Borderless Studio

Name

Borderless Studio

Legal name

Borderless Studio

Website

https://borderless-studio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Borderless Studio is an architecture and urban design practice founded in 2016 that delivers project-based design, planning, and community engagement services to government agencies, housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations across U.S. cities and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Project-based professional services for architecture, urban design, and planning engagements with government agencies, housing authorities, and community organizations. Revenue derived from consulting fees, design fees, and project coordination services.
2. Planning and Community Engagement Services: Urban planning, feasibility studies, visioning, programming, and community engagement facilitation services. Revenue from planning grants and municipal contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Borderless Studio is an architecture and urban design practice that delivers professional services across five service lines: Architecture + Interiors, Urban Design + Planning, Public Realm + Civic Arts, Strategic Planning + Frameworks, and Community Engagement Services. Engagements cover the full project lifecycle from visioning, programming, and feasibility studies through design and installation, with interdisciplinary teams serving government agencies, housing authorities, nonprofits, and community organizations on neighborhood plans, streetscape designs, public installations, and community facilities.

Product overview

Borderless Studio is an architecture and urban design practice that offers a portfolio of professional services rather than a software product platform. Their offerings include Architecture + Interiors, Urban Design + Planning, Public Realm + Civic Arts, and Strategic Planning + Frameworks. Services encompass the full project lifecycle from visioning and programming through design and construction, complemented by community engagement activities including research, workshops, facilitation, and documentation. The firm works on interdisciplinary projects spanning neighborhood plans, streetscape designs, public installations, and community facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture + Interiors

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• University of New Mexico Design and Planning Assistance CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partner on International District Choice Neighborhood Plan in Albuquerque. UNM DPAC provides design and planning assistance research support.
• Datum EngineeringminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Structural engineering partner on Pilsen Latina Legacies Pavilion project. Provided structural engineering services for the public pavilion design.
• El Paseo Community GardenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Site partner for Pilsen Latina Legacies Pavilion. Community garden serves as host location for the public pavilion.
• SpancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Graphic design collaborator on Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation exhibit. Span provided graphic design services for the permanent exhibit chronicling community history.
• Navillus WoodworksminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Fabricator for Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation permanent exhibit. Produced custom wood fabrication for the exhibit installation.
• Fairfield University Center for Social ImpactminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partner on The Hollow Choice Neighborhood Plan providing resident capacity building and training services.
• Austin Coming TogethercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Client and collaborative partner on Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation project. Austin Coming Together led the Aspire Initiative for workforce development center development.
• Westside Health AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Partner on Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation. Community organization involved in the development team for the workforce innovation center in Austin neighborhood.
• Collabo PlanningcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborative partner on multiple Choice Neighborhood planning initiatives including International/Southmost Neighborhood Plan and International District Albuquerque Plan. Specializes in neighborhood revitalization planning coordination.
• Able CityminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborated on International Southmost Choice Neighborhood Plan in Brownsville, Texas. Participated as part of the planning team consortium.
• Future FirmcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Ongoing collaboration on multiple Chicago-based projects including HYLE Sculpture (Architect of Record), Haji Healing Salon, and Reclaiming Space at Hamilton Park. Future Firm serves as Architect of Record on several installations.
• The Nature ConservancyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in StormStore community engagement strategy pilot. The Nature Conservancy contributed environmental expertise to stormwater credit trading market engagement in Cook County.
• Metropolitan Planning CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Partner in StormStore community engagement strategy. Contributed planning expertise to stormwater credit trading market development in Chicago.
• WRI MexicocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Primary client/partner for Guía y Talleres de Entornos Caminables Seguros walkable environments guide. WRI Mexico commissioned the guide for Mexican municipalities.
• Chicago Architecture BiennialminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Presented Overton Exchange as part of Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021 / The Available City. Exhibition platform for temporary installation work.
• Building Brown WorkshopminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Fabrication collaborator on Love Letter to the Crump (Building Brown Workshop) and Inequity for Sale projects. Provides millwork and fabrication services for installations.
• Creative GroundscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Initiative partner on multiple Bronzeville projects including Chicago Extra-Large map installation, Climate and Cultural Resilience, and Overton Exchange. Creative Grounds organizes public programming at Overton School/incubator.
• Exhibit ColumbusminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Client/presenter for Love Letter to the Crump project. Exhibit Columbus commissioned the community art installation at The Crump Theater.
• Camiros Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Planning lead on multiple neighborhood planning projects including Buena Vida Choice Neighborhood Plan (2016-2018) and South Division Corridor Plan. Camiros leads the planning process while Borderless contributes community engagement and design expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WXY architecture + urban design: WXY is a similarly sized architecture and urban design firm focused on public realm, civic projects, and community-centered planning. Closely comparable to Borderless in scope, scale, and public-sector orientation.
• Agency Landscape + Planning: Agency Landscape + Planning is a landscape architecture and planning firm working on urban revitalization, public realm, and community engagement projects. Comparable to Borderless on interdisciplinary urban design and planning services.
• MASS Design Group: MASS Design Group is an architecture and design practice dedicated to social impact, with deep work in affordable housing, public buildings, and community-centered design. Directly comparable to Borderless in mission and HUD-adjacent focus.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure and design firm with extensive urban planning and HUD-adjacent capabilities. A broad incumbent competing for the largest public planning, infrastructure, and revitalization contracts.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is a major international design firm covering architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design. A broad incumbent that overlaps with Borderless on urban planning, public realm, and HUD-related work.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will is a large global architecture firm with significant HUD, healthcare, and government sector practice. Competes for similar public-sector RFPs as Borderless but operates at much greater scale and resource depth.
• Moody Nolan: Moody Nolan is a large architecture firm with strong community engagement work and a sizable public-sector portfolio. Competes for HUD and municipal planning work but at substantially larger scale than Borderless.
• Studio Gang: Studio Gang is a larger Chicago-based architecture and urban design firm with a strong civic and community-focused portfolio. Operates in the same geography and shares mission overlap with Borderless, but at significantly greater scale.

Emerging players

• SITU: SITU is a NYC-based design and research practice of similar scale combining architecture, fabrication, and public-interest projects. Overlaps with Borderless on civic installations and community-engaged design.

Others

• HR&A Advisors: HR&A Advisors is an economic development and real estate advisory firm that frequently partners with — and competes against — planning firms on HUD and municipal projects. Adjacent rather than directly comparable to Borderless, focused on economic analysis rather than design.

Market position

Strengths5 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

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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