Maas & Partner Architekten

What Maas & Partner Architekten does

Maas & Partner Architekten (legal entity: MAAS & PARTNER Architekten mbB) is a Münster, Germany-headquartered architecture and urban planning firm founded in 1989 by Michael Maas and Raimund Beckmann and rebranded under its current name in 1996. It provides full-service architectural services — from early site identification and feasibility through design, planning, and construction supervision — across residential, commercial, healthcare, retail, and public-sector building typologies, with documented emphasis on sustainable (ESG-compliant) transformations, senior living, mixed-use redevelopments, and heritage reuse. Notable commissions include reuse studies for 42+ Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof department store locations, EDEKA retail, Wohnpark Bad Salzuflen senior housing (KfW-55-EE), Kloster Helfta monastery reconstruction, and the award-winning Bremer Straße 42 office transformation in a 100-year-old industrial building.

The firm differentiates through a proprietary AI-enabled platform called "syte," developed internally from the firm's expertise in building rights and permitted development, which performs data-based property analyses to identify spatial potential and feasibility. It operates a traditional professional services business model: project-based fees are custom-quoted per commission and acquired primarily through architectural competitions (invited and open) and direct approaches to public and private clients. Distribution is direct, with no intermediaries; channels are a website portfolio, LinkedIn and Instagram presence, a published project book, and competition wins that feed earned media such as the German Design Award 2024 and Best Workspaces 2025 nomination.

The firm is independently owned by its managing partners under a German Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB structure with no parent company or external capital. It employs over 50 specialists from 8 countries under six managing partners and four associates, and operates with primary geographic focus on North Rhine-Westphalia and broader Germany. Customer mix spans enterprise (Galeria, EDEKA, Landwirtschaftsverlag), nonprofit/religious (Caritas, Kloster Helfta), and educational (iPE at RWTH Aachen) clients.

Name

Maas & Partner Architekten

Legal name

MAAS & PARTNER Architekten mbB

Website

https://maasundpartner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Münster-based German architecture firm (est. 1989) providing full-service design and urban planning across residential, commercial, healthcare, retail, and public sectors, with a proprietary AI property analysis platform and 50+ specialists from 8 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Münster

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Planning Services: Project-based fees for full architectural services from early planning phases through construction supervision, covering residential, commercial, mixed-use, healthcare, and public building projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Maas & Partner Architekten mbB is a German architecture and urban planning firm delivering full-service design, planning, and construction supervision for residential, commercial, healthcare, retail, public, and heritage conversion projects. The firm operates as a six-partner multi-disciplinary practice, supplementing its architectural services with the proprietary AI-based "syte" platform used to assess property potential and permitted development rights for clients. Revenue is earned through project-based professional service fees acquired via architectural competitions and direct commissions across Germany.

Product overview

MAAS & PARTNER is an architecture and urban planning firm offering comprehensive design and project development services across residential, commercial, healthcare, retail, and public building sectors. The core offering is architecture and planning services, supplemented by the proprietary AI-powered property analysis platform called 'syte' which enables data-based land analyses to maximize spatial potential. The firm specializes in sustainable building, urban development, and adaptive reuse projects, with particular expertise in senior living, mixed-use developments, and commercial revitalization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• syte: AI-powered platform for data-based property analysis to maximize land potential and permitted use, developed from the firm's expertise in efficient solutions and building rights understanding

Products and services

• Architectural and Urban Planning Services
• syte AI Property Analysis Platform
• Senior Living and Care Facility Design
• Retail and Commercial Revitalization
• Heritage and Church Conversion Architecture
• Urban Master Planning and Competition Design
• Public and Institutional Building Design

Quantifiable outcome

• German Design Award 2024 – Excellent Architecture – Interior Architecture for the transformation of Bremer Straße 42 office
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• donnerblitz design GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterior design collaboration for the Finne Hafenbrauerei transformation project. Donnerblitz design GmbH worked alongside Studio Höltje on the interior fit-out of the new experience brewery, contributing to the atmospheric, reduced interior design.
• Studio HöltjeminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterior design collaboration for the Finne Hafenbrauerei transformation project. Studio Höltje partnered with donnerblitz design GmbH on the interior fit-out of the new experience brewery at the former Hafenkäserei.
• Schoeps & SchlütercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaborated as building planning and renovation partners on the award-winning Bremer Straße 42 project. Schoeps & Schlüter handled the building planning and renovation of the historic structure, which provided the qualitative foundation for the award-winning tenant fit-out by MAAS & PARTNER.
• BloomimagesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVisualization partner providing renderings for the Rhein-Ruhr Zentrum project. Bloomimages created the visual materials used in project presentations and client communications.
• Hanna NeanderminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhotography partner credited for project photography across numerous completed projects including Finne Hafenbrauerei, Bremer Straße 42, Clemensbögen, and others.
• Roland Borgmann FotografieminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPhotography partner credited in the legal notice for MAAS & PARTNER Architekten mbB, providing photography services for the firm's project portfolio.
• Prico GmbHminorOthersExternal data protection officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter) for the firm. Contact: Sebastian Feldmann. Handles data protection inquiries for the company's website and operations.
• Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet für Immobilienprojektentwicklung (iPE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for the 'Umnutzung von Kirchen' (Church Conversions) publication. MAAS & PARTNER contributed as co-authors to this research publication on vacant church conversions in North Rhine-Westphalia, featuring 21 case studies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• HPP Architekten: Cologne-based German architecture firm of comparable scale with deep experience in healthcare, retail conversion, mixed-use, and senior living across Germany. Directly comparable on segment mix and regional footprint.
• agn Gruppe: German architecture/engineering group where managing partner Andreas Krys previously served as Managing Director. Comparable mid-size German practice operating across residential, commercial, healthcare, and masterplanning — a credible competitor for similar commissions.
• Ortner & Ortner: Austrian/German architecture firm with comparable mid-size practice in cultural, residential, and masterplanning projects. A relevant European peer on heritage/adaptive reuse and mixed-use briefs.
• RKW Architektur +: Düsseldorf-headquartered German architecture firm with strong residential, masterplan, and urban development practices. Directly comparable in scale and segment mix for mixed-use and senior-living briefs.
• astoc architects: Cologne-based architecture practice with a comparable profile in urban masterplanning, public buildings, and mixed-use developments. Competes with MAAS & PARTNER for municipal and institutional commissions in NRW.
• KSP Architekten: Mid-size German architecture firm with a similar mix of workplace, residential, healthcare, and masterplan projects. Competes with MAAS & PARTNER for enterprise and public-sector commissions in NRW and beyond.
• JSK Architekten: Düsseldorf-based German architecture firm of comparable scale with strong retail, residential, and adaptive reuse portfolios. A direct regional competitor for NRW retail-conversion and mixed-use briefs.

Broad incumbents

• gmp Architekten: One of Germany's largest architecture practices (von Gerkan, Marg and Partners), with a broad portfolio spanning transport, sports, cultural, and mixed-use projects. Sets the competitive ceiling on major NRW and national competitions MAAS & PARTNER enters.

Emerging players

• David Chipperfield Architects: International architecture firm where partner Pascal Maas previously worked. While operating at significantly larger scale, it represents the kind of high-prestige international practice MAAS & PARTNER competes with on invited competitions and signature cultural/heritage commissions.
• Titus Bernhard Architekten: Augsburg-based German architecture firm where associate Friederike Bajer previously served as project lead. Comparable mid-size practice in residential, healthcare, and adaptive reuse — a credible competitor for KfW-funded senior living commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maas-und-partner
• Instagraminstagram.com/maasundpartner

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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