Taheri Architecture

What Taheri Architecture does

Taheri Architecture is a privately held, certified Woman-Owned (WBE) and Disadvantaged (DBE) architectural design firm headquartered at 279 W. Tulpehocken Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally founded in the UK in 1997 and re-established in the US in 2007, the firm operates with 1-10 employees under founder-led ownership, with Dr. Roya Taheri serving as President and Massoud Mohadjeri as Senior Architect & Planner. The firm delivers project-based architectural services — architectural design, site feasibility, master planning, campus planning, building envelope design, and sustainable/LEED-oriented design — across seven practice verticals: educational, residential, healthcare, public/municipal, commercial/retail, industrial, and historic restoration. Client engagement is direct, project-based, and concentrated in institutional and public-sector work across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Arizona, and selective international projects in Japan.

The firm's technical core is sustainable and passive-solar design emphasizing energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality. Its most differentiated technical asset is the application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis to evaluate ventilation, airflow, and thermal comfort in building interiors, with research most recently presented by Dr. Taheri at the 2024 American Solar Energy Society National Conference. The leadership team holds complementary credentials — a doctorate in Building Environmental Engineering, LEED Accredited Professional status, and Master Builder-level construction management experience — that the firm uses to position itself as a technically rigorous alternative to larger general-practice competitors in the regional public-sector market.

Taheri Architecture generates revenue through professional services fees tied to individual projects, with pricing determined per-engagement by scope, complexity, and client requirements rather than via standardized tiers. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales to institutional clients (school districts, municipal governments, healthcare providers, PennDOT) supplemented by a website portfolio that organizes work by project type. The customer base is heavily weighted toward K-12 school districts and Pennsylvania state agencies, with occasional enterprise commissions (UPS, Eastern Japan Railways). No external funding, subsidiaries, or M&A activity is evidenced; growth is organic and founder-led.

Name

Taheri Architecture

Legal name

Taheri Architecture, Inc.

Website

https://taheriarch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Taheri Architecture is a privately held Philadelphia-based architectural design firm (founded UK 1997, US 2007) delivering sustainable, LEED-oriented architectural services across educational, healthcare, public, commercial, industrial, residential, and historic restoration sectors to institutional and government clients in the Northeast and Southwest US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations (HSAPAEAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Sustainable building design
• Commercial architecture
• Educational facility design
• Historic building restoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Project-based professional services for architectural design, planning, and construction documentation across diverse project types including educational, residential, commercial, healthcare, public, industrial, and historic restoration projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Taheri Architecture is a Philadelphia-based architectural firm providing comprehensive design, planning, and construction documentation services across diverse project types including educational, residential, healthcare, commercial, industrial, public, and historic restoration sectors. The firm emphasizes sustainable design, passive solar strategies, energy efficiency, and high indoor environmental quality, leveraging Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis for advanced indoor environment evaluation.

Product overview

Taheri Architecture is an architecture firm offering a comprehensive suite of architectural services across diverse project types. Their portfolio includes 19 distinct service modules spanning from core Architectural Design & Planning to specialized offerings like Sustainable Design, Healthcare Architecture, and Historic Restoration. The firm's service ecosystem covers sectors including educational facilities, residential, commercial/retail, industrial, healthcare, civic/public, and historic preservation projects. Their approach emphasizes sustainability, functionality, and enduring design principles, with particular expertise in sustainable/green building features, energy efficiency, and indoor environmental quality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design & Planning Comprehensive architectural services spanning concept, planning, and construction documentation across educational, residential, healthcare, commercial, industrial, public, and historic restoration project types with emphasis on sustainability and technical excellence.

Quantifiable outcome

• LEED Silver Standard maintained during Delaware Water Gap Welcome Center renovations
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Payette: Boston-based architecture firm focused on healthcare, science, and higher education. Comparable in scale, design-research orientation, and institutional client focus.
• EwingCole: Philadelphia-based architecture and design firm with strong portfolio in education, healthcare, and government sectors. Closest geographic and vertical peer to Taheri Architecture, with comparable project scale and public-sector client base.
• CannonDesign: Multi-sector architecture firm with strong education and healthcare verticals, including projects in the Northeast US. Comparable in serving K-12 and higher education clients with sustainable design emphasis.
• BLT Architects: Philadelphia-based architecture firm with strong education and civic project portfolio. Direct competitor in the Northeast US public-sector architecture market.
• FXCollaborative: Mid-size architecture firm with strong sustainability credentials and broad sector portfolio including education, healthcare, and commercial. Comparable in technical differentiation and 'high-design' positioning.
• Voith & Mactavish Architects: Philadelphia-based architecture firm specializing in historic preservation, institutional, and educational facilities. Comparable in size, regional focus, and project type mix to Taheri Architecture.
• KieranTimberlake: Philadelphia-based architecture firm recognized for sustainable design and environmental performance. Directly comparable in sustainability focus and CFD-driven design methodology, though at a larger scale.
• JLG Architects: Architecture firm with extensive K-12 and higher education portfolio, including project work in the Northeast US. Direct competitor for school district architecture contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec Architecture: Large multi-disciplinary design firm with substantial architecture practice in education, healthcare, and government sectors. Competes for public-sector RFPs but at enterprise scale.
• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with strong sustainability practice and significant education and healthcare portfolio. Competes for the same institutional clients but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taheri-architecture

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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