Schauman & Nordgren Architects

What Schauman & Nordgren Architects does

Schauman & Nordgren Architects (SNA) is a privately held Nordic architecture and urban design studio founded in 2015 by Ted Schauman and Jonas Nordgren, operating from dual offices in Helsinki, Finland (headquarters) and Copenhagen, Denmark. The firm operates through two private limited companies — Schauman & Nordgren Architects Ab in Finland and Schauman & Nordgren Architects Aps in Denmark — and is founder-owned with no external institutional investment, parent company, or disclosed funding rounds.

The studio delivers three integrated service lines: Urban Planning (analysis, modelling, and master planning of neighborhoods and city districts), Architecture (full-scale building design across residential, commercial, hospitality, and public programs), and Objects and Interiors (interior and product design at human scale). SNA serves two primary verticals — municipalities and government entities (e.g., the City of Turku, for whom it delivered the 620 m² Turku Market Square Pavilions in 2016–2022) and private developers and individuals (for projects including Villa Favre, Koli Hotel, and the Härmälä lakefront residential development). Revenue is generated on a project-based professional services model with fees negotiated per engagement; there are no standardized pricing tiers, no recurring subscriptions, and no proprietary technology platform disclosed. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, relying on open architectural competitions, direct commissions, and client referrals, supported by an organic digital presence (website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook) primarily used for portfolio showcasing.

The studio has accumulated reputational capital through competition results, including a 3rd prize in the City of Tampere's October 2025 open planning competition with the proposal 'Oksanhaarat' for the Härmälä lakefront. Headcount is reported in the 1–10 range, and the firm shows no AI/ML capabilities, no app or API products, no patents, and no disclosed revenue.

Name

Schauman & Nordgren Architects

Legal name

Schauman & Nordgren Architects Ab

Website

https://schauman-nordgren.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Schauman & Nordgren Architects is a privately held Nordic architecture and urban design studio founded in 2015, operating from Helsinki and Copenhagen. It serves municipalities and private developers with urban planning, architecture, and interior design services across Nordic markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Urban planning
• Interior design
• Object design
• Master planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue from architectural design, urban planning, and interior design commissions. Projects are commissioned by municipalities, developers, and private clients. Revenue is project-based with fees negotiated for each engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Schauman & Nordgren Architects is a Nordic architecture and urban design studio delivering integrated services across urban planning, architecture, and object/interior design. The studio works at multiple scales — from city-level master plans and public spaces to buildings, interiors, and designed objects — for public and private clients in Denmark, Finland, and internationally.

Product overview

Schauman & Nordgren Architects (SNA) is an architecture and urban design studio offering three integrated service lines: Urban Planning (analysis, modelling, and master planning), Architecture (full-scale building design across sectors), and Objects and Interiors (interior design and product design). The studio works across all three scales simultaneously, enabling seamless coordination from urban vision to architectural form to interior detail. Projects range from public pavilions and hotels to residential neighborhoods and villa design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Arco ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Turku Market Square Pavilions project as architecture collaborator alongside Schauman & Nordgren Architects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• 3XN: Danish architecture firm with a strong sustainability focus across urban planning, architecture, and interiors. Comparable design-led philosophy and Nordic roots but operates at significantly larger scale.
• White Arkitekter: Sweden's largest architecture firm, working across urban planning, architecture, and interior design in the Nordic region. Much larger scale but directly overlapping professional services offering.
• Snøhetta: Norwegian-origin architecture and design firm with worldwide offices, working across architecture, landscape, interior, and product design. Similar multi-disciplinary philosophy but substantially larger scale and global footprint.
• C.F. Møller Architects: One of Scandinavia's oldest and largest architecture firms with offices across the Nordics. Operates in the same architectural services space but at materially greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Danish-origin international architecture firm with a multi-disciplinary approach across urban planning, architecture, and product design. Shares Schauman & Nordgren's multi-scale philosophy but operates globally at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Jägnefält Milton: Stockholm-based architecture studio of similar boutique scale with a design-led, multi-disciplinary approach. Comparable in size and human-centered design philosophy, operating in the broader Nordic market.
• Cobe Architects: Copenhagen-based architecture studio known for combining architecture, urban planning, and research at multiple scales. Comparable in size, design-led approach, and Nordic sensibility to Schauman & Nordgren.
• MAD Architects: International architecture firm with a comparable multi-disciplinary, multi-scale approach spanning urban planning, architecture, and object/interior design. Similar design-led positioning but operates at larger scale across global markets.
• Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter: Norwegian architecture firm of similar boutique scale with a strong emphasis on contextual, sustainable, and material-driven design in natural settings. Comparable practice model and Nordic regional focus.
• ALA Architects: Helsinki-based Finnish architecture firm of comparable scale with a similar multi-disciplinary approach spanning architecture, urban planning, and interior design. Closely aligned Nordic design philosophy and competitive positioning in Finnish municipal commissions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Schauman.Nordgren.Architects
• LinkedInfi.linkedin.com/company/schauman-&-nordgren-architects
• Instagraminstagram.com/schauman_nordgren_architects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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