redhouse studio architecture

What redhouse studio architecture does

Redhouse studio architecture (legal entity redhouse studio llc) is a Cleveland, Ohio-based architecture firm founded around 2014 and led by principal architect Christopher Maurer. The firm operates with 1-10 employees and provides design, planning, and research services across residential, hospitality, healthcare, and community-development projects, including named engagements such as Lake Residence, Hulett Hotel, SharpeVision Austin, SharpeVision Chicago, Harbor Whitman, and a pro bono community center campus for the Haitian Vision Foundation in rural Haiti.

The firm's defining technical differentiator is its biomaterials platform built around mycotecture and biocycling. Its core products include Mycohab (the world's first self-supporting mycelium structure, with 6MPa compressive strength grown on invasive bush), the Biocycler (a fungal system that converts construction and demolition waste into new bioterials and mycoblocks), the MycoHouse Biocycled Bee Barn (2020), and Mycotiles used in public art installations. Through the ARK program, developed under NASA NIAC Phase III with Dr. Lynn Rothschild, the firm extends this work into biological habitat concepts for lunar and Mars surface construction, with peer-reviewed validation in PNAS and Frontiers (88.6% PLA mass loss reduction with fungal melanin on ISS exterior).

Commercially, the firm operates as a professional services studio with project-based fees, supplemented by academic publications and intellectual property contributions (including a 2025 Routledge BIOCYCLER chapter). Customer exposure is concentrated in a small number of named clients across high-end residential, healthcare (SharpeVision), and nonprofit pro bono engagements. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm shows no external investment, parent company, or acquisition activity.

Name

redhouse studio architecture

Legal name

redhouse studio llc

Website

https://redhousearchitecture.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Redhouse studio architecture is a Cleveland, Ohio-based architecture firm founded around 2014 that designs residential, hospitality, healthcare, and community projects while pioneering mycotecture and Biocycler technology using fungal mycelium for sustainable building materials and NASA-supported space habitat research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations (HSAPAEAB)

Keywords

• Sustainable architecture design
• Mycotecture construction
• Biological building materials
• Biocycling construction waste
• Regenerative architectural research

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture and design services for residential and commercial projects including Lake Residence, Hulett Hotel, SharpeVision clinics, Harbor Whitman, and FoCoIC projects.
2. Pro Bono Community Projects: Community-focused projects delivered at no cost, such as the Haitian Vision Foundation community center campus in rural Haiti.
3. Publications and Intellectual Property: Design primers and academic publications including contributions to Routledge publications on mycotecture and design.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

redhouse studio architecture is an architecture firm providing professional design, planning, and research services for residential, commercial, medical, and community projects. The firm distinguishes itself through pioneering work in mycotecture, developing mycelium-based structural materials and biocycling technology that uses fungi to remediate construction and demolition waste into new building materials.

Product overview

redhouse studio architecture is an architecture firm offering design, research, and equity-focused projects. Their portfolio includes sustainable architecture projects (Lake Residence, Hulett Hotel, SharpeVision Austin/Chicago, Harbor Whitman), community-focused pro bono work (Haitian Vision), and innovative biological material research. Their core technology products are MYCOHAB (world's first self-supporting mycelium structure), Biocycler (fungal waste remediation system), and MycoHouse (biocycled bee barn). Through the ARK program (NASA NIAC Phase III), they develop space habitat concepts using biological materials. The firm also produces art installations like FoCoIC using their biocycled materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mycohab: World's first self-supporting mycelium structure - the structural walls are made from the byproduct of mushroom cultivation.
• Biocycler
• ARK

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Professional architecture and design services covering residential, commercial, hospitality, and medical projects, delivered through project-based engagements from the Cleveland studio.
• MYCOHAB The world's first self-supporting mycelium structure, featuring structural walls made from compressed mycelium composite grown on invasive bush with 6MPa compressive strength, demonstrating regenerative mycotectural architecture.
• Biocycler A technology platform that uses fungi to recycle and remediate construction and demolition waste, converting organic materials into new bioterials and mycoblocks that store organic carbon.
• MycoHouse Biocycled Bee Barn A small demonstration structure built in 2020 with a laminated reclaimed lumber outer shell and interior insulation grown from fungal mycelium on sawdust, using the Biocycler system.
• ARK Mars Habitat A NASA NIAC Phase III research program developing habitats on the Moon and Mars that enlist bacteria, archaea, fungi, plants, and animals as collaborators in construction, life support, and nourishment using featherweight biological payloads.
• Haitian Vision Community Center Campus Pro bono design of a community center campus for the Haitian Vision Foundation, integrating a hospital, library, classrooms, and administrative facilities for rural Haiti.
• Publications and Intellectual Property Design primers and academic publications including the BIOCYCLER chapter in 'Designing Mycelium' by Routledge and a research paper on radiation protection published in PNAS, contributing research output on mycotecture and biocomposites.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 tons of invasive bush turned into 3 tons of gourmet mushrooms and 925 mycoblocks storing 12 tons of COe
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NASA NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNASA NIAC Phase III program supporting ARK vision for expanding human life beyond Earth through biological habitats on Moon and Mars. Principal Investigator Dr. Lynn Rothschild leading the research.
• Dr. Jim HeadminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLunar and Mars Design Reference Missions researcher contributing guidance to ARK habitat development.
• Haitian Vision FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNonprofit serving rural Haiti. Redhouse designed pro bono community center campus encompassing hospital, library, classrooms, and administrative facilities.
• Refuge Response at Ohio City FarmminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization at Ohio City Farm where MycoHouse Biocycled Bee Barn was built in 2020 using biocycler technology.
• Center for Architecture FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded 2014 Arnold W. Brunner Award for publication 'Unearthing Building Potential' - a design primer for rammed earth and compressed earth blocks.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Studio Gang: Mid-large architecture firm known for sustainability-driven, materially innovative design across buildings and urban projects. Comparable progressive architecture practice with material experimentation.
• Arup: Global engineering and architecture firm with deep sustainability practice and materials research. Comparable interdisciplinary built-environment work, though at vastly larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with one of the industry's most prominent sustainability practices and material research programs. Comparable commitment to sustainable built environments, though at much larger scale.
• SHoP Architects: Innovative New York architecture firm recognized for material and fabrication experimentation on large-scale commercial and cultural projects. Comparable design-through-fabrication ethos.
• Heatherwick Studio: London-based design and architecture studio known for materially innovative public buildings and installations. Comparable experimental-material sensibility and cross-disciplinary practice.

Emerging players

• The Living: Biomimetic architecture studio founded by David Benjamin, which built the 'Hy-Fi' mycelium brick tower for MoMA PS1. Now operating within Autodesk's Autodesk Research. Comparable biological-materials architecture focus.
• BIOHM: UK-based circular construction company developing mycelium insulation and other bio-based building materials from waste streams. Similar sustainable-materials R&D and construction-sector positioning.
• BioMASON: Grows biocement bricks using microorganisms instead of firing, reducing CO2 by ~80% vs traditional masonry. Comparable biological-growth approach to construction materials and circular-economy framing.

Direct peers

• Mogu: Italian company producing mycelium-based interior panels, flooring, and acoustic products from agricultural waste. Comparable technology stack (fungal mycelium materials) and end-use in built environments.
• Ecovative Design: Pioneer in mycelium-based materials for packaging, food, and building products using proprietary AirMycelium and MycoComposite platforms. Directly comparable technology category and circular-biology positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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