainable architecture
• Historic renovation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Savannah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through architectural design and consulting services for institutional clients including educational facilities, civic buildings, and commercial projects. Revenue is project-based, typically through fee agreements for design services from concept through construction administration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C. is a professional architecture firm providing architectural design, renovation, interior design, and project delivery services for institutional clients. The firm specializes in higher education and K-12 facilities, civic buildings, libraries, historic preservation, and ecclesiastical projects across Georgia, leveraging Building Information Modeling (BIM) on every project and delivering services from initial programming through construction administration.

Product overview

Cogdell & Mendrala Architects, P.C. is an architecture and design firm offering a comprehensive suite of services centered on architectural design, renovation, and project delivery. The firm's service portfolio includes New Construction, Renovation, Interior Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Sustainable Design, Visualization, Facility Assessments, and Programming. These services are delivered as integrated professional offerings rather than as discrete software products, serving educational institutions (higher education and K-12), civic clients, historic preservation projects, libraries, and ecclesiastical clients across Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New Construction

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered notable.

• Skolnick ArchitecturenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with exhibit designer Skolnick Architecture on the 38,000 SF Children's Museum/Exploration Station project operated by the Coastal Heritage Society.
• Wendel DuchscherernotableTechnology or IntegrationAssociated with transportation specialist Wendel Duchscherer for the Joe Murray Rivers, Jr. Intermodal Transit Center project, transforming a mid-20th century Greyhound bus terminal into an intermodal facility.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cooper Carry: Atlanta-headquartered architecture firm with significant higher education, K-12, and civic practices across the Southeast. Comparable size and vertical mix to CMA, operating in overlapping Georgia and regional markets.
• Quinn Evans: Architecture firm with strong historic preservation, library, and educational facility practices. Directly comparable to CMA on adaptive reuse, library, and civic project types, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
• Lord Aeck Sargent (a Tyler Company / Arcadis): Atlanta-based architecture firm historically focused on higher education, K-12, and adaptive reuse with deep Georgia institutional relationships. Closest mid-size Georgia competitor to CMA in client base and project types.
• LS3P Associates: Mid-size Southeast US architecture firm with strong education, civic, and institutional practices and offices in Savannah and Charleston. Directly comparable to CMA in regional footprint, vertical mix, and project scale.
• Wight & Company: Mid-size integrated design firm with strong K-12 and higher education practices. Comparable in scale and service mix to CMA, with similar emphasis on BIM-driven delivery and educational facility modernization.
• CannonDesign: National architecture firm with a substantial higher education and K-12 practice. Competes for the same institutional RFPs that CMA pursues, though at a larger scale and broader geography.

Broad incumbents

• HOK: Global design, architecture, and engineering firm with major higher education and civic practices. A large incumbent competing for flagship institutional commissions across the same client universe as CMA.
• SmithGroup: National integrated design firm with deep higher education and science & technology practices. Overlaps with CMA on university and civic work but operates at substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with one of the largest higher education practices worldwide. Competes with CMA on major university commissions and sets sustainability benchmarks (LEED, net-zero) that influence the broader education market.
• HKS, Inc. Large national architecture firm with a significant higher education, civic, and sports design practice. Competes for major public university and K-12 commissions that CMA also targets, but at materially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cogdellmendrala
• Instagraminstagram.com/cogdellmendrala
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cogdell-&-mendrala-architects-p.c.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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