LEA ARCHITECTES

What LEA ARCHITECTES does

LEA ARCHITECTES is a privately held French architecture firm founded in 2000 by Thierry LE GUYADER and headquartered in Mareil-Marly, Île-de-France. The firm specializes in healthcare architecture, with additional practices in medical-social facilities (EHPAD, psychiatric centers), commercial/office projects, and educational buildings (notably nursing schools). It employs 12 collaborators organized around four service lines — design, project management, works supervision, and the EXE LEA general contractor offering — and delivers approximately 25,000 m² of built project per year with €1.78M in disclosed turnover. Technical delivery relies on BIM methodology, classical architectural phases (ESQ through AOR), and a humanist design philosophy rooted in site, landscape, and stakeholder consultation.

The firm's revenue model is professional services: project-specific fees for design, project management, and general contractor work, with no standardized pricing or recurring subscription revenue. Go-to-market is direct, relationship-led, and relies on referrals from French public hospital networks, participation in public architecture competitions, and partnerships with engineering firms (CET Ingénierie, Beming, ICADE, Teco) for consortium bids. Distribution is via four offices (Île-de-France, Nouvelle Aquitaine, Bretagne in France; Campinas in Brazil), with international reach into Côte d'Ivoire through a 2023 consortium led by INGEROP for three regional hospitals.

The customer base is concentrated in French public and private healthcare institutions — Hôpital Saint-Joseph Paris, Centre Hospitalier de Verdun, Centre Hospitalier d'Hazebrouck, Centre Hospitalier de Blois, GHU Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Pôle de Santé Léonard de Vinci, and Centre Hospitalier Charcot among them — supplemented by episodic industrial and educational work (Safran Aircraft Engines, Groupe CFLC, IFSI St Anne). Ownership remains with the founder and two named associate partners (Pascal Carreira, Frédéric Bellity); there is no evidence of external PE/VC capital or public listing.

Name

LEA ARCHITECTES

Legal name

LEA ARCHITECTES

Website

https://lea-architectes.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LEA ARCHITECTES is a 12-person French architecture firm specializing in healthcare, medical-social, commercial, and educational facility design, with four offices in France and Brazil, €1.78M in annual revenue, and turnkey general contractor (EXE LEA) and BIM capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Drafting Services (541340)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK), Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Healthcare architecture
• Hospital design
• Medical facility planning
• General contractor services
• BIM design

Headquarters

HQ city

MAREIL-MARLY

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture Services: Professional architecture services including design, project management, and construction supervision for healthcare facilities, hospitals, medical-social establishments, commercial buildings, and educational institutions. Revenue is generated through design fees, project management fees, and general contractor services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LEA ARCHITECTES is a specialized architecture firm delivering full-service design, project management, and construction supervision primarily for healthcare facilities (hospitals, clinics, emergency departments, surgical and radiology units), with additional capabilities in medical-social, commercial, and educational projects. Offerings span ESQ to AOR design phases, BIM-based design, and a turnkey general contractor sub-brand (EXE LEA) that guarantees planning, budget, and delivery.

Product overview

LEA ARCHITECTES is a specialized architecture firm operating as a single unified practice organized around four core sectors: Healthcare (Santé), Medical-Social Facilities (Médico-Social), Commercial & Offices (Tertiaire), and Education (Enseignement). The firm offers architectural design services as its primary offering, supplemented by EXE LEA, a turnkey general contractor solution that guarantees planning, budget, and delivery. BIM (Building Information Modeling) services are available as a project delivery enhancement, particularly for complex international healthcare projects. The firm does not operate a software-as-a-service or digital product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EXE LEA: General contractor (contractant général) services offering turnkey solutions with guaranteed planning, budget, and comprehensive study and construction management.

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INGEROPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023INGEROP is the mandataire (lead firm) for the Côte d'Ivoire regional hospitals project (Issa, Biankouma, Soubre). LEA ARCHITECTES serves as the architecture firm within the INGEROP-led consortium, contributing specialized healthcare architecture expertise for the 3 regional hospitals project with 92 beds each.
• CET IngénierieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partner on various healthcare projects including Centre Hospitalier d'Hazebrouck, Centre Hospitalier de Saintonge, and Centre Hospitalier de Bourges.
• BemingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on multiple projects including Hôpital Saint-Joseph Losserand building,urgences Clermont de l'Oise, and Safran hydraulic testing facility.
• ICADEminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner on projects including CHU de Caen, Hôpital de jour pédopsychiatrique La Rochette, and Blocs Opératoires Blois.
• TecominorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering consultancy partner on Centre médico-psychologique Sens, EHPAD Rueil-Malmaison, and Centre Hospitalier de Bourges structural work.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kardham: French architecture, engineering and interior-design group covering healthcare, workplace, and life-sciences. Comparable to LEA on integrated design services for healthcare clients and on multi-disciplinary delivery.
• Brunet Saunier Architecture: Paris-based architecture practice with significant hospital and healthcare project portfolio including large CHU redevelopments. Directly comparable to LEA on healthcare specialization and French public hospital design.
• Patriarche: French architectural group with significant healthcare and medical-social project activity, plus general contracting capabilities similar to LEA's EXE LEA sub-brand. Comparable on integrated design-build delivery to healthcare clients.
• Groupe-6: Grenoble- and Paris-based architecture practice with one of France's most prominent dedicated healthcare and hospital architecture teams. Directly comparable to LEA on healthcare vertical specialization, BIM adoption, and CH/CHU project mix.
• Chabanne + Partnaires: Lyon-based architecture firm with a flagship healthcare/hospital portfolio (HCL, CHU). Closest direct competitor to LEA on French public hospital design with comparable BIM and project-management methodologies.
• AIA (Architecture Interieur Architecture): Major French architectural practice with a dedicated healthcare ('santé') business line serving public and private hospitals. Comparable to LEA on healthcare focus, French public-tender participation, and multi-site delivery, but at substantially larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Wilmotte & Associés: Internationally recognised French architectural firm with healthcare, cultural, and mixed-use projects. Comparable on design-led approach and French institutional client base, but operates at a significantly larger scale than LEA.
• Architecture-Studio: Large Paris-based architecture practice with healthcare, education, and cultural project portfolios and extensive international presence. Overlaps with LEA on healthcare and education verticals but operates at much larger scale and global footprint.
• Valode & Pistre: Established French architecture firm with substantial healthcare and tertiary-sector experience (e.g., Hôpital Sud Francilien). Comparable on healthcare design competence and French public-sector project delivery, broader in scope.

Others

• Ingerop: French engineering and project-management group that has partnered with LEA on Côte d'Ivoire regional hospitals. Not a direct competitor but a strategic consortium partner and comparable in delivery scope for international healthcare infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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