johan celsing arkitektkontor aktiebolag

What johan celsing arkitektkontor aktiebolag does

Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Aktiebolag is a privately held Swedish architecture practice founded in 1993. It designs cultural and public institutions, government and diplomatic facilities, educational and religious buildings, residential developments, commercial properties, and urban-planning projects. The practice also offers furniture and product design, including the Monk outdoor bench.

Revenue is generated through project-based architectural commissions, competitions, and design services. Work is acquired through open and invited competitions and direct commissions from public institutions, cultural organizations, and private clients, with no intermediary channel identified. Its disclosed core technology is architecture and design practice; no software platform, proprietary technical components, or AI systems are described. The portfolio contains more than 90 projects from 1993 through 2022 in Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, and the United States, while project-specific pricing remains undisclosed.

Name

johan celsing arkitektkontor aktiebolag

Legal name

Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Aktiebolag

Website

https://celsing.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor provides project-based architectural design and urban-planning services for cultural and public institutions, government bodies, residential clients, and commercial customers in Sweden and internationally, mainly through competitions and direct commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Cultural building design
• Urban planning services
• Residential architecture design
• Public institution architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Drottningholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architectural commissions, competitions, and design services for cultural, public, residential, and commercial projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Aktiebolag is a Swedish architecture practice providing comprehensive architectural design services including schematic design, competition entries, and construction administration for cultural institutions, public buildings, religious facilities, residential developments, commercial projects, and urban planning. The firm delivers services across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, and the United States through architectural competitions and direct commissions.

Product overview

Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor Aktiebolag is a Swedish architecture firm offering architectural design services across multiple project categories. The firm's portfolio includes Cultural/Public Buildings (churches, museums, galleries, libraries, theaters, embassies, courthouses, universities), Residential Buildings (apartment complexes, terraced housing, summer houses, villas), Commercial Buildings, Urban Planning projects, and Competition entries. The firm also provides furniture and product design services. Projects span Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Greenland, and the United States, with notable works including Årsta Church, Bonnier Art Gallery, Carolina Rediviva, Greenland National Gallery of Art, Nobel Forum, The Royal Palace in Stockholm, and the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Snøhetta: Norwegian architecture practice with a strong cultural, civic, and public-institution portfolio across Scandinavia and globally. Directly comparable to Johan Celsing on cultural building type, competition-led GTM, and material-driven design ethos.
• Tham & Videgård Arkitekter: Stockholm-based architecture firm specializing in cultural, public, and residential projects with strong publication profile. Closely comparable boutique Swedish practice operating in the same competition-driven cultural segment.
• Wingårdhs: Swedish architecture practice working across cultural, residential, and commercial commissions with notable international publications. Comparable in scale and segment focus, especially around public and residential work in the Nordics.
• Cobe: Copenhagen-based architecture and urban planning practice with cultural, public, and masterplanning work. Comparable in competition-led GTM and Nordic cultural/public focus.
• Dorte Mandrup: Danish architecture firm known for cultural and public buildings with strong craft and material sensibility. Closely comparable on competition-led cultural commissions in Scandinavia.

Broad incumbents

• White Arkitekter: Large Swedish architecture practice with broad portfolio across cultural, civic, residential, and urban planning. Larger and broader than Johan Celsing but competes in the same Swedish public-institution space.
• Tengbom: Major Swedish architecture firm with strong public-sector and cultural portfolio. Competes with Johan Celsing on larger institutional and urban planning commissions in Sweden.
• Henning Larsen: Danish architecture firm (now part of Rambøll) with cultural and civic expertise and a strong competition record. Comparable on cultural building typology and Nordic heritage-sensitive design.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): Danish-headquartered global architecture firm active across cultural, civic, and residential typologies. Increasingly competes with boutique Nordic firms for cultural commissions across Scandinavia.
• 3XN: Danish architecture firm with cultural and civic project portfolio and strong publication record. Competes in the Nordic cultural architecture segment though typically at larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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