What MARCILLON THUILIER ARCHITECTES - MTA. does

Marcillon Thuilier Architectes (MTA), operating under the legal name Mouvements Territoire Architecture, is a French private architecture, urban planning, and landscape design firm established in 1998 by David Marcillon and Philippe Thuilier and headquartered at 13 place Delille in Clermont-Ferrand. The firm employs 17 professionals, including its two co-managing partners (co-gérants), and has completed 65 realizations across education, housing, culture, public space, agriculture, and urban regeneration typologies. Its distinguishing practice model integrates architecture, urbanism, and landscape design as a single discipline, working across scales from interior fit-outs to metropolitan-scale urban studies.

The firm generates revenue through professional service fees structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee per project phase, billed under French public procurement norms. Projects are acquired through competitive tenders (concours), direct commissions from public institutions and social housing operators, and consortium bids in which MTA serves as lead architect (mandataire) or associated partner (architecte co-traitant). Its client base is dominated by public-sector entities — Ville de Clermont-Ferrand, OPHIS du Puy-de-Dôme, Région Auvergne, Ville d'Annecy, Ville de Thiers, SPL Clermont Auvergne Métropole, and Evolea — with a minority of private-sector engagements concentrated on residential developers (Bouygues Immobilier, Edouard Denis) and corporate clients (Groupe Casino/Nacarat, INRAE).

MTA has built a recognized reputation in sustainable wood construction, accumulating 17 distinctions between 2004 and 2017, including a national Prix National de la Construction Bois first prize (2012) and a WAN Awards citation (2013). Both founding partners have taught urban and architectural design in major European cities for over 15 years, contributing to a research-informed practice. The firm operates without external investment, third-party reseller channels, or digital product offerings, and is geographically concentrated in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region with selective engagements extending to Annecy and Moulins.

Name

MARCILLON THUILIER ARCHITECTES - MTA.

Legal name

Mouvements Territoire Architecture

Website

https://mta-architectes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Marcillon Thuilier Architectes is a private French architecture, urban planning, and landscape design firm founded in 1998 in Clermont-Ferrand, serving public municipalities, social housing operators, and private developers across Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes through integrated design services won via competitive tendering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Urban Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban planning services
• Landscape architecture
• Public building design
• Urban development studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Clermont-ferrand

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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 and urban planning services: Revenue is generated through fees for architectural design, urban planning studies, landscape design, and project management services on public and private construction and renovation projects. Compensation is typically structured as a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee per project phase, billed according to French public procurement norms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

MARCILLON THUILIER ARCHITECTES (MTA) is an architecture, urbanism, and landscape design firm providing professional design services from feasibility studies through construction management. The firm delivers integrated architectural and urban planning services across multiple typologies including education, housing, culture, healthcare, sports, public facilities, and large-scale urban development studies, operating as lead architect or associated partner in project consortia.

Product overview

MARCILLON THUILIER ARCHITECTES (MTA) is an architecture, urbanism, and landscape design firm offering comprehensive professional services across multiple sectors. The firm provides architecture services for residential, educational, cultural, healthcare, sports, and public facility projects, as well as urban planning, landscape design, and urban development studies. Founded in 1998 with a team of 17 professionals, the firm operates as a service-based practice rather than a product-based company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Comprehensive architectural design services for residential, educational, cultural, healthcare, sports, public facility, and renovation projects, delivered from feasibility through construction management.
• Urban Planning and Development Studies Large-scale urban master planning, public space design, urban regeneration studies, and metropolitan development studies for public authorities and developers.
• Landscape Architecture and Design Landscape architecture, public space requalification, ecological corridor design, and integration of landscape into architectural and urban projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• 65 completed project realizations since founding in 1998
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TYPO (architecture firm)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTYPO served as associated architect alongside MTA on the Groupe Scolaire Carnot urban development project in Annecy (2018).
• COVALEN ArchitectesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOVALEN Architectes served as heritage architect co-contractor on the 111-logement Hôtel Dieu project in Clermont-Ferrand (2019), working alongside MTA architects as lead.
• Croisée d'ArchiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCroisée d'Archi served as heritage architect (mandataire) on the 'Nouvelles Vitalités pour Thiers' public space requalification project, with MTA as landscape designer.
• INITIAL Consultants LyonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINITIAL Consultants Lyon served as co-architect and economist for the urban and architectural program on the Ilôt Jules Verne reconversion project in Clermont-Ferrand.
• Jean-Pierre MareilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrbanist Jean-Pierre Mareille (Lyon) contributed as urban planning expert on the Ilôt Jules Verne reconversion study.
• Cardète Huet Asycom Architecture (mandataire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn the St-Jean Lycée project (ultimately abandoned by client), Cardète Huet Amsycom served as lead architect with MTA as associated partner, alongside BIG BANG as landscape architect.
• TOPOTEK 1 BerlinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTOPOTEK 1 (Berlin) served as landscape architect on the Stade Philippe Marcombes competition entry in partnership with MTA.
• BIG BANG LyonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architect partner on Royat 45-logement project and St-Jean Lycée project.
• SLA (landscape/urbanism)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSLA served as lead landscape/urbanism architect in the groupement with MTA on the Apprendre Saint-Jean urban study, which is one of the firm's flagship large-scale projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Architecture-Studio: Major French architecture firm with a Paris-headquartered practice and global portfolio spanning architecture, urbanism, and landscape across cultural, educational, and public projects. Broader incumbent offering overlapping services at larger scale and with international reach.
• Groupe-6: Grenoble-headquartered French architecture firm with significant public-sector and healthcare portfolio. Broader incumbent with architecture and urbanism capabilities competing across the same Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes territory.
• Wilmotte & Associés: Paris-based architecture firm with a wide portfolio of cultural, educational, and urban projects in France and internationally. Broader incumbent with overlapping architecture and urbanism services and significantly greater scale.

Direct peers

• COVALEN Architectes: Clermont-Ferrand-area heritage architecture firm that partnered with MTA on the Hôtel Dieu 111-logement project. Similar size, regional focus, and public-sector client base make it the closest direct peer in the same Auvergne market.
• Atelier Roland Schweitzer: Paris-based urban planning and landscape architecture firm with a strong sustainable-city and public-sector focus. Comparable integrated urbanism/landscape practice competing for similar metropolitan master-planning commissions in France.
• SLA: International landscape/urbanism firm based in Copenhagen that has a core 'mutual' partnership with MTA on the Apprendre Saint-Jean urban study. Comparable large-scale landscape architecture and urbanism capabilities operating on flagship French and European public commissions.
• TOPOTEK 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm that partnered with MTA on the Stade Philippe Marcombes competition. Comparable mid-size landscape firm with cross-border competition experience and public-sector projects.
• Croisée d'Archi: Heritage architecture firm based in Auvergne that co-led the Nouvelles Vitalités pour Thiers project with MTA as landscape designer. Comparable small-firm profile with strong public-sector and heritage-restoration focus in the same region.
• BIG BANG Lyon: Lyon-based landscape architecture firm partnering with MTA on the Royat 45-logement and St-Jean Lycée projects. Direct peer in landscape integration and public-sector landscape design within the broader Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Atelier Architecture Philippe Madec: Paris-based architecture and landscape firm known for integrating ecology and urban planning in French public projects. Comparable cross-disciplinary architecture-urbanism-landscape practice with strong public-sector orientation and award-winning sustainable design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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