Headroom CDV Co.

What Headroom CDV Co. does

Headroom CDV Co. is a Manila-based architecture and interior design studio founded in 2015, operating from offices in Sta. Ana, Manila and Guiguinto, Bulacan. The firm is co-led by Katherine Clemente (Managing Partner), Andrew Trinidad (Business Development), and Kevin Nieves (Operations), with a creative team of approximately 21-30 professionals. Its core offering is project-based architecture and interior design services delivered across six verticals: Food and Beverage (Morton's The Steakhouse, Las Flores, Oak & Smoke, Ember, Rumba, Bistronomia), Commercial and Corporate (BDO, Oppo, Sotheby's offices), High-Net-Worth Residential, Hospitality and Leisure (Mt. Camisong Forest Park, Oriental Hotel Legazpi, Prisma Hotel), and Cultural and Institutional projects, plus an add-on POP-UP community events program.

The underlying capability is human-led domain expertise rather than proprietary technology. Design specializations include restaurant interior design with specific finishes (lava rock gabion walls, ember-toned palettes, adaptive reuse of heritage buildings), master planning for ecotourism sites, and heritage building adaptive reuse (such as 1920s Art Deco conversions). No software platform, API, or AI tooling is disclosed; revenue is generated entirely through professional service engagements on a project-fee basis negotiated via direct client outreach ([email protected]).

The go-to-market combines enterprise field sales with community-led brand building. Headroom pursues business clients through direct relationship development with restaurant groups, corporate occupiers, and developers, while investing in earned media features (Tatler Asia, BluPrint, Esquire Philippines, Philstar, ANCX) and a recurring POP-UP event series (Archathlon, Ispuky Nayts, Paws & Play, Ungkatan ng Past) that cultivates relationships across the Philippine architecture community. The firm is privately held, has no disclosed funding rounds, and operates exclusively within the Philippines.

Name

Headroom CDV Co.

Legal name

Headroom CDV Co.

Website

https://headroomcdv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Headroom CDV Co. is a Manila-based architecture and interior design studio, founded in 2015, specializing in food and beverage restaurant interiors with additional work across commercial, residential, hospitality, and cultural sectors for enterprise clients including Morton's The Steakhouse, BDO, and Sotheby's.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Interior Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAFANAE

Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/Interior Fit-Out & Finishing Contractors

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Interior design
• Restaurant design
• Commercial office design
• Hospitality design

Headquarters

HQ city

Manila (Design Office)

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design and Architecture Services: Project-based design and architecture services for restaurants, residential homes, commercial offices, and hospitality venues. Engagements include full architectural design, interior design, and master planning.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Headroom CDV Co. is a Manila-based architecture and interior design studio that delivers full design and architecture services for food and beverage venues (restaurants, steakhouses, cafés, tapas bars), corporate and commercial offices, residential homes, hospitality and leisure destinations, and cultural/institutional projects. The firm transforms client concepts into realized built environments, with particular specialization in restaurant interiors, adaptive reuse of heritage structures, and master planning for ecotourism developments such as Mt. Camisong Forest Park.

Product overview

Headroom CDV Co. is a Manila-based architecture and interior design studio offering a portfolio of design services across six core areas: Food & Beverage Design (restaurants, steakhouses, cafés), Commercial & Corporate Office Design, Residential Architecture, Hospitality & Leisure Design, Cultural & Institutional Design, and POP-UP community programs. While many know them for F&B design, their capabilities extend across diverse industries. They do not offer a software product or platform—these are professional design services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food & Beverage Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Featured in Tatler Asia Dining Awards 2024 Special Awardees
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 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

