Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl

What Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl does

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl is a Swiss architecture firm headquartered in Geneva, founded in 1999 by Fernando Lopes and Emmanuel Périnet-Marquet, both graduates of EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). The firm employs five people in total — the two founding partners plus three ENSAN-trained collaborators (Maëliss Buaud, Noémie Hackiere, Nicolas Rozier) — and operates from a single office at 8 rue des Maraîchers, 1208 Geneva. Its core business is the provision of professional architectural services spanning the full project lifecycle: competition participation, authorization phases, execution preparation, and construction supervision. Service lines concentrate on residential housing (including LGZD/LUP affordable housing, student housing, and PPE condominiums), educational and childcare facilities, cultural buildings, and urban eco-district development, with Minergie energy-efficiency certification as a recurring technical standard.

The firm's go-to-market is sales-led and mediated almost entirely through Swiss architecture competitions (mandats d'études parallèles, MEPs) issued by municipalities, communes, cantonal authorities, and public housing foundations. It does not operate a digital marketing funnel or distribution intermediaries. Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis through negotiated design, project management, and construction supervision fees; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its customer base is heavily weighted toward the public sector, with named clients including Ville de Neuchâtel, Ville de Lancy, Commune de Meyrin, Ville du Grand-Saconnex, Ville de Genève, the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, and foundations such as Fondation Emma Kammacher and Fondation pour la Promotion du Logement bon marché. For multi-program or larger mandates the firm has built a repeatable consortium model, partnering with dl-c designlab-construction sa, INSITU paysagistes, Eric Dunant architectes sàrl, and historically Michel W. Kagan architecte (Paris).

Technology adoption is limited to industry-standard CAD, with Vectorworks explicitly named in recruitment postings. The firm has no proprietary software platform, no API surface, no documented data assets, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities. Its defensible intellectual property is concentrated in EPFL credentialed design expertise, Minergie and ecoquartier methodology, and an accumulated portfolio of more than forty competition wins and realized projects across western Switzerland since 2000 — including Eikenøtt (Gland), Quartier de la Chapelle (Geneva), EVE Cité-Parc (Meyrin), Quartier de l'Adret (Lancy), Les Maraîchers (Geneva), and the ongoing Tivoli Sud (Neuchâtel) mandate.

Name

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl

Legal name

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl

Website

https://lopesperinet.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl is a Geneva-based Swiss architecture firm founded in 1999 by two EPFL graduates, delivering residential, educational, cultural, and ecoquartier projects through public architecture competitions for municipalities, communes, and affordable-housing foundations across western Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAKAJ

Lighting Design Services

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning
• Affordable housing design
• Public facility architecture
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Geneva

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture services rendered on a project-by-project basis. Revenue is generated through design fees, project management, and construction supervision for public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl is a Geneva-based architecture firm providing professional architectural design, urban planning, and construction supervision services. The firm specializes in residential housing (social, affordable LUP/LGZD, student, and PPE condominium), educational facilities, cultural and sports buildings, and urban quarter development for public-sector clients in western Switzerland. Services span the full project lifecycle from competition entry and authorization through execution preparation and construction management.

