What Weddle Gilmore Architects does

Weddle Gilmore Architects is a privately held collaborative architectural design studio founded in 1999 by Michael Gilmore and Philip Weddle. The firm operates two studios — at 311 W 11th Street in New York City and 6916 E 5th Avenue in Scottsdale, Arizona — and delivers bespoke architecture, interior design, and landscape integration services. Its client base spans affluent residential owners, luxury hospitality brands (including Ralph Lauren, with whom the firm has partnered for over 25 years, and Alan Faena's Saxony hotel), cultural and civic institutions (Arizona State University, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cities of Mesa and Chandler, Liberty Wildlife), and specialty enterprise clients such as Okland Construction and Harrison Green.

The firm does not sell a software or technology product. Its core "technology" is a principal-led, collaborative design practice that integrates architecture, interiors, and landscape into unified environments, with demonstrated expertise in sustainable and context-responsive design (Net Zero Energy, LEED Platinum and Silver certifications, rammed earth, rainwater harvesting, desert-appropriate construction). Project-based professional services are delivered through direct client engagement and a network of repeat collaborators in landscape architecture, interior design, exhibit design, lighting, and engineering.

The revenue model is project-based professional services fees. There are no publicly disclosed pricing schedules, fee structures, or revenue figures, and no funding rounds or external investors are referenced. Business development is driven by reputation, award recognition (multiple AIA and ASLA awards), press coverage, and long-tenured client relationships rather than explicit marketing channels. Geographic reach is national with select international projects in Paris, Hong Kong, and Seoul.

Name

Weddle Gilmore Architects

Legal name

Weddle Gilmore Architects

Website

https://weddlegilmore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Weddle Gilmore Architects is a privately held collaborative architecture, interior, and landscape design studio with studios in New York City and Scottsdale, Arizona, serving luxury residential, hospitality, cultural, civic, and government clients across the US and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (541410), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design services
• Sustainable architecture
• Luxury residential design
• Hospitality architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Full-service architecture and interior design firm providing design services for residential, hospitality, commercial, and cultural projects. Revenue generated through professional design fees for architecture, interiors, and landscape integration projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Weddle Gilmore Architects is a collaborative architectural design studio delivering comprehensive architecture, interior design, and landscape integration services. Projects span luxury residences, hospitality venues (hotels, resorts, restaurants), luxury retail flagships (notably for Ralph Lauren), cultural and civic institutions (museums, visitor centers, wildlife refuges), and master plans for municipalities and universities. The firm emphasizes seamless integration of architecture, interiors, and landscape into context-sensitive, sustainable environments.

Product overview

Weddle Gilmore Architects is a collaborative architectural design studio offering comprehensive architectural and interior design services across residential, hospitality, commercial, cultural, and institutional project types. The firm does not offer discrete software products or modules; instead, it delivers bespoke architectural design services tailored to individual client projects, including new construction, renovation, master planning, and landscape integration. Projects span private residences, luxury retail (including Ralph Lauren flagship stores), hospitality venues (hotels, resorts, restaurants), cultural institutions (museums, visitor centers), and public space planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural and Interior Design Services
• Master Planning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Lost Dog Wash Trailhead provides 75,000 gallons annually through gray water and rainwater harvesting
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

28 partnerships are on record, tiered regular collaborator, project-specific and flagship/key.

