What KKE Architects Ltd. does

KKE Architects Ltd. is a UK-based architecture and landscape design practice founded in 2005 by Jorge Eguiguren and Phil Kavanagh, headquartered at Danks Warehouse, Diglis Basin, Worcester. The practice specialises in healthcare architecture, with particular expertise in the design of hospices and palliative care environments, claiming over 57 completed projects in this category. Clients are concentrated in the third sector, including NHS trusts, charitable hospice organisations, Local Authorities, and educational institutions, with work delivered across England, Wales, and Scotland from a single 13-person office.

The practice offers integrated architectural and landscape design services spanning healthcare, community living for ageing populations, supported living, education, residential, heritage, and commercial developments. Technical capabilities include Passive House-certified residential delivery (exemplified by St John's Almshouses in Lichfield, an 18-flat elderly housing scheme within a 1129-founded almshouse complex), BREEAM Excellent-rated sustainable design (Martlets Hospice, Brighton, completed October 2023), heritage building refurbishment (Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester Old Fire Station), therapeutic garden integration, and award-winning show garden design (RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal 2011, Silver Gilt 2010 and 2014). The practice holds ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management and ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management certifications, with Professional Indemnity Insurance of £5 million.

KKE operates as a traditional professional services firm generating revenue through project-specific design fees on a project-by-project basis. The go-to-market is sales-led, relying on direct client relationships, reputation-driven award visibility, and repeat commissions rather than formal marketing campaigns. Project acquisition occurs through competitive tendering, direct appointments, and referrals, with funding sources including NHS capital programmes, Local Authority budgets, charitable hospice fundraising, Welsh Government grants, and European funding programmes. Distribution is direct from the Worcester office via a unified 13-person team of directors, associates, architectural assistants, and administrative staff, with marketing primarily executed through the practice website, project portfolio, and earned media from RIBA/AJ/Civic Trust award coverage.

Name

KKE Architects Ltd.

Legal name

KKE Architects Ltd.

Website

https://kkearchitects.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UK-based architecture and landscape design practice specialising in hospice and palliative care environments, delivering 57+ projects for NHS trusts, charitable hospices, Local Authorities, and educational institutions across England, Wales, and Scotland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture
• Landscape design
• Residential architecture
• Education facility design
• Commercial developments

Headquarters

HQ city

Worcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Traditional architecture practice providing comprehensive design services for healthcare, residential, education, commercial, and community projects. Revenue is generated through professional design fees on a project-by-project basis. Projects span new-build, refurbishment, extension, and heritage conversion work across the UK.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

KKE Architects is an architecture and landscape design practice founded in 2005 that delivers integrated design services across healthcare, residential, education, community/elderly care, and commercial developments. The firm maintains a specialist focus on healthcare architecture, with particular depth in hospice and palliative care environments, and operates from Worcester with approximately 13 employees.

