RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture

What RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture does

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture is a privately held, U.S.-based professional services firm founded in 1982 in Austin, Texas, delivering integrated planning, landscape architecture, urban design, and visioning + brand design services. The firm operates across nine states with a regional vice president model and serves four core sectors: Community Development (land developers, homebuilders, and real estate investors engaged in master-planned communities and mixed-use developments), Public Places (municipal parks, civic spaces, trails), Campuses (universities, healthcare systems, corporate), and Hospitality + Entertainment (resorts, breweries, entertainment destinations). Marquee clients include Taylor Morrison, DMB Development, Walt Disney World, Freehold Communities, Banbury Development, Castle Hill Partners, Colorado State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the Tohono O'odham Nation.

The firm's service portfolio spans site assessment, feasibility analysis, entitlement strategy, comprehensive master planning, context-sensitive landscape design, native and water-wise planting, parks and public realm design, visioning workshops, brand positioning, and urban design frameworks. There is no proprietary technology platform; differentiation rests on cross-disciplinary integration, environmental restoration expertise, and a documented track record across thousands of acres of award-winning master-planned communities and public spaces (e.g., Meridiana 2,914 acres, Eastmark 3,200 acres, Saddleback 5,300 acres, Mueller Greenways 140 acres).

RVi generates revenue through project-based, fixed-fee professional services engagements billed per scope, with non-recurring revenue per client offset by long-term, multi-engagement developer relationships. Client acquisition is enterprise field sales executed by regional VPs through RFPs, referrals, and direct outreach; marketing channels include a content-rich website portfolio, an insights blog, LinkedIn, industry events, and newsletter. The firm is closely partnered with Atwell ('family company') for civil engineering, and with specialist partners such as Native Resources and Brinkman Development on flagship projects. Leadership transitioned in 2026 with Ryan Binkowski promoted to President following Chris Crawford's retirement.

Name

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture

Legal name

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture

Website

https://rviplanning.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture is a privately held U.S. firm founded in 1982 that delivers integrated planning, landscape architecture, urban design, and visioning services to land developers, public agencies, institutions, and hospitality operators across nine states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Master Planning Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Land Subdivision (2372)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Master planning services
• Landscape architecture design
• Urban design consulting
• Community development planning
• Place brand design

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services – Planning & Landscape Architecture: RVi generates revenue by providing planning, landscape architecture, urban design, and visioning/brand design services on a project fee basis. Services are billed as fixed-fee engagements for specific project scopes (master planning, site planning, design, construction documentation). Revenue is project-based and non-recurring per client, though long-term client relationships generate multiple sequential engagements. No subscription or usage-based revenue streams are present.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture is a professional services firm that delivers integrated Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Visioning + Brand Design services. The firm provides master planning, site planning, landscape design, entitlements, branded environment design, and construction documentation for landowners, developers, public agencies, institutions, and hospitality operators across four core sectors: Community Development, Public Places, Campuses, and Hospitality + Entertainment.

Product overview

RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture is a nationally recognized planning and landscape architecture firm offering four integrated core services: Planning (land use strategy, entitlement, and master planning), Landscape Architecture (inspired landscape design frameworks, native planting, and park design), Visioning + Brand Design (community visioning, brand positioning, and branded environments), and Urban Design (downtown design, public realm, and placemaking). These services support four portfolio sectors: Community Development (master-planned communities), Public Places (parks, trails, civic spaces), Campuses (educational, healthcare, corporate), and Hospitality + Entertainment (resorts, breweries, entertainment destinations). The firm was founded in 1982 and operates offices across nine states. Notable project brands include Eastmark, Meridiana, Esplanade at Wiregrass Ranch, Mueller Greenways, and Walt Disney World Hotel and Convention Center Expansion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planning
• Landscape Architecture
• Visioning + Brand Design
• Urban Design

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AtwellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAtwell is described as RVi's 'family company' providing civil engineering and land development services. RVi landscape architects, land planners, and civil engineers from Atwell worked hand-in-hand on projects such as Esplanade at Wiregrass Ranch, from early due diligence through design, permitting, and construction. Atwell and RVi together provided the full land development budget and marketing collateral for entire projects.
• Native ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNative Resources partnered with RVi on the Saddleback project to lead a robust native plant preservation and replanting program. Thousands of plants — including centuries-old saguaros, palo verdes, and ironwoods — were carefully geotagged, relocated to an on-site nursery, and nurtured until reintroduced throughout the community. This partnership is central to RVi's design-with-the-land philosophy.
• Brinkman DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRVi collaborated with Brinkman Development to create The Exchange in downtown Fort Collins — transforming a former parking lot into a lively entertainment destination. RVi provided design and entitlement services; Brinkman handled development. The project won a 2019 City of Fort Collins Urban Design Award.
• Banbury DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRVi partnered with Banbury Development on the Mueller Development and Mueller Greenways project — transforming the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport into a 140-acre, five-park urban greenway system. RVi led master planning and design of four of five large greenway parks over more than 20 years, creating an award-winning urban park system.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Atwell: National civil engineering, land development, and environmental services firm publicly identified as RVi's 'family company.' Closely allied partner on integrated land-development engagements and a direct competitor for engineering-led master-planned community work.
• Kimley-Horn: Large national planning, engineering, and design consultancy serving many of the same master-planned community developers and municipalities as RVi, but with a much broader engineering and transportation portfolio. Sets competitive pricing context for planning services.

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Integrated design practice combining landscape architecture, planning, and urban design for master-planned communities, campuses, and public realm projects. Directly comparable cross-disciplinary model and project types to RVi.
• OLIN: Landscape architecture, urban design, and planning studio with strong master-planned community and public space credentials. Comparable integrated practice and signature-project-led positioning to RVi.
• Design Workshop: Landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm specializing in community development, resorts, and public spaces across the U.S. Very similar service mix and developer/public-sector client base to RVi.
• MIG: Planning, design, and communications firm with strong public sector parks, trails, and civic space practice alongside community development work. Comparable public-places and master-planning service offerings.
• SWA Group: National landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with a similarly diversified practice across community development, parks, campuses, and resort projects. Comparable in size, scope, and California/Texas geographic spread to RVi.
• LandDesign: Multi-disciplinary firm integrating landscape architecture, civil engineering, and planning for master-planned communities and mixed-use developments across the Sun Belt. Closest head-to-head competitor in RVi's core geographies.
• EDSA: International landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with strong resort, hospitality, and community development practices. Closely comparable service mix in hospitality + entertainment and master planning.
• Civitas: Urban design, landscape architecture, and planning firm focused on community building, public realm, and master planning. Comparable integrated design practice with developer and municipal client base overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rvi-planning-landscape-architecture
• Facebookfacebook.com/rviplanning

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles25 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A3 records

Investments

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

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