Ivy Studio

What Ivy Studio does

Ivy Studio Inc. is a privately held architecture and interior design firm founded in 2018 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating under the legal name IVY STUDIO INC. The firm was founded by four architect-partners—Philip Staszewski, Gabrielle Rousseau, David Kirouac, and Guillaume B Riel—who continue to lead the practice, supported by a senior designer, senior technologist, and junior M. Arch/technologist (seven to eight people total as of 2023). The studio rebranded from its earlier identity as 'Obiekt' around 2018.

Ivy Studio operates as a one-stop-shop creative agency offering comprehensive services spanning architecture, interior design, spatial programming, custom millwork, construction documentation, photorealistic 3D rendering, permit assistance, and site surveillance. Its portfolio of 30+ documented projects covers restaurants, hotels, bars, coworking spaces, offices, fitness studios, veterinary clinics, retail pop-ups, and event scenography, with notable clients including Shopify, KPMG, Holt Renfrew, Hyatt Centric, Ville de Montreal, Allied REIT, Frank and Oak, and A5 Hospitality. The firm emphasizes hyper-personalized design in collaboration with local artisans and builders, and has received industry recognition including Grands Prix du Design's 2022 New Talent of the Year, multiple Grand Prix and Platinum awards, Azure Magazine's Top 10 Interiors of 2021, and AN Interior Magazine's Top 50 Architects of 2022, alongside editorial coverage in Dezeen, Wallpaper*, Frame, ArchDaily, and Hospitality Design.

The business model is professional services on a project-based fee structure; pricing is quoted engagement-by-engagement with no public rates. Go-to-market is direct client engagement supplemented by referral and earned media through design publications and a curated Instagram portfolio (@ivystudiooo). Geographic focus is Montreal and surrounding Quebec, with select projects extending to Ottawa and Saint-Lambert. The company appears bootstrapped with no external institutional investment, no parent or subsidiary structure, and no public listing.

Name

Ivy Studio

Legal name

IVY STUDIO INC.

Website

https://ivystudio.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ivy Studio is a Montreal-based architecture and interior design firm founded in 2018 by four architect-partners, offering comprehensive design and construction services for hospitality, retail, office, wellness, and residential clients across Quebec and select Ottawa projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based fees for architecture and interior design services including new construction, renovation, spatial programming, and design consultation. Revenue is generated through professional service engagements for commercial, residential, and hospitality clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ivy Studio is an architecture and interior design firm that delivers turnkey, hyper-personalized spatial design for commercial, hospitality, retail, office, health and wellness, and residential clients. Its services span space programming, interior design, custom millwork, photorealistic 3D renderings, construction documentation, permit assistance, site surveillance, and furniture and art curation, executed in close collaboration with local artisans and builders.

Product overview

Ivy Studio is a Montreal-based architecture and interior design firm operating as a one-stop-shop creative agency. The company offers comprehensive services spanning architecture, interior design, spatial programming, photorealistic renderings, construction documentation, and specialized design for hospitality, retail, office, health & wellness, and experiential spaces. The portfolio consists of completed projects including restaurants (Dorsia, Piatti, Shay, Hayat, Clarke Café, Buvette Daphnée, Limousine, Minnibar), hotels (Hyatt Centric), bars (Bowie, Crisp barbershops), coworking and office spaces (Spacial, Cardigan, M.A.D., Vention, Collab, MP VMR), fitness studios (ELMNT, Muni, Kopa, ERE Studios), veterinary clinics (CVSH, Fauna), retail spaces (Stone Island), and event design (CD 2025). The firm is known for hyper-personalized, bold design solutions created in collaboration with local artisans and builders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alex LesagecoreOthersProfessional photographer who captures all studio projects. Alex Lesage's photography documentation appears consistently across the project portfolio, including DORSIA, CRISP SAINT-HENRI, COLLAB, HAYAT, BUVETTE DAPHNÉE, STONE ISLAND, PIATTI, CARDIGAN, MUNI, and other projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lemay: One of Canada's largest architecture firms with deep Montreal roots, operating across commercial, hospitality, healthcare, and urban design. Represents a broad incumbent that competes for large-scale enterprise and institutional commissions.
• Provencher_Roy: Large Montreal-based architecture firm with an integrated design and urban planning practice, serving institutional, commercial, and cultural clients. Competes for larger Quebec-based projects beyond Ivy Studio's boutique scope.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Toronto-founded, globally established hospitality and residential interior design firm. Operates at significantly larger scale across luxury hotel, retail, and residential sectors, serving as a global incumbent in Ivy Studio's niche.

Direct peers

• Studio Munge: Toronto-based interior design firm specializing in luxury hospitality, food & beverage, and wellness — directly comparable segment focus to Ivy Studio's hospitality and wellness portfolio, with shared brand-name hotel clients (Hyatt).
• Bortolotto: Toronto-based architecture firm with strong hospitality and commercial interiors work, including restaurants and offices. Comparable boutique scale and creative ambition to Ivy Studio, with overlap in target client types.
• Sid Lee Architecture: Montreal-based creative architecture studio operating as a sister brand of Sid Lee agency, with a similar hospitality/retail/commercial portfolio and a creative-agency-driven approach to spatial design.
• ACDF Architecture: Montreal-based architecture studio with a comparable mix of hospitality, commercial, and residential work and a similar emphasis on bold, experiential design. Competes for the same Quebec-based enterprise and developer clients.
• Alain Carle Architecte: Montreal-based architect recognized for high-end residential and hospitality projects with a craft-driven, artisanal approach. Comparable boutique positioning and design philosophy to Ivy Studio.
• Atelier Barda: Montreal-based interior design and architecture studio with a similar boutique, hyper-personalized approach and a comparable hospitality/restaurant portfolio (e.g., Hotel William Gray, Café Parvis). Direct competitor for the same Montreal enterprise and hospitality clients.
• Menard Dworkind Architecture & Design: Montreal-based architecture and interior design firm with a parallel focus on hospitality, retail, and office interiors, similar project scale and a comparable reputation in the Quebec design community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/ivystudiooo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivystudio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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