Product overview

KKE Architects Ltd. is an architecture and landscape design practice founded in 2005, specializing in healthcare architecture with particular expertise in hospice and palliative care environments. The practice operates as a single unified design service rather than a modular software product, offering architectural services across healthcare (including 57+ completed hospice projects), landscape design, community living/elderly care, residential, education, and commercial sectors. Their notable projects include Passive House-certified residential developments (St John's Almshouses), major hospice redevelopments (Thames Hospice, St David's Hospice, Martlets Hospice), RHS Chelsea Flower Show award-winning gardens, heritage conversions (Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester Fire Station), and supported living facilities. The practice is led by three directors and holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Architecture Services Specialist architectural design services for healthcare facilities, with particular depth in hospice and palliative care environments. Intended for NHS trusts, hospice charities, palliative care providers, and other healthcare organizations undertaking capital building or refurbishment projects.
• Landscape Design Services Integrated landscape and external environment design services delivered alongside the firm's architectural work. Intended for developers, housing associations, healthcare, education, and community clients seeking coordinated architecture-and-landscape design packages.
• Community Living and Elderly Care Architecture Architectural design services for retirement living, supported housing, and elderly care developments, drawing on the practice's healthcare specialization. Intended for retirement operators, housing associations, and developers serving the community-living and elderly care sectors.
• Residential Architecture Architectural design services for individual homes and multi-unit residential developments. Intended for private homeowners, residential developers, and housing associations seeking a small practice with integrated landscape capability.
• Education Facility Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Thames Hospice doubled the number of people it can care for safely following KKE's new build design
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Guthrie Roberts LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKKE Architects collaborated with Worcestershire-based development specialists Guthrie Roberts Ltd on the conversion of Worcester's Old Fire Station into 28 luxury apartments. KKE provided architectural design services while Guthrie Roberts handled development and construction management.
• Olivia KirkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKKE Architects worked with landscape designer Olivia Kirk on multiple award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens, including the WellChild Garden (Silver Gilt 2014) and University of Worcester Low Allergen Garden (Silver Gilt 2010). Kirk designed the gardens while KKE provided architectural support.
• WellChildminorOthersWellChild, a Cheltenham-based children's charity, commissioned the WellChild Garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014. Designed by Olivia Kirk with KKE's architectural involvement, the garden was awarded a Silver Gilt medal and showcased the charity's work to a wide audience.
• Worcester BoschminorOthersWorcester Bosch commissioned the 'Power of Nature' garden for RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011. The garden achieved Gold Medal status and was subsequently relocated to Worcester Bosch's headquarters to mark the company's 50th anniversary.
• Countryside PropertiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt Luke's Hospice in Thurrock was developed in partnership with Countryside Properties as part of a wider residential development, integrating the hospice within a residential community setting.
• National PassivHaus TrustminorOthersSt John's Almshouses received recognition at the National PassivHaus Trust Awards, highlighting KKE's expertise in Passive House design.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Haworth Tompkins: Award-winning UK architecture practice with significant healthcare, theatre, and public sector portfolio. Comparable to KKE in design quality reputation, RIBA recognition track record, and engagement with publicly and charitably funded cultural/health projects.
• Murphy Philipps Architecture: UK architecture practice specialising in healthcare, education, and community projects. Comparable to KKE in mid-sized practice scale, project type mix, and client segments including NHS trusts, with overlapping hospice and community facility portfolio.
• Medical Architecture: UK specialist healthcare architecture practice focused on hospital and clinical facility design. Most comparable peer to KKE in terms of healthcare specialism and mid-sized practice scale, with overlapping hospice and palliative care project experience and shared NHS/charity client base.
• Pozzoni Architecture: UK architecture practice with established healthcare, retirement living, and community sector practice. Comparable to KKE in client mix (charitable operators, NHS, Local Authorities) and specialisation in ageing-population and care environments.
• Penoyre & Prasad (now Perkins&Will): UK architecture practice with healthcare, education, and sustainable design specialism that has been integrated into Perkins&Will. Comparable to KKE in RIBA-recognised design quality, healthcare expertise, and BREEAM/Passivhaus delivery credentials.

Broad incumbents

• AHR Architects: Large UK architecture practice with established healthcare, education, and residential divisions. Comparable to KKE in client segments and project types but with substantially broader geographic reach and capacity to deliver large-scale NHS frameworks.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Major international interdisciplinary practice with a leading UK healthcare architecture division. Comparable to KKE in healthcare sector engagement but operates at enterprise scale, including large NHS hospital frameworks unavailable to smaller specialist practices.
• Stride Treglown: Larger UK multidisciplinary architecture practice with significant healthcare, education, and residential portfolios. Comparable to KKE in sector overlap and client segments but operates at substantially greater scale across multiple UK regions.
• Corstorphine & Wright: UK architecture practice with healthcare, education, and residential expertise. Comparable to KKE in sector mix and mid-sized practice scale, with overlapping RIBA-recognised project delivery for publicly funded clients.

Emerging players

• Levitate Architecture and Design Studio: Smaller UK practice working across healthcare, community, and residential sectors. Comparable to KKE as a smaller specialist practice pursuing similar client segments, though with less established hospice portfolio track record.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/kkearchitects
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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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