bennett, wagner and grody architects pc

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CannonDesign is a global architecture and design firm headquartered in the United States (legal entity The Cannon Corporation, governed under New York law) with nearly 1,600 designers, consultants, experience strategists, and technology leaders. Founded in 1945, the firm operates across more than seven U.S. offices plus international locations in Shanghai, Korea, and Turkey, serving enterprise clients in healthcare, education, workplace/commercial, science and technology, sports and recreation, and cultural/institutional sectors. Named customers include Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mount Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, Alice L. Walton Foundation, LinkedIn, ByteDance, California Institute of Technology, and University of Oregon.

The firm's service portfolio is organized around six capabilities: Buildings and Spaces (full architectural and interior design), Culture and Change Strategies (consulting via Blue Cottage of CannonDesign), Immersive and Branded Experiences, Sustainable and Resilient Futures (312+ LEED-certified projects, 14 net-zero projects), Strategic Plans and Frameworks, and Facility Services and Solutions. Underlying technology includes proprietary generative AI (Billie, second iteration), smart building consulting via The Clarient Group, digital twin exploration, and a quantum computing partnership with D-Wave. The portfolio is unified by the firm's Living-Centered Design methodology spanning people, business, community, society, and environmental outcomes.

Revenue is generated primarily through project-based professional services engagements with enterprise and institutional clients, supplemented by consulting (Blue Cottage, Facility Optimization Solutions), smart building technology services (Clarient Group), and emerging digital products. Pricing is quote-driven per project with multi-year contract cadences; no standard pricing tiers are publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales and RFP-driven, with a strategy-led inside-sales motion for mid-market consulting. Since 2025 the firm has executed at least seven acquisitions or studio integrations (Ennead, Clarient Group, Yellow Brick Consulting, Christner Architects, Jenkins Peer, SRG Partnership, Scion Advisory Services) to extend geographic reach, deepen vertical expertise in education and healthcare transition, and add smart building and AI capabilities.

Name

bennett, wagner and grody architects pc

Legal name

The Cannon Corporation

Website

https://bwgarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CannonDesign is a global architecture and design firm with nearly 1,600 professionals serving enterprise and institutional clients across healthcare, education, workplace, science, sports, and cultural sectors through integrated design, consulting, smart building, and proprietary AI-enabled services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG), Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Building design
• Architecture firm
• Design consulting
• Built environment design

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Full-service architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and engineering services for institutional and commercial clients across healthcare, education, sports, science, and other sectors.
2. Consulting Services: Strategy, transition planning, operational consulting, and smart building consulting through subsidiaries including Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, Facility Optimization Solutions, and The Clarient Group.
3. Digital Products: Bespoke software solutions and AI tools like Billie for internal productivity and potential external offerings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Bennett, Wagner and Grody Architects PC is a privately held, for-profit architectural design firm based in Denver, United States, that provides architectural design services for buildings and spaces. The firm delivers professional design expertise for built environments from its Denver office.

Product overview

CannonDesign operates as a global architecture and design firm offering an integrated portfolio of services organized around six core capabilities: Buildings and Spaces, Culture and Change Strategies, Immersive and Branded Experiences, Sustainable and Resilient Futures, Strategic Plans and Frameworks, and Facility Services and Solutions. The firm has expanded through multiple acquisitions including Ennead Architects (2026), SRG Partnership, The Clarient Group, Yellow Brick Consulting, Christner Architects, Jenkins Peer Architects, and Scion Advisory Services. Supporting sub-brands include Open Hand Studio (public interest design), Amp (in-house innovation incubator), Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign (consulting), and Facility Optimization Solutions of CannonDesign. The firm has also developed proprietary technology including Billie (generative AI tool). The portfolio is unified by the Living-Centered Design methodology that addresses human, business, community, societal, and environmental outcomes in parallel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Professional architectural design services for buildings and spaces, delivered to clients from the firm's Denver, United States office.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average 54% energy reduction achieved versus industry benchmarks on sustainable design projects
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, minor and strategic.

