Reed Hilderbrand LLC Landscape Architecture

What Reed Hilderbrand LLC Landscape Architecture does

Reed Hilderbrand LLC is a privately-held landscape architecture firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with a second studio in New Haven, Connecticut. The firm employs 51–100 people and operates as a professional services practice, generating revenue through project-based fees negotiated directly with clients and won via design competitions, institutional RFPs, and repeat commissions. It serves six primary customer segments: universities and academic institutions (Duke, Harvard, MIT, Williams, Brandeis, Penn State); art museums and cultural institutions (Storm King Art Center, Clark Art Institute, Speed Art Museum, Dumbarton Oaks, Williams College Museum of Art); healthcare facilities (Massachusetts General Hospital); municipalities and government (City of Cambridge, Town of Darien, National Park Service); private residences and estates; and hospitality and resort properties (TOURISTS hotel, Amanyara Villas).

The firm's core offering is the design and stewardship of landscape architecture across institutional, cultural, ecological, and historic preservation contexts, spanning campus master planning, cultural institution landscape design, public park and visitor center design, urban forest planning with geospatial analysis, integrated stormwater management, ecological restoration and native planting design, cultural landscape reporting for historic estates, and resort and residential landscape architecture. Service delivery relies on senior-led design teams, collaboration with Tier-1 architects (heneghan peng, Selldorf, Weiss/Manfredi, Trahan, Saunders, William Rawn Associates), and integration with engineering and construction partners (Arup, Buro Happold, Consigli Construction, Wright-Ryan). Underlying technical capabilities emphasize field-based research, historical documentation, geospatial urban forest analysis, and ecological design rather than software platforms.

Reed Hilderbrand's go-to-market is enterprise-field-sales in nature: projects are commissioned by institutional clients and wealthy private patrons, and the firm is selected based on competition wins, ASLA and BSLA award record, publication pedigree, and long-term relationship management. The firm distributes awareness through awards (ASLA, BSLA, CT ASLA, SCUP, WAN), editorial coverage in architecture and design media (Architectural Record, Wallpaper*, Forbes, Architectural Digest), academic lectures at Harvard GSD and symposia such as the Dumbarton Oaks Jenrette Series, and a project portfolio website. Geographic reach is concentrated along the US East Coast from Cambridge and New Haven, with selective national projects (Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Utah, Maine, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania) and international commissions in England, Chile (Fundo Tic Toc with Tompkins Conservation), and the Turks and Caicos (Amanyara Villas).

Name

Reed Hilderbrand LLC Landscape Architecture

Legal name

Reed Hilderbrand LLC

Website

https://reedhilderbrand.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Reed Hilderbrand is a privately-held landscape architecture firm in Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT designing institutional, cultural, ecological, and residential landscapes for universities, museums, healthcare facilities, municipalities, and private clients across the US and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH), Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Campus master planning
• Cultural landscape design
• Urban forest planning
• Historic landscape preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 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 – Landscape Architecture Design: Revenue generated through direct project engagements with institutional and private clients for landscape architecture design services. Projects span full design, planning and analysis, and cultural landscape reporting. Engagement types include design competitions, RFPs, and direct commissions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Reed Hilderbrand is a landscape architecture firm that delivers site planning, ecological restoration, planting design, stormwater management, master planning, and cultural landscape reporting services. The firm serves institutional clients including universities, museums, hospitals, municipalities, and private clients through direct project commissions, design competitions, and RFPs. Projects span campus renewal, museum landscapes, urban forest planning, historic estate preservation, and resort design from offices in Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT.

Product overview

Reed Hilderbrand is a landscape architecture firm offering a portfolio of specialized services rather than a unified software product. Their offerings include campus master planning and design (Duke University, Harvard Business School), cultural institution landscape design (Storm King Art Center, Clark Art Institute), public park and recreation design (Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station), resort and hospitality landscape design (Amanyara Villas), residential landscape architecture (Esker House, Woodland Crossing), urban forest and ecological planning (Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan), cultural landscape reporting and historic preservation (The Breakers CLR), and conservation and stewardship planning (Fundo Tic Toc). Projects span academic, institutional, hospitality, residential, and public sectors, with services ranging from full design and planning to analysis and ongoing stewardship.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Master Planning and Design Comprehensive landscape architecture services for university and institutional campuses, integrating student life, historic preservation, and contemporary academic needs across multiple architect collaborations.
• Cultural Institution Landscape Design Design services for museums, art centers, and cultural institutions, creating landscapes that frame and enhance artistic programming and visitor experience across all four seasons.
• Public Park and Recreation Design Design of public parks, visitor centers, and recreation spaces, often incorporating ecological restoration and cultural heritage elements for municipal and federal clients.
• Resort and Hospitality Landscape Design Landscape design for luxury resorts and hospitality venues, focusing on immersive experiences that connect guests with local ecology and culture.
• Residential Landscape Architecture Design services for private residences, from intimate garden rooms to expansive rural estates, emphasizing connection to natural surroundings.
• Urban Forest and Ecological Planning Planning frameworks and strategies for urban forests, ecological restoration, and sustainable landscape management at municipal scale, using geospatial analysis and projective modeling.
• Cultural Landscape Reporting and Historic Preservation Documentation, analysis, and treatment recommendations for historic landscapes, ensuring preservation of cultural heritage through phased implementation.
• Conservation and Stewardship Planning Low-intervention frameworks for large-scale conservation properties, enabling access while protecting biodiversity and ecological integrity.

