What David Corban Architects does

David Corban Architects is a private, founder-led architecture practice based in Naples, Florida, serving commercial, residential, civic, educational, hospitality, and institutional clients across South Florida. It provides professional architecture services spanning design, permitting, and project oversight, with engagements ranging from small residential work to large civic and institutional projects.

Its portfolio includes commercial offices, medical facilities, schools, museums, theaters, restaurants, religious buildings, shelters, parks, and residential projects. Documented design components include LEED certification work, passive cooling through open-air sawtooth roofs, off-grid photovoltaic power, and hurricane-resilient configurations; these capabilities are delivered as project-specific professional services rather than a disclosed software product.

The firm generates revenue through commissioned architecture engagements sold directly to clients. No public project fees, recurring pricing model, revenue, or funding data are disclosed; the resulting economics are likely episodic and dependent on the active project pipeline.

Name

David Corban Architects

Legal name

David Corban Architect, pllc

Website

https://davidcorban.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

David Corban Architects is a Naples-based architecture practice providing design, permitting, and project oversight for commercial, residential, civic, educational, hospitality, and institutional clients across South Florida, with an emphasis on climate-resilient and sustainable building design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Sustainable building design
• Civic architecture
• Commercial architecture
• Residential architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

NAPLES, FL

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architecture services including design, permitting, and project oversight for commercial, residential, civic, and institutional projects in South Florida.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

David Corban Architects is a full-service architecture firm delivering architectural design, renovation, and project oversight for commercial, residential, civic, educational, hospitality, and institutional clients across South Florida. The firm specializes in sustainable, climate-resilient design including LEED-certified buildings, passive cooling technologies, and hurricane-resilient structures tailored to the Florida environment.

Product overview

David Corban Architects is a full-service architecture firm offering architectural design services across diverse project types including civic/cultural facilities, commercial office buildings, hospitality venues, educational institutions, residential projects, and sustainable/green building designs. The portfolio spans commercial & hospitality (restaurants, sports bars, wine venues, food truck parks), civic & educational (theaters, museums, schools, shelters, churches), sustainability projects (LEED-certified buildings, off-grid structures), and residential projects. Notable specialized offerings include LEED Gold-certified commercial buildings, hurricane-resilient designs for Florida's climate, and purpose-built shelters. The firm operates from Naples, Florida, serving all of South Florida.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-service architectural design, renovation, and project oversight for commercial, residential, civic, educational, hospitality, and institutional clients across South Florida.
• Sustainable & LEED-Certified Architecture Specialized architectural design for LEED-certified sustainable buildings, including LEED Gold commercial offices and LEED Silver registered projects.
• Civic & Cultural Architecture Architectural design for civic and cultural facilities including theaters, museums, and community centers, such as The Naples Players Theatre and Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
• Hospitality & Entertainment Venue Architecture Architectural design for restaurants, sports bars, food truck parks, wine venues, and entertainment facilities, with expertise in open-air passive cooling designs.
• Commercial Office Architecture Class A commercial office building design featuring modern amenities such as touch-free electronic access controls and UV light air filtration systems.
• Educational Facility Architecture Architectural design for schools, Montessori environments, and educational institutions including phased renovations and new classroom construction.
• Social Services & Shelter Architecture Specialized architectural design for shelters and social service facilities, including trauma-informed residential-scale shelter design for vulnerable populations.
• Religious Architecture Architectural design for churches and religious facilities with hurricane-resilient features and sanctuary spaces for congregational use.
• Residential Architecture Custom residential design for private homes and condominium renovations including high-rise beautification and custom single-family residences.

Quantifiable outcome

• First LEED Gold certified class A office building in Collier County (Lutgert Professional Center)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered notable.

• LakeFlato (Texas)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociated Architect with LakeFlato, Texas-based firm, for design of new visitor's center at Naples Botanical Garden. LakeFlato was part of the 'Dream Team' of Landscape Architects and Architects assembled by Executive Director Brian Holley for the 160-acre, $40,000,000 project.
• Ellin Goetz (Naples Landscape Architect)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated closely with Ellin Goetz, Naples Landscape Architect, designer of the Florida Garden and overall site landscape plan for Naples Botanical Garden project.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hart Howerton: Architecture, planning, and landscape design firm working on hospitality, residential, and large-scale cultural projects. Comparable emphasis on placemaking and high-design civic work.
• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm with significant Florida presence (Miami, Orlando). Competes for the same Class A commercial, hospitality, and cultural commissions DCa targets, but at vastly larger scale.
• WATG / Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo: Global architecture and planning firm with deep hospitality, resort, and residential expertise. Comparable in hospitality- and luxury-residential-focused projects across Florida and the Caribbean.
• HKS Architects: Large national architecture practice with offices across Florida and the U.S. delivering civic, healthcare, education, and commercial projects. Represents the established large-firm counterweight DCa competes against - and occasionally partners with - on major institutional commissions.
• SmithGroup: Integrated design firm with strong civic, cultural, and education practices across the U.S. Comparable in client types served (museums, theaters, universities) and design-led positioning, but with broader geography and headcount.

Direct peers

• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio, TX-based firm with deep sustainability credentials and a portfolio of cultural, civic, and residential work. Explicitly partnered with DCa on the Naples Botanical Garden visitor's center; their climate-responsive design ethos aligns directly with DCa's passive-cooling and resilience focus.
• MHK Architecture & Planning: Mid-size regional architecture firm headquartered in Naples/Fort Myers serving SW Florida. Comparable in scale, geography, and full-service commercial/civic/residential project mix - the closest structural peer to David Corban Architects.
• Sweet Sparkman Architects: Orlando-based architecture firm known for hospitality, civic, cultural, and educational work across Florida. Comparable portfolio breadth (theaters, museums, restaurants, schools) and similar mid-size boutique positioning, just at a statewide rather than regional footprint.

Regional players

• Schmidt Coastal Consulting / Studio Martin Garcia: Another award-winning Florida architecture studio focused on civic, cultural, and community projects with a sustainability lens. Comparable design sensibility (e.g., adaptive reuse, public-serving architecture) though anchored in a different part of the state.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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