Uesugi & Associates Architects

What Uesugi & Associates Architects does

Uesugi & Associates Architects, Inc. is a privately-held architectural interior design and planning firm established in 1978 by Daniel Uesugi and currently led by his daughter Erin Uesugi as Principal. The firm is headquartered at 870 Market Street, Suite 505 in San Francisco's historic Flood Building, and operates as a regional boutique serving the San Francisco Bay Area, with project activity documented in San Francisco, the East Bay, San Rafael, Fresno, Los Gatos, Concord, and San Leandro.

The firm's core offering is end-to-end architectural interior design and planning across five verticals: corporate workspaces (primary), healthcare facilities, retail environments, entertainment venues, and non-profit facilities. Named projects include workspace design for Wells Fargo, PG&E, Kennedy Wilson, Silver Lake Technology Management, and FileMaker; healthcare work for Stanford University Healthcare Alliance and Los Gatos Medical Clinic; retail design for Safeway and Cost Plus; entertainment venue design for Signature Theatres; and the Lifehouse non-profit headquarters in San Rafael. The firm holds LEED certification on delivered projects, signaling sustainable design capability.

The business model is professional services: revenue is generated through negotiation-based, project-specific design and planning fees. The firm sells directly to enterprise clients, healthcare providers, retailers, and non-profit organizations through a portfolio-driven website and direct inquiry. Marketing and business development rely on a Squarespace-hosted portfolio and inbound contact, with no public pricing, no disclosed revenue, no funding, no mobile or SaaS products, and no M&A activity. Senior leadership consists of Principal Erin Uesugi, Project Directors Shakti Prabhu and Myrian Hsu, and Associate Honour Colby.

Name

Uesugi & Associates Architects

Legal name

Uesugi & Associates Architects, Inc.

Website

https://uesugi-architects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Uesugi & Associates Architects is a privately-held San Francisco architectural interior design and planning firm, founded in 1978, serving enterprise clients in corporate workspaces, healthcare, retail, entertainment, and non-profit sectors across the Bay Area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Interior design
• Workspace planning
• Healthcare facility design
• Corporate architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Provides distinctive architectural interior design and planning services for a wide range of projects including workspaces, retail, healthcare, and non-profit facilities. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for design, planning, and project coordination services.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Uesugi & Associates Architects provides distinctive architectural interior design and planning services for enterprise clients. The firm delivers integrated architecture, interior design, and planning capabilities across corporate workspaces, healthcare facilities, retail environments, entertainment venues, and non-profit facilities, with documented project work for clients such as Wells Fargo, PG&E, Safeway, FileMaker, and Lifehouse. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for design, planning, and project coordination negotiated per project scope.

Product overview

Uesugi & Associates Architects is an architectural interior design and planning firm established in 1978, providing comprehensive services across multiple sectors including workspaces, retail, entertainment, healthcare, and non-profit organizations. The firm offers a unified service approach combining architecture, interior design, and planning capabilities, with notable expertise in corporate workspace design, healthcare facilities, and non-profit facility design. The company is led by Principal Erin Uesugi and serves prominent clients including Wells Fargo, PG&E, Safeway, and various Bay Area organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workspace Design Corporate workspace design services including work cafés, collaboration spaces, meeting areas, and corporate campus planning for enterprise clients such as Wells Fargo and PG&E.
• Healthcare Facility Design Specialized healthcare environment design including medical clinic interiors and healthcare facility planning for providers such as Stanford University Healthcare Alliance and Los Gatos Medical Clinic.
• Retail Space Design Retail environment design services for retail chains and shopping centers, including clients such as Safeway Incorporated, Cost Plus, and Blackhawk shopping center projects.
• Non-Profit Facility Design Design services for non-profit organizations, including the Lifehouse Headquarters in San Rafael, CA, supporting mission-driven community facilities serving Bay Area families.

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LifehousenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerErin Uesugi's non-profit work designing the Lifehouse Headquarters in San Rafael, CA gained attention in the media for the impact her design work makes on many Bay Area families. The firm was featured in Marin Living Magazine for this work.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• SmithGroup: Large integrated design firm with workplace, healthcare, and institutional practices. Comparable service mix to Uesugi across multiple of its primary verticals.
• HKS Architects: Large national architecture practice with healthcare and corporate workplace expertise. Comparable to Uesugi's healthcare facility design work and corporate interiors offerings.
• NBBJ: Major architecture firm with notable corporate workplace and healthcare practices. Comparable in workspace and healthcare segments, particularly relevant for clients like Wells Fargo and Stanford Healthcare Alliance that Uesugi also serves.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with extensive workplace, retail, healthcare, and entertainment practices. Overlaps with all of Uesugi's segments but at vastly larger scale; competes for the same enterprise RFPs.
• HOK: Large global architecture firm with workplace, healthcare, and institutional practices. Comparable in service breadth and enterprise client access, though at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• M Moser Associates: Global workplace design and build firm focused on corporate interiors. Comparable to Uesugi's primary corporate workspace segment, particularly in serving enterprise clients across financial services and technology.
• STUDIOS Architecture: San Francisco-headquartered architecture firm with deep corporate workplace design practice serving enterprise and tech clients. Directly comparable to Uesugi's mix of workspace, healthcare, and specialty interiors in the same Bay Area market.
• RMW Architecture: West Coast architecture and interiors firm with strong corporate workplace practice. Comparable to Uesugi in workplace, healthcare, and interiors mix, with a similar boutique-to-mid-sized positioning.
• Huntsman Architectural Group: Architecture firm with a strong workplace and interiors practice serving enterprise and institutional clients. Comparable in workplace design scope and enterprise client profile.
• IA Interior Architects: Specialist workplace interior architecture firm with global reach. Closely comparable to Uesugi's core workspace design practice, though at significantly larger scale; serves many of the same enterprise tenant types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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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