Tall Architects

What Tall Architects does

Tall Architects is a privately held, founder-owned architecture firm headquartered in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, founded in 2014 by Madison and Mark Talley, both graduates of Mississippi State University's School of Architecture. The firm provides full-service architectural design for residential, civic, cultural, commercial, and institutional projects, with a portfolio of 35+ completed buildings spanning micro-homes (480 sq ft) and large community campuses (17,400 sq ft). Its core technology stack relies on industry-standard tools — Revit for BIM, Adobe Creative Suite for documentation, and Enscape for visualization — with no proprietary AI or software products.

The firm differentiates through a community-engaged design process that integrates charrettes and stakeholder input with contextual, climate-responsive architecture suited to the Gulf Coast's hurricane, flood, and humidity challenges. It serves a diversified client base including municipal governments (Purvis City Hall), cultural institutions (Walter Anderson Museum of Art), nonprofits (Salvation Army, Vets Recover), educational organizations (Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, University of Southern Mississippi), and private residential clients (Fowl River Cabin, Rayburn House, Koller House). Revenue is generated through project-based, custom-quoted architectural design fees with multi-year contract cadences and no standardized pricing.

Tall Architects operates without external institutional investment, funding rounds, or parent company ownership, relying on earned media, design publications, AIA awards, and conference presentations rather than paid advertising for new business. It has received the AIA Firm Award 2024 from the Mississippi Component and has been featured in the National Building Museum's 2025-2026 "A South Forty" exhibition, signaling national recognition well above its sub-10-person scale.

Name

Tall Architects

Legal name

Tall Architects

Website

https://tallarch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tall Architects is a privately held, founder-owned architecture firm in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, delivering community-focused residential, civic, cultural, and commercial design across the Gulf Coast region since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations (HSAPAEAB), Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Residential architecture
• Civic architecture
• Adaptive reuse design
• Sustainable architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Ocean Springs

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through architectural design fees for residential, commercial, civic, and cultural projects. Projects range from small-scale residential (480 sq ft micro-homes) to larger civic buildings (17,400 sq ft community centers). Revenue is project-based, one-time per engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tall Architects is a community-focused architecture and design firm providing full-service architectural services for residential, civic, cultural, and commercial clients in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Engagements span new construction, renovation, restoration, adaptive reuse, and master planning, with project sizes ranging from micro-homes (480 sq ft) to larger civic campuses (17,400 sq ft), delivered on a custom, project-based fee basis.

Product overview

Tall Architects is an award-winning architecture firm offering comprehensive design and architecture services with a focus on community-focused design in the Gulf Coast region. Their portfolio consists of diverse project types including civic buildings (Purvis City Hall), residential projects (Fowl River, Rayburn House, Koller Residence, Tall House), cultural institutions (Walter Anderson Museum of Art projects, Ace Theater), community facilities (Salvation Army Center of Hope, Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, Latimer Community Center), commercial spaces (Lemon Building, Uno Mas, The Lot), and adaptive reuse projects (Vets Recover, Broadmoor Grocery). The firm operates as a single integrated architecture practice rather than a platform-with-modules structure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Full-service architecture firm providing community-focused architectural design, renovations, restorations, adaptive reuse, and new construction projects for residential, commercial, civic, and cultural clients in the Gulf Coast region. Projects range from micro-homes (~480 sq ft) to large civic campuses (~17,400 sq ft) and are delivered on a custom, project-based fee basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fowl River Cabin won three AIA Mississippi awards including Honor Award, People's Choice Award, and Samuel Mockbee Award (2023)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mississippi State University Gulf Coast Community Design StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborated with MSU Gulf Coast Community Design Studio on the Walter Anderson Museum of Art Creative Complex project, hosting a charrette with museum staff, board members, and community members to inform the building program.
• Red DeluxecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Collaborated with Red Deluxe, a branding and marketing company, on designing and coordinating all museum exhibits for the Mississippi Shipbuilding & Maritime Center renovation.
• Ferriss and CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnered with Ferriss and Company for interior design on the Uno Mas Taqueria project, with Tall Architects designing the interior build-out.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Method Architecture: Small multi-office firm with a residential, commercial, and civic practice. Comparable in scale and project mix to Tall, with a similar approach of direct client engagement and contextual design, though less recognized in national design press.

Broad incumbents

• Robert A.M. Stern Architects: New York-based firm blending traditional and contemporary design language, including residential work that draws on Southern vernacular precedents — paralleling Tall's 'post-modern Southern house' approach. Operates at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Olson Kundig: Larger Seattle-based design firm with a national reputation for context-driven, craft-focused residential and civic work. Shares Tall's emphasis on materiality and place-specific design but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• BNIM: National architecture practice with deep sustainability and high-performance building expertise, similar to Tall's climate-resilience focus. Larger and broader in geographic reach, but comparable emphasis on ecological design validated by AIA COTE-level recognition.
• KieranTimberlake: Philadelphia-based firm with comparable commitment to research-driven, sustainable, and technically innovative design across civic, cultural, and residential sectors. Larger and broader in scope but parallel in design philosophy.
• Studio Gang: Chicago-based practice known for sustainability, civic engagement, and design-forward work across scales. Comparable in design ambition and publication profile to Tall, but substantially larger and more diversified geographically.

Direct peers

• Hanbury: Norfolk, Virginia-based firm of similar size with a community-focused practice spanning civic, cultural, and residential projects in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Comparable emphasis on humanistic design and place-based architecture for institutional clients.
• Duvall Decker Architects: Jackson, Mississippi-based architecture firm of comparable size with a similar community-focused, contextually responsive design approach. Both firms operate as small Southern practices serving civic, cultural, and residential clients across Mississippi with award-recognized work.
• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based firm known for regionally rooted, sustainability-focused architecture with a comparable mix of residential, civic, and cultural work. Like Tall, Lake|Flato is nationally recognized for contextual design that responds to climate and place, and has a similar awards profile including AIA honors.
• Bates Masi + Architects: East Hampton, New York-based small firm with a similar profile: award-winning residential and cultural work, climate-responsive design, and national publication in design press. Comparable in scale and creative ambition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/tallarch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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