TEN X TEN

What TEN X TEN does

TEN x TEN is a privately held, transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice founded in 2015 and headquartered at 807 Broadway St. NE, Suite 221, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm serves municipalities, public institutions, cultural organizations, private developers, and community groups, with a portfolio spanning the U.S. Midwest, Northeast, and Southeast, plus international projects in Rwanda (Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Fund) and Italy (U.S. Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale). Its client base includes the Minnesota Historical Society, the Minnesota Zoo, Gallaudet University, MCAD, UNC Charlotte, City of Saint Paul, Dakota County, the Dian Fossey Fund, the Tri-Faith Initiative, and Buhl Investors.

The firm's core offering integrates six practice areas within a single studio: Landscape Architecture, Urbanism + Planning, Resilience Design, Community Engagement, Messaging + Interpretive Planning, and Environmental + Graphic Design. Notable projects include Mill 19 (a 5-acre adaptive-reuse public realm at a decommissioned Pittsburgh steel mill, won a 2025 ASLA Professional Honor Award), the 1.25-mile Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo (repurposing abandoned monorail infrastructure), the Philando Castile Community Peace Garden, Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote, and the Wicahapi Cultural Landscape Study + Messaging Plan. The practice relies on a process-driven methodology centered on vulnerability, unlearning, and curiosity, with deep community and Indigenous engagement embedded into every project phase.

TEN x TEN generates revenue through project-based professional service fees negotiated per engagement, with multi-year contract cadence typical of civic and institutional commissions. The firm operates with a 16-person named team and does not publish pricing or revenue figures. It is bootstrapped, carrying no external funding, no parent company, and no subsidiaries, with ownership concentrated in Co-Founders Maura Rockcastle and Ross Altheimer. Distribution is anchored by an award-dense portfolio that generates inbound commissions, supported by earned media in industry publications and conference circuits. The firm has secured large-scale commissions including an estimated ~$60 million Mississippi River Learning Center project.

Name

TEN X TEN

Legal name

TEN x TEN Studio

Website

https://tenxtenstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TEN x TEN is a Minneapolis-based transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice founded in 2015. It serves municipalities, public institutions, cultural nonprofits, and private developers with integrated landscape, planning, engagement, and interpretive design services, primarily across the U.S. Midwest and select international sites.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design planning
• Cultural landscape design
• Interpretive planning services
• Resilient landscape design

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Services: TEN x TEN generates revenue through professional landscape architecture and urban design services for clients including municipalities, public institutions, private developers, and community organizations. Projects span master planning, site design, interpretive planning, and cultural landscape work. Revenue is project-based, typically with defined scopes and phases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TEN x TEN is a transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice that collaborates with visionary clients and teams to co-create immersive, resilient landscapes adapting to social, economic, and environmental transformation. The firm offers six integrated service areas: Landscape Architecture, Urbanism + Planning, Resilience Design, Community Engagement, Messaging + Interpretive Planning, and Environmental + Graphic Design. Projects span master planning, site design, memorial landscapes, cultural sites, and adaptive reuse for municipalities, non-profits, cultural institutions, and private developers.

Product overview

TEN x TEN is a transdisciplinary landscape architecture and urban design practice offering six integrated core service areas: Landscape Architecture Services, Urbanism + Planning Services, Resilience Design Services, Community Engagement Services, Messaging + Interpretive Planning Services, and Environmental + Graphic Design Services. These services work together as a holistic practice to serve their projects, partners, and clients. The firm has delivered over 25 major landscape and design projects spanning memorials, public spaces, campus environments, cultural sites, and residential landscapes across North America and internationally (Rwanda, Italy).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services Transdisciplinary landscape architecture design services including site investigations, ecological design, and immersive landscape creation for public, institutional, and private clients.
• Urbanism + Planning Services Planning Frameworks and Vision Plans for municipalities and institutions covering greenways, parks, districts, neighborhoods, historic sites, Indigenous sacred sites, natural reserves, and campuses.
• Resilience Design Services Climate-adaptive landscape design building resilient landscapes capable of thriving amidst increasing climate volatility through research, technical rigor, and site-specific solutions.
• Community Engagement Services Deep listening and collaborative approaches to ensure everyone's voice is heard, creating inclusive and authentic spaces rooted in collective vision.
• Messaging + Interpretive Planning Services Storytelling, mixed media, and physical design integration to create immersive experiences that communicate through plants, water, materials, and time, inspiring transformative experiences.
• Environmental + Graphic Design Services Signage and environmental graphics, identity, exhibitions, installations, and data visualizations for wayfinding and dimensional graphic design.