Quantifiable outcome

• Storm King Art Center: removed over 5 acres of former parking lots, planted 650+ trees and shrubs, daylit a culverted stream restoring hydrological connection to wetlands feeding Moodna Creek.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• Johnston MarkleecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Collaborated with Powder Art Foundation on Powder Mountain's skiable outdoor art museum vision, alongside Reed Hilderbrand and other partners including Jenny Holzer and James Turrell.
• heneghan peng architectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lead architect on Storm King Art Center's first Capital Project in 65 years, awarded through international design competition. Reed Hilderbrand served as landscape architect collaborating on the Welcome Sequence, outdoor lobby, and site-wide landscape renewal.
• wHY ArchitecturemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaborated on the Speed Art Museum Cressman Art Park project. wHY Architecture served as lead architect while Reed Hilderbrand provided landscape architecture for the three-acre outdoor sculpture garden.
• WXY ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Part of the Storm King Art Center Capital Project team alongside heneghan peng, Gustafson Porter Bowman, and Reed Hilderbrand.
• Gustafson Porter BowmancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Part of the Storm King Art Center Capital Project international design team alongside heneghan peng, WXY, and Reed Hilderbrand.
• C&G PartnersminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Communications designers on the Storm King Art Center Welcome Sequence Capital Project.
• Weiss/ManfredicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lead architect on Longwood Reimagined project at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. Reed Hilderbrand serves as landscape architect alongside Weiss/Manfredi's architecture for the ambitious transformation including the West Conservatory garden.
• Allied Works ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lead architect on Penn State Palmer Museum of Art landscape project, collaborating with Reed Hilderbrand on the garden landscape connecting the museum to the H.O. Smith Botanic Garden and Arboretum.
• ArupmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2021Engineering partner on Storm King Art Center Capital Project, collaborating on site engineering alongside Buro Happold, LSTN, Tectonic, and VHB.
• Buro HappoldmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2021Engineering partner on Storm King Art Center Capital Project Welcome Sequence.
• Consigli ConstructionmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2021General contractor on Storm King Art Center Capital Project.
• Nelson Pope VoorhisminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2021Environmental designers on Storm King Art Center Capital Project.
• Saunders ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaborated on the Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, working alongside a Wabanaki Advisory Board, Elliotsville Foundation, and National Park Service. Saunders served as lead architect for the 7,900 sq ft building and 23-acre landscape project.
• Selldorf ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaborated on the Dumbarton Oaks Farrand House project to establish a new academic precinct at the historic Washington D.C. garden. Selldorf led architecture while Reed Hilderbrand provided landscape architecture for the Gardener's Court and site-wide landscape.
• WeShouldDoItAllmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Served as communications designers on the Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station project, part of a collaborative team including Saunders Architecture, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture, and National Park Service.
• REID ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaborated with James Carpenter Design Associates on the Harvard Business School Schwartz Pavilion, designing a 4,500 sq ft glass event pavilion within the Schwartz Common landscape.
• James Carpenter Design AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaborated with REID Architecture on the Harvard Business School Schwartz Pavilion, designing a highly reflective glass vessel for light transmission in collaboration with Reed Hilderbrand's landscape.
• National Park ServicecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partner on the Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, working with Elliotsville Foundation, Wabanaki Advisory Board, and design team.
• NBBJ Boston (formerly Chan Krieger Sieniewicz)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Architect on the Massachusetts General Hospital Susan and Philip Ragon Building landscape project, a $2 billion, 482-bed hospital tower expansion on Cambridge Street.
• Wright-Ryan ConstructionmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2019General contractor on Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station project.
• Split Rock StudiosminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2019Exhibit designers on the Tekakapimək Visitor Contact Station project.
• Bartlett Tree ExpertsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Arborist partner collaborating on the Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan alongside the City of Cambridge's Urban Forest Task Force.
• Conservation Law FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Cultural planner collaborating on the Cambridge Urban Forest Master Plan as part of the interdisciplinary project team.
• William Rawn AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Lead architect on the Tanglewood Linde Center for Music and Learning project, collaborating with Reed Hilderbrand on landscape integration of studio pavilions on the Berkshire campus.
