ELEMENT A Architekten Taufenbach und Partner mbB

What ELEMENT A Architekten Taufenbach und Partner mbB does

ELEMENT A Architekten Taufenbach und Partner mbB is a Munich-headquartered German architecture partnership (mbB legal form) operating with approximately seven staff under founder-partner Christian Taufenbach. The firm delivers full architectural services under the German HOAI fee framework across Leistungsphasen 1-9, covering residential, healthcare/senior living, public administration, heritage-protected, sacred, and alpine building typologies. Its core technical differentiators are sustainable timber construction (Holzbau), wood-concrete hybrid systems (Holz-Beton-Hybridbau), and low-tech passive climate concepts, exemplified by the first unencapsulated timber building at Gebäudeklasse 5 in Bavaria (Pflegezentrum Rupert Mayer) and the award-winning Bundesgeschäftsstelle DAV in Munich.

The practice serves a client base dominated by German nonprofit, religious, and public-sector institutions — including Deutscher Alpenverein, Caritas, Stiftung Schönau, Stadt Heidelberg, and Landkreis Rastatt — alongside selective private developers. It wins work through a combination of public architectural competitions (Wettbewerbsverfahren), direct commissions, and repeat institutional relationships, supported by technical partnerships with firms such as TRANSSOLAR and structural partner merz kley partner.

ELEMENT A has built its reputation primarily through competition entries and award submissions (DAM Preis 2023 Finalist, Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2023, Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung, BDA-Wettbewerb ÜberOberBayern 2024) rather than active marketing. The firm maintains a project portfolio spanning Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Austria, and is currently emphasizing multi-family timber housing and climate-conscious public buildings as growth vectors.

Name

ELEMENT A Architekten Taufenbach und Partner mbB

Legal name

ELEMENT A Architekten Taufenbach und Partner mbB

Website

https://element-a.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ELEMENT A Architekten is a Munich-based German architecture partnership specializing in sustainable timber construction (Holzbau), wood-concrete hybrid systems, and heritage renovation, serving nonprofit, religious, and public-sector clients across Germany and Austria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Religious & Cultural Building Construction (Places of Worship, Museums, Libraries) (IMAFACAH)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Sustainable architecture
• Timber construction
• Heritage building renovation
• Healthcare facility design

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural design and planning services: Fee-based architectural services billed according to German HOAI (Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure) fee structure. Services span all phases of construction projects from concept through execution.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ELEMENT A Architekten is a German architecture firm providing full-scope architectural design and planning services across ten specialized categories, including residential, healthcare/care, assembly, administrative, heritage, mountain, sacred, and public buildings, with a particular specialization in sustainable timber construction (Holzbau). Services span all HOAI Leistungsphasen (phases 1-9) from concept through execution, delivered primarily through competition wins and direct commissions from public and private institutional clients in southern Germany.

Product overview

ELEMENT A Architekten is an architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural services across ten specialized categories: residential buildings, healthcare/care facilities, assembly buildings, administrative buildings, heritage building conservation, mountain construction, sacred architecture, timber construction, competitions, and public buildings. The firm is particularly recognized for sustainable timber construction (Holzbau) and has received awards including Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2023, DAM Preis 2023 Finalist, and HolzbauPlus recognition. Notable projects include Bundesgeschäftsstelle DAV (Munich), Kloster Irsee Sommerhaus restoration, and the Hugo-Häring-Auszeichnung awarded Klosterkirche Abtei Neuburg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Architecture (Häuser zum Wohnen für Jung und Alt) Multi-family residential buildings designed for diverse age groups, including intergenerational and senior-oriented housing solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Bundesgeschäftsstelle DAV achieved KlimaKulturKompetenz recognition in categories: Energieeffizienz, Klimaanpassung, Flächensparen
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Stiftung SchönaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Stiftung Schönau (Evangelische Landeskirche in Baden) for the Wohnquartier in Holzbauweise Brühl project. Foundation provides land and serves as client. Project uses timber from foundation's own forest as construction material.
• Siedlungswerk GmbH Wohnungs- und Städtebau StuttgartcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership for the 4 Mehrfamilienhäuser in Holz-Beton-Hybridbauweise project in Ostfildern. Won combined architect-investor competition together.
• TRANSSOLARcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical partner for the Brühl wooden housing quarter project, responsible for innovative building technology design.
• DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership for the Brühl project. DBU provides scientific monitoring of the sustainable timber construction project.
• EPPLE Projekt GmbHmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple project collaborations including Marsilius-Arkaden Heidelberg, Tegula Villen, and former US-Hospital Heidelberg competition.
• DAV Sektion KarlsruhecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Langtalereckhütte project for mountain hut renovation and expansion.
• Kreatives SachsenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for the Bienenwirtschaft Meißen project through project leadership (AHO) and school/manufacturing court planning.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• gmp Architekten: Major German architecture firm with extensive public-sector and cultural-building portfolio. Overlaps with Element A on Verwaltungsgebäude and cultural typologies but operates at substantially greater scale and geographic reach.
• KSP Architekten: Large German architecture practice active across public administration, residential, and cultural buildings. Comparable client base to Element A's public-sector work but at significantly larger scale.
• HPP Architekten: Large established German architecture firm with broad portfolio in healthcare, public, and administrative buildings. Competes with Element A for the same municipal and healthcare clients but at much larger scale and broader service offering.

Direct peers

• Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten: Munich-based architecture practice with strong portfolio in public, cultural, and sustainable buildings. Comparable to Element A in client mix (municipalities, institutions) and southern German geography.
• Peter Haimerl Architektur: Munich-based practice with comparable project scale in cultural, public, and adaptive-reuse architecture, including heritage-sensitive work that parallels Element A's Denkmalschutz portfolio.
• Hild und K Architekten: Munich architecture firm with comparable specializations in residential, public, and sustainable construction. Similar scale and project typology overlap with Element A's portfolio.
• Dietrich Untertrifaller Architekten: Austrian/German architecture firm widely recognized for sustainable timber and hybrid construction. Comparable to Element A on timber-building expertise and on cross-border DACH project execution.
• Florian Nagler Architekten: Munich-based architecture firm of comparable size focused on sustainable, materially-driven design including award-winning timber projects. Closely aligned with Element A's regional footprint and sustainability positioning.
• Köhler Architekten: Heidelberg-area practice with portfolio overlap in public administration buildings, heritage renovation, and regional southern German commissions — directly comparable to Element A's Heidelberg-anchored work.

Emerging players

• Staab Architekten: Berlin-based architecture firm with strong cultural and public-building portfolio and emphasis on sustainable design. Comparable typology overlap with Element A on cultural and assembly buildings, though geographically centered in northern Germany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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