What Crowley Cottrell does

Crowley Cottrell is a Boston-based landscape architecture firm that provides site planning, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration services across residential, civic, housing, parks, and campus project types. The firm is owned and led by Principals Michelle Crowley and Naomi Cottrell, working from a single office at 7 Liberty Square in Boston, and serves a diversified client base including municipal governments (City of Somerville, Towns of Cohasset and Topsfield), higher education institutions (UMass Amherst, Tufts University, Massasoit Community College), affordable and senior housing developers (Pennrose, Island Housing Trust, Hebrew Senior Life), and private homeowners. Its design work is distinguished by community-engagement-led processes, ADA-compliant universal design, LEED-certified sustainable landscape practices (including a LEED Platinum delivery at UMass Amherst's Computer Science Laboratory), and ecological-diversity-focused planting strategies.

The firm operates as a professional services practice, generating revenue through project-based fees for landscape architecture engagements rather than through a software product, licensing, or other recurring revenue stream. Client acquisition is sales-led, combining direct relationships with municipal and institutional clients, competitive RFPs for public-sector work, referrals from architecture and developer partners (LDa Architecture, Perkins Eastman, ICON Architecture, Neubauer Ennis, Pennrose), and visibility generated through industry awards (BSLA Honor and Merit Awards, BSA Accessible Design Award, ASLA Award of Excellence, Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Awards) and earned media in regional and national design publications. Crowley Cottrell is privately held with no outside investment, parent company, or subsidiaries. The firm has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, software product, or platform technology; its competitive position rests entirely on principal-level talent, project portfolio, credentialed sustainable-design expertise, and multi-year referral relationships within the New England architecture and development ecosystem.

Name

Crowley Cottrell

Legal name

Crowley Cottrell LLC

Website

https://crowleycottrell.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crowley Cottrell is a Boston-based landscape architecture firm that provides site planning, master planning, and sustainable, community-engaged design services for residential, civic, housing, parks, and campus projects across the U.S. Northeast.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional services revenue generated through landscape architecture design, master planning, site planning, and construction documentation services for private and public sector clients. Projects are typically one-time engagements with potential for follow-on phases.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Crowley Cottrell is a Boston-based landscape architecture firm that provides site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration services. The firm delivers projects across six practice categories: housing (affordable, senior, and mixed-income), civic/institutional, campus/educational, public parks, and private residential landscapes.

Product overview

Crowley Cottrell is a landscape architecture firm offering a comprehensive suite of services centered around their core landscape architecture practice. Their portfolio spans six primary service categories: Housing Landscapes (affordable, senior, and mixed-income communities), Civic Landscapes (municipal and institutional projects), Campus Landscapes (higher education and institutional campuses), Parks (public recreational spaces), and Residential Landscapes (private residences). The firm also provides specialized offerings including master planning, community engagement processes, ADA-compliant design, and sustainable/LEED-certified project delivery. Projects range from small residential gardens to large-scale housing developments and civic facilities, all unified by the firm's design philosophy of bringing clarity to complex sites.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services Comprehensive landscape architecture services including site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration for complex sites.
• Housing Landscapes Landscape design for affordable, mixed-income, and senior housing communities, balancing clarity, durability, and a sense of identity in multi-family outdoor spaces.
• Civic Landscapes Design of civic landscapes for municipal buildings, public agencies, libraries, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based institutions.
• Campus Landscapes Landscape architecture for higher education and institutional campuses including paths, plazas, outdoor gathering spaces, and sustainable stormwater management.
• Parks Design Public park design featuring community engagement processes, universally accessible outdoor rooms, and pollinator-supporting plantings.
• Residential Landscapes Private residence landscape design including garden rooms, native plantings, woodland gardens, and sustainable residential outdoor spaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• LEED Platinum certification achieved for UMass Amherst Computer Science Laboratory landscape
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LDa Architecture & InteriorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborator on Ticcoma Green workforce housing development on Nantucket, working together with Horsley Witten Group and Dellbrook JKS on this multi-year affordable housing project that broke ground in 2025 after nearly 10 years of planning
• Perkins Eastman ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborator on UMass Amherst Computer Science Laboratory project that achieved LEED Platinum certification, ensuring building and landscape aligned with University sustainability goals
• ICON ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborator on Holmes Beverly - a 52-unit residential building in downtown Beverly, MA at 119 Rantoul Street, designed to activate the Rantoul Street corridor
• PennrosecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor affordable housing developer partner with multiple completed projects including Swifts Landing (Wareham, MA) and ongoing collaborations like Harwich Housing development
• R.P. Marzilli Landscape ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLong-term landscape contractor partner with decades of collaboration history, recommended the firm to clients and worked together on residential projects including Concord Residence
• Neubauer Ennis ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborator on Wilding Edge House private residence project, working together through design process to create modern farmhouse embedded in wildflower meadow landscape
• Cecilia Chile (Curator)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCurator who led art-making workshops with Drake Village senior housing residents and Arlington High School students, creating collaborative public art installations
• David Fichter (Artist)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtist who created mural and mosaic installations at Drake Village senior housing, collaborating with residents through workshops to create site-specific artwork

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sasaki: Watertown, MA-based design practice spanning landscape architecture, planning, and urban design. A larger regional incumbent pursuing many of the same campus, civic, and housing clients as Crowley Cottrell across the Northeast.
• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with national reach across parks, campuses, and civic projects. A direct peer on institutional and public sector landscape commissions.
• SWA Group: National landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with offices across the U.S. Competes on civic, park, campus, and waterfront projects similar to those in Crowley Cottrell's portfolio.
• Landworks Studio: Mid-size New England landscape architecture practice working on residential, civic, and ecologically driven projects. Closely comparable firm size and design philosophy to Crowley Cottrell.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Cambridge, MA-based landscape architecture firm with national practice across campuses, parks, and cultural landscapes. Directly collaborated with Crowley Cottrell on Long Dock Riverfront Park and competes in the same New England institutional and civic market.
• Stimson: Cambridge, MA-based landscape architecture and urban design firm with a comparable scale and regional footprint, focused on civic, institutional, and resilient landscape projects in New England.
• Confluence: Multi-office landscape architecture and urban design firm with comparable scale to Crowley Cottrell, working on parks, campuses, and mixed-use developments nationally.
• Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architecture: Mid-size national landscape architecture firm with campus, urban, and residential work. Comparable in scale and project diversity to Crowley Cottrell across institutional and private commissions.
• Copley Wolff Design Group: Boston-based landscape architecture firm serving civic, institutional, and private clients in the Northeast. Comparable in scale and project mix to Crowley Cottrell, with overlapping public sector and developer clients.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): Brooklyn-based national landscape architecture firm with a strong presence in parks and civic master planning. Competes with Crowley Cottrell for high-profile public realm and institutional commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crowley-cottrell-landscape-architecture
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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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