• Ennead ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Ennead Architects, recognized as one of the most influential and distinguished architectural firms practicing today, is joining CannonDesign. Ennead is a 160-person practice renowned for its uncompromising creative vision, technical sophistication and commitment to realizing a more robust and vital public realm. Going forward, Ennead will be a distinct studio within CannonDesign, practicing as Ennead, a CannonDesign company with teams in New York, Los Angeles and Shanghai.
• Foster + PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCannonDesign and Foster + Partners formed a collaborative team to design Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's new 30+ story Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion in Manhattan. CannonDesign brings extensive healthcare experience while Foster + Partners contributes high-rise building expertise.
• EDSAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm selected alongside CannonDesign to design the Alice L. Walton Foundation's Bentonville Health Care Campus. EDSA contributes landscape architecture and urban design expertise focused on ecological wellness and human experience.
• Alice L. Walton FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Alice L. Walton Foundation selected CannonDesign to design its Bentonville Health Care Campus - a transformative whole health campus on a 100-acre site in Arkansas. The Foundation has a $700 million affiliation with Mercy and Heartland Whole Health Institute, with Cleveland Clinic collaborating on cardiovascular expertise.
• MercymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMercy's experience and history in planning places of care and healing are shaping the building design on the Bentonville Health Care Campus, which will include a Center for Advanced Specialty Care.
• Cleveland ClinicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCleveland Clinic will collaborate on the Bentonville Health Care Campus, bringing world-class cardiovascular expertise to the effort.
• Heartland Whole Health InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded by Alice L. Walton, focused on reforming care delivery and payment models that can be duplicated on the Bentonville campus and across the country.
• Polk Stanley Wilcox ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArkansas-based firm working with CannonDesign as local architects of record on the Bentonville Health Care Campus. Recent work includes the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine building.
• Gilbane Building CompanyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction manager for the Bentonville Health Care Campus project.
• NabholzminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor for large scale campus development on the Bentonville Health Care Campus project.
• Walter P. MooreminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering contractor for the Bentonville Health Care Campus project.
• D-Wave QuantumstrategicTechnology or IntegrationTechnology and digital products team works with D-Wave Quantum on novel solutions spanning quantum computing, connected APIs, vector technology tools, and design automation.
• Yellow Brick ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransition and activation firm that joined CannonDesign in 2025 to expand collective impact, bringing expertise in healthcare transition and activation services.
• Christner ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture, interiors and planning firm that joined CannonDesign in 2025 to expand collective impact and design capabilities.
• The Clarient GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmart building technology consulting and design firm widely recognized for its work on iconic developments including One World Trade, Central Park Tower and Hudson Yards. Joined CannonDesign in 2025 to forge the future of smart buildings integration.
• SRG PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPacific Northwest architecture, interiors and planning firm with studios in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington. Joined CannonDesign in 2025 as a leader in sustainable design, contributing to the Planet 2100 ambition.
• Jenkins Peer ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharlotte-based design firm that joined CannonDesign to strengthen Southeast presence, expanding geographic coverage in the Southeast US market.
• Scion Advisory ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier education consultancy in North America dedicated to helping colleges and universities optimize their residential programs. Joined CannonDesign in January 2026 to bolster the growing education and student life consultancy practice, working within Blue Cottage of CannonDesign.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with comparable enterprise client base across healthcare, education, workplace, and cultural sectors. Both firms pursue enterprise RFPs and emphasize design as a strategic business tool for Fortune 500 and institutional clients.
• HOK: Major global architecture firm with strong healthcare, education, and sports practices. Both firms operate multidisciplinary studios serving institutional clients through project-based engagements and pursue similar sector rankings (WA100).
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with parallel vertical focus on healthcare, education, science, and cultural institutions. Both emphasize sustainable design leadership (LEED) and Living-Centered / human-centered design philosophies.
• HDR: Architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with deep healthcare, education, and science practices. Both firms compete for large institutional projects and offer integrated design + engineering + consulting capabilities.
• SmithGroup: Integrated architecture and engineering firm with comparable healthcare, education, and science portfolios. Similar size band and pursuit of integrated design services for institutional clients.
• NBBJ: Global architecture and design firm with strong healthcare and education practices. Both compete in the same WA100 rankings and pursue innovation-driven, research-led design for institutional clients.
• HKS: Architecture firm with healthcare, education, and sports practices of comparable scope. Both serve enterprise institutional clients through project-based engagements and emphasize design excellence in healthcare environments.
• Foster + Partners: Global architecture firm named as a partner on the MSK Pavilion project with the subject firm. Both compete for large cultural, civic, and institutional commissions and serve enterprise clients across geographies.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with an architecture practice that competes in healthcare, education, and transit. Larger and more diversified than the subject firm, with broader engineering and construction services alongside architecture.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm spanning engineering, architecture, and consulting across multiple sectors including healthcare, life sciences, and advanced facilities. Larger and broader in scope, but overlaps in institutional and healthcare design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cannon-design
• Instagraminstagram.com/cannondesign

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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