Studio 310

What Studio 310 does

Studio 310 is a privately held multidisciplinary design consultancy headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in March 2010 as 310 Architecture + Interiors and later rebranded to its current name. The firm delivers three integrated service lines — Architecture, Interior Design, and Experience Design — across healthcare, retail, corporate office, higher education, K-12 education, community/civic, and hospitality/wellness verticals. Its portfolio of roughly 80+ completed and ongoing projects ranges from boutique retail and SMB healthcare practices to enterprise-scale headquarters and campus-wide wayfinding programs for institutions such as NC State and UNC Chapel Hill.

The firm operates on a project-based professional services revenue model with fees negotiated per engagement and no subscription or recurring revenue component. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. There are no proprietary technology platforms, algorithms, or technical systems disclosed; the firm's core asset is licensed human design expertise across architecture, interior design, and experiential graphics. Clients are acquired through direct enterprise engagement, referrals, and industry award visibility rather than via resellers or marketplaces. The principal team leads client relationships end-to-end through concept, design, documentation, and construction administration.

Studio 310 has a 13-person team organized around three principals, one founder, senior interior designers, architects, project designers, a dedicated Experience Lead, and administrative staff. The firm holds no external funding, is independently owned by its principals, and has no identified parent entity or M&A activity. Geographic concentration is heavily weighted to North Carolina (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill and surrounding Triangle communities), with selected international exposure via competition entries and specialty projects in Abu Dhabi and Ireland. The firm's relevance in the market is reinforced by a multi-year cadence of recognition from AIA Triangle, AIA North Carolina, IIDA Carolinas, AIA ASPIRE, Graphic Design USA, and inStore Magazine.

Name

Studio 310

Legal name

Studio 310

Website

https://studio310.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Studio 310 is a privately held Raleigh-based multidisciplinary design consultancy delivering integrated Architecture, Interior Design, and Experience Design services across healthcare, retail, corporate, higher education, community, and wellness sectors through project-based engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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. Design Consulting Services: Revenue is generated through project-based professional service engagements in architecture, interior design, and experience design. Projects span new construction, renovation, and specialized deployments (e.g., wayfinding systems, experiential graphics). The firm works with a mix of private and public sector clients across healthcare, education, retail, corporate, and community sectors. Fees are negotiated per project with no subscription or recurring revenue model indicated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Studio 310 is a design studio offering three integrated service lines: Architecture, Interior Design, and Experience Design. The firm delivers projects from concept through construction across healthcare, corporate office, retail, higher education, hospitality, and community/non-profit sectors, with principals directly involved in client relationships and project delivery.

Product overview

Studio 310 is a design studio offering three integrated service offerings: Architecture Services, Interior Design Services, and Experience Design Services. The studio works across diverse sectors including healthcare, corporate office, retail, higher education, hospitality, and community/non-profit projects. Projects range from small-scale boutique interiors to large-scale campus planning and multi-disciplinary facilities, with the three service areas often overlapping in integrated project delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Interior Design Services
• Experience Design Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80 projects listed in portfolio index spanning architecture, interior design, and experience design projects
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AIA TrianglecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudio 310 principals hold leadership positions within AIA Triangle, including Chapter President for two terms by Albert M. McDonald. The firm actively participates in AIA Triangle award programs and professional development, with award submissions serving as both firm promotion and professional community engagement.
• AIA North CarolinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe firm participates in AIA North Carolina awards programs and Walter B. Sawyer serves on the NC State Board of Architecture (second appointment). Albert McDonald received the AIA NC Emerging Professional Award in 2018.
• IIDA CarolinascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudio 310 has received multiple IIDA Carolinas DesignWorks awards across healthcare, retail, and workplace categories. Monica Browning Carpenter holds IIDA membership. The relationship reflects mutual professional community engagement through award competitions.
• NC State Board of ArchitectureminorOthersWalter B. Sawyer, Founder of Studio 310, serves his second appointment to the NC State Board of Architecture, contributing to professional licensing and regulatory oversight for the architecture profession in North Carolina.
• NCSU College of Architecture and DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple studio team members are NCSU alumni (Albert McDonald, Paul Fox, Alex McMillan, Isaac Mullen, Bằng Lê, Gabrielle Schiltz). Albert McDonald and Paul Fox contribute as guest critics, lecturers, and faculty advisors at NCSU and UNCC, supporting academic design education.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Little (architecture firm): NC-headquartered multidisciplinary architecture, interior design, and engineering firm serving healthcare, education, and commercial clients. Comparable in integrated service model and regional focus to Studio 310.
• Cline Design Associates: Raleigh-based architecture firm with mixed-use, healthcare, and higher education projects. Comparable NC regional architecture peer with similar project scale and client mix.
• RATIO Design: NC-based architecture, interiors, and planning firm serving commercial, healthcare, and institutional clients. Regional peer with similar integrated design service offering.
• Clearscapes: Raleigh-based architecture, planning, and interiors firm with university and civic portfolio. Comparable NC regional design firm with overlapping higher education and institutional client base.
• LS3P Associates: Large Southeast-headquartered architecture and design firm with strong NC presence across healthcare, education, and corporate sectors. Closest direct regional competitor to Studio 310 in scale and market focus.

Broad incumbents

• IA Interior Architects: Global interior design firm specializing in workplace, healthcare, and retail interiors. Comparable interior design peer with broader geographic reach and larger scale than Studio 310.
• NELSON Worldwide: Integrated architecture, interior design, and brand strategy firm with healthcare, retail, and corporate practices. Comparable integrated service model at larger national scale.
• Gensler: World's largest architecture and design firm with practices across all Studio 310 verticals. Competes for enterprise healthcare, retail, and corporate engagements with unmatched global resources.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with significant healthcare, education, and corporate practices. Broader incumbent that competes for the same enterprise RFPs as Studio 310 with larger bench and resources.

Emerging players

• Array Architects: Healthcare-focused architecture firm specializing in ambulatory care, pediatric, and outpatient facilities. Direct peer in Studio 310's primary healthcare vertical with deeper healthcare specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/raleigh.architects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/310-architecture-interiors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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