• Tompkins ConservationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Nonprofit conservation partner for Fundo Tic Toc project in Chile's Patagonian fjords. The 570-acre promontory is surrounded by Corcovado National Park and Tic Toc Marine Park, part of the conservation territory assembled by Douglas Tompkins.
• Trahan ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Architect collaborator on Fundo Tic Toc conservation planning project in Chile's Patagonian fjords.
• Trahan ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Lead architect on the Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria master plan and Moody Pavilions phase in Austin, Texas.
• CBT ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Architect on the Pier 4 waterfront park and plaza project in Boston's Seaport district, working with Elkus Manfredi Architects, SHoP Architects, and developer Tishman Speyer.
• Eskew+Dumez+RipplecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Won the 2013–2014 design competition as a team with Reed Hilderbrand for the Bruce Museum renovation and expansion project in Greenwich, CT.
• Judith Robinson & AssociatesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Landscape historians collaborating on the Cultural Landscape Report for The Breakers estate in Newport, RI, alongside Reed Hilderbrand.
• Epstein Joslin ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Architect collaborator on The Breakers Cultural Landscape Report and phased implementation project in Newport, RI.
• Grimshaw ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Architect collaborator on Duke University West Campus Precinct project, working alongside James Carpenter, Pfeiffer Partners Architects, REID Architecture, Shepley Bulfinch, William Rawn Associates, and others across five individual projects (2007–2017).
• William Rawn AssociatesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Architect collaborator on Duke University West Campus Precinct, working alongside Grimshaw Architects, James Carpenter, Pfeiffer Partners, REID Architecture, and Shepley Bulfinch across five projects (2007–2017).
• Stewart Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2010Civil engineers on Duke University West Campus Precinct project.
• EllenzweigmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004Architect collaborator on MIT Hockfield Court & Main Street project over a five-year period (2004–2012).
• William Rawn AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Architect collaborator on the Mount Auburn Cemetery Meadow Extension project, designing a new Celebration Center, horticultural and recycling facility, and burial ground alongside Reed Hilderbrand's landscape architecture.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: OLIN is a Philadelphia- and New York-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm of similar size and institutional focus. Both firms lead master plans for elite universities, museums, and cultural institutions and frequently compete in the same design competitions.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): MVVA is a Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm known for Brooklyn Bridge Park and university campus work. Both firms specialize in large-scale institutional and public-realm projects with strong ecological and cultural narratives.
• James Corner Field Operations: James Corner Field Operations is the New York-based firm behind the High Line and numerous waterfront and cultural-landscape projects. Both firms lead signature urban and cultural-institution commissions and frequently co-petition in design competitions.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is a Boston-based integrated design practice with a comparable landscape architecture practice serving universities, civic clients, and cultural institutions. The two firms draw from overlapping talent pools and frequently compete for the same Northeast institutional commissions.
• GGN (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol): GGN is a Seattle- and New York-based landscape architecture firm with strong cultural-institution and university credentials (e.g., Smithsonian, Stanford). Reed Hilderbrand and GGN share a similar elite-institutional client base and design-competition orientation.
• SWA Group: SWA is a large landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with multiple U.S. and international offices. It competes with Reed Hilderbrand for university, waterfront, and large-scale cultural commissions while offering broader geographic reach.
• Gustafson Porter + Bowman: London-based Gustafson Porter + Bowman collaborated with Reed Hilderbrand on the Storm King Capital Project and is itself a comparable high-end cultural and public-realm landscape architecture firm competing in the same international design-competition circuit.
• Hargreaves Jones: Hargreaves Jones is a New York- and London-based landscape architecture firm whose NYC office was founded by Misty March (now returned to Reed Hilderbrand). Both firms pursue university, museum, and waterfront commissions with similar design philosophies.
• PWP Landscape Architecture: PWP is a Berkeley-based landscape architecture firm specializing in university campuses and public realm (e.g., UC Berkeley, Stanford). Comparable to Reed Hilderbrand in mission and institutional client mix, with complementary West Coast geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Tom Leader Studio: Tom Leader Studio is a smaller Berkeley-based landscape architecture firm focused on campus, cultural, and ecological projects. It overlaps with Reed Hilderbrand on ecological-restoration and cultural-institution commissions but at a smaller scale and narrower geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles34 records

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