Product overview

Lopes & Périnet-Marquet Architectes EPFL Sàrl is an architecture firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, offering architectural design services and participating in public and private building competitions. The firm specializes in residential housing (economic housing, student housing, social housing, PPE), educational facilities (schools, nurseries, childcare centers), cultural buildings, and urban development projects. Their service offering consists of architectural project development across all phases—from competition participation through authorization, execution, and construction management. Notable projects include the Tivoli Sud development in Neuchâtel, the Adret quarter in Lancy, EVE Cité-Parc in Meyrin, and various social housing projects in Geneva. The firm is co-founded by Fernando Lopes (EPFL SIA) and Emmanuel Périnet-Marquet (EPFL), and employs approximately 3 architects (Maëliss Buaud, Noémie Hackiere, Nicolas Rozier). The firm uses Vectorworks as a design tool and employs Minergie standards in their projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design and Construction Supervision Services Comprehensive professional architecture service covering the full project lifecycle — competition entry, authorization documentation, execution preparation, and construction supervision — delivered by EPFL-certified architects for public and private clients.
• Urban Development and Master Planning Specialized architectural service for district-scale and quarter-scale urban development projects, including master planning, ecoquartier design, and brownfield site valorization for Swiss municipalities and communes.
• Affordable and Social Housing Design Specialized architectural design service for LUP (Logements à Loyer Modéré), LGZD, social, student, and PPE condominium housing projects delivered for municipalities, public foundations, and housing cooperatives.
• Educational and Childcare Facility Design Specialized architectural design service for schools, childcare centers, faculty housing, and educational campus buildings delivered for communes and educational institutions across western Switzerland.
• Cultural and Sports Facility Design Specialized architectural design service for sports centers, museums, cultural venues, and historic-site valorization projects delivered for Swiss municipalities and cultural institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40+ completed and ongoing projects across Switzerland since 2000

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Eric Dunant, architectes sàrlmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Association for Vernier 115 project (social housing with sports facilities) and Les Maraîchers 3-5 project (24 housing units and offices) that won 1st rang and 2nd rang respectively.
• INSITU, paysagistes (Montreux)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Landscape architecture partnership for Eikenøtt ecoquartier development in Gland (2007-2013), which won 1st prize and was realized as a sustainable neighborhood.
• dl-c designlab-construction sacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Partnership for EVE Cité-Parc Maison de l'enfance project in Meyrin (2012-2017), where dl-c designlab-construction sa served as co-developer/construction partner for this childcare facility project that won 1st prize.
• Michel W. Kagan, architecte (Paris)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Association for Lausanne Nouveau Musée des Beaux-Arts competition entry (3rd prize), bringing French architectural perspective to Swiss cultural facility project.
• dl-c architectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation for Les Maraîchers 2-4-6 Geneva project (3 buildings, 105 affordable housing units and activities) that won 1st rang in 2018.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Christian Kerez: Zurich-based Swiss architect with international competition portfolio in public and cultural buildings; broader reputation and scale, comparable in competition-driven positioning.
• Atelier 5 Architekten: Historic Bern-based Swiss architecture firm with a long-running competition and public-sector portfolio; broader scale and longer history but comparable typology in social housing and public facilities.
• Diener & Diener Architekten: Established Basel-based Swiss practice with broad public-sector competition work across housing, cultural, and urban projects; competes with Lopes & Périnet-Marquet for similar mandates at greater scale.

Direct peers

• mlzd Architekten: Bern-based small practice with a strong public-sector competition track record in housing, schools, and urban development, closely mirroring Lopes & Périnet-Marquet's competition-led GTM and project typologies.
• Burkhalter Sumi Architekten: Zurich-based competition-focused practice recognized for housing and public building projects across Switzerland, comparable in scale and competition-led positioning.
• Graber Pulver Architekten: Swiss small-to-mid architecture firm with extensive competition wins in public housing, education, and urban infill, sharing the same competition-driven GTM and Swiss public-sector client profile.
• Fournier & Macoux Architectes: Geneva-based architecture practice of comparable size, similarly focused on public competitions, social housing, and urban development in the Lake Geneva region. Direct overlap with Lopes & Périnet-Marquet on municipal tender participation.
• Richter Dahl Rocha & Associés: Lausanne-based Swiss architecture practice with comparable competition portfolio in social housing, cultural facilities, and urban developments in the Lake Geneva arc.

Others

• Insitu Architectes Paysagistes: Montreux-based landscape architecture practice already partnered with Lopes & Périnet-Marquet on the Eikenøtt ecoquartier; relevant as a complementary ecosystem participant rather than direct competitor.

Regional players

• Fruehauf, Henry & Viladoms: Geneva-region architecture practice active in public housing, schools, and urban planning; competes with Lopes & Périnet-Marquet on similar Lancy, Carouge, and Geneva municipal mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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