35 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Sign DepotminorOthers · 4 July 2025Expertise provider for POP-UP event 'Is This A Sign?' on signage artistry and technical craft. Live demonstration of sign-making precision and creativity.
• KaratulaminorOthers · 4 July 2025Supported POP-UP event on signage design, contributing to visual storytelling and the role of design in shaping space experiences.
• ModernbrandsminorOthers · 4 July 2025Event supporter for POP-UP signage event, reinforcing that good design extends to overlooked details in spatial experience.
• Leandro V. Locsin PartnersminorOthers · 29 March 2025Participated in Archathlon POP-UP sports event alongside Headroom, demonstrating collaboration and camaraderie in architectural profession.
• Casas ArchitectsminorOthers · 29 March 2025Archathlon team participant representing architectural community in sports competition and professional networking.
• W.V. Coscolluela & AssociatesminorOthers · 29 March 2025Archathlon event participant showing teamwork and collaboration thrive in sports as in design.
• Alero Design StudiominorOthers · 29 March 2025Archathlon participant and design community collaborator, reinforcing creativity beyond the studio environment.
• Studio RedminorOthers · 8 November 2024Heritage walk guide for POP-UP Ispuky Nayts, leading guests through Intramuros with stories blending history and mystery.
• GoPinasminorOthers · 8 November 2024Collaborator for heritage walk event weaving Manila's past through heritage streets with storytelling and theatrical elements.
• Multibright Lighting InnovationsminorOthers · 8 November 2024Lighting design partner for immersive evening heritage walk, adding depth and drama to heritage exploration experience.
• Color My WorldminorOthers · 8 November 2024Creative support for heritage event atmosphere, contributing to immersive storytelling experience at Intramuros.
• Match Contract Furniture, Inc.minorOthers · 30 October 2024Supported Oktoberfest celebration at Headroom office, enabling festive gathering for colleagues, collaborators, and community.
• Cebu Chamber of Commerce and IndustryminorOthers · 14 June 2024Organizer of CBM 2024 Good Design, Good Business Summit where Alessandro Trinidad spoke during food and beverage track.
• PAWS Animal Rehabilitation CenterminorOthers · 21 May 2024Event venue for POP-UP Paws & Play event, highlighting animal rescue and rehabilitation work while connecting design and advocacy communities.
• DaviesminorOthers · 21 May 2024Supported POP-UP Paws & Play event, showing cross-industry collaboration for community-building initiatives.
• PrimeminorOthers · 21 May 2024Event sponsor for Paws & Play, contributing to platform for sharing rescue stories and industry collaboration.
• PGSCminorOthers · 21 May 2024Event supporter for animal advocacy initiative, demonstrating collaboration across industries for community impact.
• Manila Heritage ToursminorOthers · 14 March 2024Led heritage walking tour for Ungkatan ng Past POP-UP, uncovering Sta. Ana Manila's cultural layers and architectural narratives.
• ACDCminorOthers · 14 March 2024Supported heritage walk event emphasizing collaboration in keeping architectural heritage alive.
• Ceramica de MilanominorOthers · 14 March 2024Event supporter for heritage preservation initiative, contributing to dialogue on architectural history.
• StärkenminorOthers · 24 July 2023Supported Pixel Possibilities POP-UP on digital creativity, featuring product demo connecting theory with practice.
• Three Squares Café + BarminorOthers · 30 June 2023Event venue for mixology POP-UP, providing cozy setting for educational and social afternoon.
• CasabellaminorOthers · 30 June 2023Supported mixology event showcasing craft of cocktails and intersection of design and hospitality.
• RJPMES Construction ServicesminorOthers · 30 June 2023Event supporter for creative community gathering, demonstrating design-hospitality partnerships.
• AG AquascapingminorOthers · 22 May 2023Expert presenter for aquascaping POP-UP, sharing practical insights and creative techniques for designing underwater landscapes.
• Protego PhilippinesminorOthers · 22 May 2023Supported aquascaping event highlighting intersection of design, sustainability, and innovation.
• ESSG EngineeringminorOthers · 22 May 2023Event supporter demonstrating how design and sustainability meet in creative applications.
• Brutalist PilipinasminorOthers · 21 April 2023Provided insights on Brutalist architecture legacy in Philippines during POP-UP event, unpacking design language and cultural significance.
• DexetertonminorOthers · 21 April 2023Hosted showroom tour for Brutalist architecture POP-UP, connecting contemporary building practices to heritage narratives.
• Cardian Builders Co.minorOthers · 21 April 2023Collaborated on Brutalist architecture discussion, framing conversation within architectural history and construction practice.
• I Am Hope OrgminorOthers · 9 March 2023Supported community development conversation with Alcariza Peregrino, highlighting volunteerism and education's transformative impact.
• SchöneminorOthers · 9 March 2023Event supporter for community development discussion, emphasizing design's connection to people and collective impact.
• Assembly HallminorOthers · 17 February 2023Venue for Quickie Lang creative speed-dating event, hosting designers and makers for seven-minute idea exchanges.
• Hereafter CaféminorOthers · 17 February 2023After-party venue for Quickie Lang, continuing creative networking over food and drinks.
• Ind'l Surface Finishing CorporationminorOthers · 17 February 2023Event sponsor for creative community speed-dating event.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AvroKO: AvroKO is a globally recognized hospitality and restaurant design firm specializing in F&B interiors for hotels, bars, and restaurants. It is the closest direct peer to Headroom's F&B/restaurant design specialization, sharing both customer type (premium dining brands) and project-based services model.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Yabu Pushelberg is a Toronto-based luxury design firm specializing in high-end hotel, restaurant, and retail interiors globally. It competes with Headroom for premium hospitality and dining design mandates, particularly international brands seeking distinctive, brand-aligned environments.
• Rockwell Group: Rockwell Group is a New York-based architecture and design firm with deep expertise in hospitality, restaurants, hotels, and entertainment venues. It competes in the same premium F&B and hospitality design space as Headroom, with comparable project-based engagements for high-profile restaurant and hotel clients.
• DesignAgency: DesignAgency is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary design firm known for designing hotels, restaurants, and food halls worldwide. It directly parallels Headroom's brand-driven restaurant and hospitality interior design work and serves similar premium F&B and hotel clients.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Gensler is the world's largest architecture and design firm with a global hospitality and retail practice. It competes with Headroom for commercial office, hospitality, and corporate interior projects but operates at vastly greater scale and broader scope, making it a broad incumbent rather than direct F&B specialist peer.

Regional players

• Leandro V. Locsin Partners: Leandro V. Locsin Partners is a long-established Philippine architecture firm recognized as a leader in the local market. It was named as a Headroom collaborator at the Archathlon POP-UP event and is directly comparable as a Philippine architecture practice operating in overlapping design categories.
• W.V. Coscolluela & Associates: W.V. Coscolluela & Associates is a heritage Philippine architecture firm with decades of institutional, commercial, and cultural projects. It is comparable to Headroom in the Philippine architecture market, with overlapping work in cultural, commercial, and high-end interior design.
• ASYA Design Partner: ASYA Design Partner is a Philippine architecture and interior design firm specializing in hospitality, residential, and commercial projects. It serves the same Manila-based premium client base as Headroom and competes for similar restaurant, residential, and corporate interior design mandates in the Philippine market.
• Alero Design Studio: Alero Design Studio is a Philippine architecture and interior design firm identified as a Headroom collaborator. It competes in the same Manila market for residential, commercial, and F&B interior design projects, making it a directly comparable regional boutique design peer.
• Casas Architects: Casas Architects is a Philippine architecture firm participating in the same design community events as Headroom (Archathlon POP-UP). It is directly comparable as a Manila-based architecture and interior design practice targeting similar commercial, residential, and hospitality clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/design.headroom
• Instagraminstagram.com/headroomcdv
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/headroom-cdv-co.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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