Quantifiable outcome

• Two projects received 2025 ASLA Professional Honor Awards (highest level of achievement in landscape architecture)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

34 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• MASS Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEN x TEN has collaborated with MASS Design Group on multiple high-profile projects including the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Fund in Rwanda, the Louise B. Miller Memorial + Freedom Garden at Gallaudet University, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Campus Plan. The partnership combines landscape architecture with public health-focused architecture on major cultural and memorial projects.
• Snow Kreilich ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSnow Kreilich Architects is a repeated collaborator on multiple TEN x TEN projects including Mill 19 (Pittsburgh), Esox House at Farwell-on-Water, Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, Lakewood Welcome Center, and Second + Second Courtyard. The firms work together as landscape architecture and architecture partners on urban design and adaptive reuse projects.
• Buro HappoldmajorTechnology or IntegrationBuro Happold provides engineering services on TEN x TEN projects including the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Fund, Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, and MCAD Campus Plan. Their engineering expertise supports complex landscape structures and sustainability systems.
• Split Rock StudiosmajorTechnology or IntegrationSplit Rock Studios provides exhibit design and interpretive planning services, collaborating with TEN x TEN on Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote, Dakota Homeland Frames, and Wicahapi Immediate Acknowledgment Messaging. They create interpretive elements that communicate site stories and cultural narratives.
• LEO A DALYmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLEO A DALY served as the lead architecture and planning firm on Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote, working with TEN x TEN as the landscape architecture partner on this significant cultural landscape revitalization project for the Minnesota Historical Society.
• Quinn EvansmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuinn Evans led the larger Cultural Landscape Study for Wicahapi (Indian Mounds Regional Park) with TEN x TEN contributing the Messaging Plan. They also partnered on Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote. Quinn Evans brings expertise in cultural landscape preservation and historic site planning.
• 4RM+ULAmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner4RM+ULA is a recurring partner with TEN x TEN on community-focused projects including the Philando Castile Community Peace Garden, Rondo Commemorative Plaza, 26th Avenue North Overlook, and Juxtaposition Arts Campus. The firm specializes in urban design that centers community voice and social justice.
• Seitu Ken JonesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeitu Ken Jones is an artist collaborator who worked with TEN x TEN on the Philando Castile Community Peace Garden and Rondo Commemorative Plaza, bringing public art and community-engaged artmaking to landscape projects.
• Marlon Blackwell ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarlon Blackwell Architects partnered with TEN x TEN on the U.S. Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale titled 'Porch: An Architecture of Generosity.' D.I.R.T. studio and Stephen Burks Man Made also collaborated on this project.
• Cole Redhorse TaylorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCole Redhorse Taylor, a Dakota designer, co-led the development of interpretive content and storytelling for the Dakota Homeland Frames project, ensuring Indigenous-led voice and authentic Dakota narratives in the design.
• MASS Design GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMASS Design Group served as architecture partner alongside TEN x TEN on the Porch U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which was commissioned for the 2025 Biennale.
• D.I.R.T. studiomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerD.I.R.T. studio has collaborated with TEN x TEN on Mill 19 (Pittsburgh) and the Porch U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, bringing expertise in public realm design and landscape installation.
• MSR DesignmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSR Design partnered with TEN x TEN on Mill 19 (Pittsburgh) and the Quarry Garden project, providing architecture and design expertise on adaptive reuse and residential landscape projects.
• Juxtaposition ArtscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJuxtaposition Arts (JXTA) partnered with TEN x TEN on the JXTA Campus design in North Minneapolis. TEN x TEN designed the landscape while JXTA's youth apprentices contributed artwork and design elements, embedding community voice in the built environment.
• AWH ArchitectsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAWH Architects partnered with TEN x TEN on the Horseshoe Bay Farms Vision + Implementation Plan, providing architectural expertise for the historic preservation and adaptive reuse of the 8.5-acre campus.
• HGAmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHGA served as the lead architecture firm on the Tri-Faith Commons campus in Omaha, working with TEN x TEN as landscape architecture partner on this interfaith design project.
• Allies LLC / Mona SmithcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAllies LLC and Mona Smith served as Dakota cultural consultants on the Wicahapi Cultural Landscape Study + Messaging Plan and Wicahapi Immediate Acknowledgment project, providing essential Indigenous guidance and community engagement.
• Global DetroitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Detroit supported the East Davison Village Edging Framework Plan in Detroit, providing guidance on community engagement and neighborhood development strategies.
• CuninghammajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCuningham provided architecture and planning services alongside TEN x TEN on the MCAD Campus Plan, contributing to the vision for transforming the Minneapolis College of Art and Design campus.
• PCL ConstructionminorOthersPCL Construction served as the construction contractor for the Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, building out TEN x TEN's landscape design.
• Vanessa GermanminorOthersVanessa German contributed public art installations to Mill 19 in Pittsburgh as part of the community-engaged public art selection process led by the design team.
• Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecte (APMA)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAPMA partnered on the Tri-Faith Commons campus in Omaha, contributing architecture to the interfaith design project alongside TEN x TEN's landscape work.
• Meyer Borgman Johnson (MBJ)majorTechnology or IntegrationMeyer Borgman Johnson (MBJ) provided structural engineering on multiple TEN x TEN projects including Historic Fort Snelling, Treetop Trail at the Minnesota Zoo, Quarry Garden, Lakewood Welcome Center, and Esox House.
• AEGIS Development SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAEGIS Development Solutions provided development consulting for the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Fund in Rwanda.
• Heartland ContractingminorOthersHeartland Contracting served as construction contractor for the Constellation Garden Remembrance Memorial at UNC Charlotte.
• Andrea Rugg PhotographyminorOthersAndrea Rugg Photography documented the 26th Avenue North Overlook project.
• Morgan Sheff PhotographyminorOthersMorgan Sheff Photography documented multiple TEN x TEN projects including the Philando Castile Peace Garden, Rondo Commemorative Plaza, and Esox House.
• Iwan BaanminorOthersIwan Baan photographed the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Fund, documenting the Rwanda campus project.
• Timothy HursleyminorOthersTimothy Hursley photographed the Porch U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
• Gaffer PhotographyminorOthersGaffer Photography documented multiple TEN x TEN projects including Tri-Faith Commons, Quarry Garden, Wisdom Woods, Esox House, Wicahapi Messaging, and Fort Snelling.
• FARM KID STUDIOSminorOthersFARM KID STUDIOS photographed Historic Fort Snelling at Bdote.
• Ryan Hainey PhotographyminorOthersRyan Hainey Photography documented the White Sand Retreat project in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.
• VONDELINDEminorOthersVONDELINDE photographed the Second + Second Courtyard project in Minneapolis.
• Peter MacKeithminorOthersPeter MacKeith served as Commissioner for the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale ('Porch: An Architecture of Generosity') alongside Susan Chin and Rod Bigelow.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated design practice combining landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture with a strong civic and higher-education client base. Overlaps with TEN x TEN in transdisciplinary delivery and focus on master planning and cultural landscapes.
• Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: Nelson Byrd Woltz is a Charlottesville-based landscape architecture firm with a national profile for narrative-driven, culturally significant, and ecologically ambitious landscape work — closely aligned with TEN x TEN's emphasis on storytelling, contested historic sites, and ecological restoration.
• SCAPE Landscape Architecture: SCAPE is a New York-based landscape architecture and urban design practice focused on climate adaptation, public realm, and waterfront/civic projects. Its profile for socially engaged, ecologically rigorous public landscape design parallels TEN x TEN's positioning.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is an established landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with offices across the U.S. and Asia, working on parks, campuses, and urban waterfronts. A direct peer in scale and service mix, particularly for institutional and public-sector clients.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Reed Hilderbrand is a Cambridge, MA landscape architecture firm with deep expertise in cultural landscapes, campuses, and historic site design — closely paralleling TEN x TEN's cultural-landscape and interpretive strengths.
• OLIN: OLIN is a Philadelphia- and New York-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm of comparable boutique scale to TEN x TEN. It shares transdisciplinary practice model, civic and cultural client base, award-winning portfolio, and reputation for high-design public realm work.
• James Corner Field Operations: Field Operations is the New York studio behind the High Line and many large-scale adaptive reuse and public landscape projects. Comparable to TEN x TEN in pursuit of high-prestige cultural commissions and large-scale civic landscapes.
• MASS Design Group: MASS Design Group is a Boston-based nonprofit design practice with a mission-driven model integrating architecture, landscape, and research on social-impact projects. A TEN x TEN partner on multiple projects, MASS operates with similar values-driven process and cultural-complexity focus.
• OJB Landscape Architecture: OJB is a landscape architecture firm with national reach and a strong public-sector portfolio, including urban parks, campuses, and cultural landscapes. Comparable to TEN x TEN in delivering award-winning public realm work for institutional clients.

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Snøhetta is a global architecture and landscape architecture firm with strong cultural-institution credentials (e.g., SFMOMA, Norwegian National Opera). Comparable to TEN x TEN at the cultural-landmark intersection but operating at significantly larger scale and broader design scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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