dlc architects

What dlc architects does

dlc architects is a privately held, founder-owned interdisciplinary architecture studio founded in 2005 in Mexico City by María Domínguez Landa and Rafael López Corona. The firm operates as an 8-person studio that deliberately blurs the boundaries between architecture, landscape, and design, producing unified project documentation that integrates technical specifications, sustainability criteria, construction details, and branding requirements rather than separating these into discrete sub-disciplines.

The studio delivers four interlocking service lines: Architecture Services (residential, corporate, retail, interior design, and urban developments, from conceptualization through construction supervision), Landscape Design, Visualization Services (offered both internally and as a standalone service to external real estate companies and architecture firms worldwide), and broader Design Services spanning graphic and industrial design. Service delivery is project-based professional services, and the firm works across three customer segments: private real estate developers and property owners (primary), peer architecture firms requiring collaboration or visualization support, and government/public sector entities for parks and urban planning.

dlc's commercial footprint extends internationally through documented mutual collaborations with globally recognized firms including Foster and Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) New York, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), and Mexican partners Colonnier y Asociados and Serrano Arquitectos. The firm has no external investment, no parent company, no funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue, operating entirely on a bootstrapped partnership basis with two phone lines and a single Mexico City office. Marketing and discovery channels are limited to portfolio platforms Architizer, Archinect, and Archello plus Instagram and Facebook.

Name

dlc architects

Legal name

dlc

Website

https://dlcarchs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

dlc architects is a Mexico City-based, 8-person interdisciplinary architecture studio founded in 2005, delivering integrated architecture, landscape, visualization, and design services to private developers, public entities, and peer architecture firms in Mexico and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Landscape design
• Architectural visualization
• Urban development
• Interior design

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin 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. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional services for architecture, landscape design, interior design, and urban developments. Services range from conceptualization to construction supervision.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

dlc architects is an interdisciplinary architecture studio providing architecture, landscape design, visualization, and design services. The firm conceptualizes, designs, supervises construction, and delivers visualization for projects ranging from landscape and residential to corporate, interior, retail, and urban developments, integrating technical, sustainable, construction, and branding specifications into unified project documentation for private developers, public entities, and collaborating architecture firms.

Product overview

dlc architects is an interdisciplinary architecture and design studio offering a unified portfolio of four interconnected services: Architecture Services, Landscape Design, Visualization Services, and Design Services. The firm integrates architecture, landscape, and design into cohesive documents with technical, sustainable, construction, and branding specifications. Projects range from landscape to residential, corporate, interior design, and urban developments. The visualization service supports both in-house projects and external clients, while design services span graphic and industrial design alongside architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design covering residential, corporate, retail, and urban developments, with architects, landscapers, designers, and urban planners working collaboratively to conceptualize, design, construct, and supervise projects for private developers, public entities, and collaborating architecture firms.
• Landscape Design Landscape architecture services integrated with architectural and design elements to create unified project documents with technical, sustainable, construction, and branding specifications for private and public clients.
• Visualization Services Artistic visualization services for real estate companies and architecture firms, generating images that accentuate project assets and accurately represent the vision of architects or clients.
• Design Services Creative and technical design processes encompassing graphical, useful, and aesthetic expressions across architecture, graphic design, and industrial design, delivered as part of the studio's interdisciplinary practice.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Foster and PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrestigious international architecture firm with whom dlc collaborates on projects. This partnership represents a significant credential for the firm.
• KPF New YorkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) New York, a globally recognized architecture firm, collaborates with dlc on various projects.
• SOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), a leading global architecture and urban planning firm, collaborates with dlc on projects.
• Colonnier y AsociadoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMexican architecture firm with whom dlc has important collaborative relationships.
• Serrano ArquitectoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMexican architecture firm collaborating with dlc on various projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: México City-based interdisciplinary studio working across architecture, urbanism, and landscape with a sustainability orientation. Closely comparable to dlc in integrated philosophy and Mexican base.
• Esrawe + Cadena: México City-based interdisciplinary design firm spanning architecture, industrial, and interior design. Comparable as a small, design-led Mexican studio offering an integrated practice model.
• Colonnier y Asociados: Mexican architecture firm with which dlc has a documented collaboration relationship. Operates in a similar mid-sized, multi-disciplinary architecture space in Mexico, making it directly comparable in scale and service mix.
• Serrano Arquitectos: Mexican architecture firm collaborating with dlc on multiple projects. Comparable in size and market positioning as a Mexican-based, mid-sized practice offering architecture and design services.
• Legorreta: Iconic Mexican architecture practice with a similar premium, design-led proposition across residential, commercial, and urban projects. Highly comparable as a Mexico-rooted mid-sized studio targeting signature commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF): International architecture practice collaborating with dlc. Overlaps in integrated architecture, interior, and landscape services for large-scale urban and commercial projects, serving as a global benchmark.
• Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG): International architecture and design practice with an integrated model spanning architecture, landscape, interiors, and research. Comparable to dlc's interdisciplinary, design-led philosophy at significantly larger scale.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: Globally renowned multi-disciplinary architecture practice known for signature buildings across architecture, interiors, and urban design. Comparable as a design-led integrated practice with strong visualization identity.
• Foster + Partners: Globally recognized architecture firm that collaborates with dlc on projects. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice, though at vastly greater scale and global reach.
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Global architecture, interior design, and urban-planning firm that collaborates with dlc. Comparable through its integrated architecture-plus-landscape-plus-design offering, but at a vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dlcarchitects
• Instagraminstagram.com/dlc_archs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dlcarchitects

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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