• Colwell Shelor Landscape Architectureregular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture collaborator on multiple projects including Black Rock Studio, Mesa City Center Master Plan, and Sabino Canyon Visitors Center. Long-term working relationship for integrated landscape design across projects.
• Gyroscopeproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationExhibit design partner for Tempe History Museum project, providing interpretive and exhibition design services.
• Floor Associatesregular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture collaborator on Tempe History Museum project and Lost Dog Wash Trailhead.
• Harrison Greenregular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architect collaborator on Washington Square Penthouse rooftop garden, West Village Townhouse, and Union Square Penthouse projects. Brooklyn-based landscape firm with shared design sensibility.
• Alfredo Paredes Studioregular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationInterior design collaborator on West Village Townhouse and Upper East Side projects. Longtime collaborator on residential renovations including Oyster Bay Estate.
• Mark Cunningham, Inc.regular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationInterior design partner on The Saxony hotel project and Southampton guesthouses.
• Ralph Laurenflagship/keyStrategic or Co-development Partner25+ year strategic partnership with Ralph Lauren for flagship store design including Polo Bar restaurant, Women's and Home Flagship on Madison Ave, and Boulevard St Germain Paris location. Weddle Gilmore serves as trusted design partner for luxury retail and hospitality environments.
• Didier Drummondproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationLocal architect for Ralph Lauren Boulevard St Germain Paris project, providing on-the-ground architectural expertise.
• Ganymede Design Groupproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterpretive design collaborator on Rio Salado Audubon Center, providing exhibition and interpretation design.
• !melkproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationUrban design and landscape architecture partner on Hance Park Master Plan for downtown Phoenix redevelopment.
• Ralph Appelbaum Associatesproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterpretive design collaborator on Sabino Canyon Visitors Center, providing exhibition and educational interpretation design.
• DLR Groupproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationHistoric preservation architect, MEP engineer, and lighting designer for Chandler Museum renovation and expansion.
• Formative Architectureproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationArchitect of record for Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge visitor center project.
• Surroundings Studio Landscape Architectsproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture collaborator on Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge.
• Biohabitatsproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationWetland design collaborator on Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge riparian restoration.
• Ideumproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationExhibit design collaborator on Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge visitor experience.
• HS2 Architectureproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationExecutive architect for Ralph Lauren Women's and Home Flagship project.
• Studio Kenyonproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterior designer for Harrison Green Studio Brooklyn headquarters project.
• HGA Architectsproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationAssociate architect, MEP engineer, and lighting design partner for ASU Student Pavilion.
• BAR Architects & Interior Designproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterior design partner for Flamingo Resort + Spa renovation project.
• Byrd Water Designproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationLighting design collaborator for Flamingo Resort + Spa renovation.
• Landscape Details, Inc.project-specificTechnology or IntegrationLandscape design collaborator on Southampton guesthouses project.
• Beverly Bartfeldproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterior designer for Upper West Side residential renovation.
• Tali Rothproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationInterior designer for Washington Square Penthouse renovation.
• Raymond Jungles, Inc.project-specificTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architect for The Saxony Miami Beach hotel project.
• Colwell Shelor Landscape Architectsregular collaboratorTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture collaborator on Sabino Canyon Visitors Center (also collaborated on Black Rock Studio and Mesa City Center).
• Fluidityproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationWater feature design collaborator on Mesa City Center Master Plan.
• Jeff Zischkeproject-specificTechnology or IntegrationPublic art collaborator on George 'Doc' Cavalliere Park.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Peter Marino Architect: Peter Marino Architect is the leading luxury retail flagship architect, designing stores for Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Ermenegildo Zegna. It is the closest direct peer to Weddle Gilmore's Ralph Lauren retail work, with the same luxury brand sensibility, hospitality crossover, and principal-led boutique model.
• Champalimaud Design: Champalimaud Design is a New York–based interior design firm specializing in luxury hospitality (Waldorf Astoria, The Dorchester Collection) and high-end residential. Its luxury hospitality interiors portfolio directly parallels Weddle Gilmore's boutique hotel and estate work.
• Rockwell Group: Rockwell Group is a David Rockwell-led New York design studio known for immersive hospitality, restaurant, and retail environments, including Nobu and other luxury brands. Comparable to Weddle Gilmore in category mix (hospitality + retail), East Coast base, and principal-driven brand.
• Olson Kundig: Olson Kundig is a Seattle-based boutique architecture firm renowned for bespoke, highly crafted residential and hospitality projects. Like Weddle Gilmore, it competes on principal-led design vision, residential/hospitality mix, and distinctive material expression, though with a more industrial/Northwest aesthetic.
• Vincent Van Duysen Architects: Vincent Van Duysen is a Belgian principal-led boutique firm with deep luxury residential and hospitality interiors expertise (for clients including Calvin Klein, Flos, and Aesop). Its minimalist luxury aesthetic and principal-led model closely parallel Weddle Gilmore's design approach.
• Marmol Radziner: Marmol Radziner is a Los Angeles–based architecture and design firm known for desert modernist luxury residences and a Southwest design vocabulary. Its desert residential expertise closely mirrors Weddle Gilmore's Arizona Studio portfolio of desert homes and trailheads.
• Robert A.M. Stern Architects: RAMSA is a New York–based classical-inspired architecture firm with strong practices in luxury residential, hospitality, and institutional buildings. Its residential townhouse and amenity work in Manhattan directly overlaps Weddle Gilmore's affluent residential and Upper East Side projects.
• Handel Architects: Handel Architects is a New York–based firm with a strong luxury residential high-rise practice (One57, 111 West 57th) plus hospitality and cultural work. Comparable to Weddle Gilmore in luxury residential and NYC base, though larger and more high-rise focused.
• FXCollaborative: FXCollaborative is a New York architecture firm with practices in commercial interiors, cultural, and higher education — including work for universities and civic clients comparable to Weddle Gilmore's ASU and National Park Service projects.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Gensler is the world's largest architecture and design firm with a hospitality, retail, and cultural practice that overlaps Weddle Gilmore's category set. It competes on hospitality and retail experience design but at vastly greater scale and with broader (non-luxury-exclusive) client base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Weddle-Gilmore-113286085432826
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/weddle-gilmore-architects

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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