Dland Studio

Name

Dland Studio

Legal name

DLANDstudio

Website

https://dlandstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban ecological infrastructure
• Green infrastructure design
• Stormwater management design
• Resilient urban design

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

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. Landscape Architecture Services: Project-based design services for public space, parks, and ecological infrastructure. Revenue derived from municipal, institutional, and private commissions including master planning, schematic design, and construction documentation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

DLANDstudio provides multidisciplinary landscape architecture and architecture design services for public space, parks, and ecological infrastructure projects. The firm delivers project-based design commissions for municipal governments, universities, and community organizations, including master planning, schematic design, and construction documentation for resilient urban landscapes, stormwater management systems, and public open spaces. Its signature work includes the Sponge Park™ green infrastructure system for treating contaminated urban runoff and the QueensWay linear park masterplan.

Product overview

DLANDstudio is a multidisciplinary landscape architecture and architecture firm founded in 2005 by Susannah C. Drake. The firm offers a portfolio of ecologically intelligent design services and projects centered around resilient urban design and green infrastructure. Core offerings include the QueensWay linear park masterplan, the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™ system (pilot and masterplan) for stormwater management, Public Media Commons in St. Louis, and A New Urban Ground flood-resilience proposals. The firm specializes in synthesizing environmental, engineering, and political structures to create projects that restore native ecologies, mitigate climate change, and incorporate infrastructural systems into public spaces. Projects range from intimate gardens to large-scale urban planning initiatives, including university facilities, public plazas, and coastal resilience designs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™ Pilot A modular green infrastructure system that captures, redirects, and treats stormwater runoff to minimize combined sewer overflows into the Gowanus Canal EPA Superfund site, managing approximately 2,000,000 gallons of runoff per year. Plants are specifically chosen for their ability to extract heavy metals and biological toxins from contaminated water.
• Gowanus Canal Sponge Park™ Masterplan A comprehensive urban stitching strategy connecting public and private lands adjacent to the Gowanus Canal to create a continuous esplanade with recreational spaces, community-oriented programs, and boat launches running the full length of the canal.
• QueensWay Masterplan A 3.5-mile linear park masterplan transforming a former Long Island Rail Road corridor in Central Queens into a family-friendly greenway connecting communities through elevated embankments, ravines, and viaducts. Developed in collaboration with WXY Studio.
• Public Media Commons, St. Louis An interactive open space in St. Louis, Missouri integrating arts, education, and public media with multiple seating areas, an amphitheater, a large projection screen for events, and native Missouri prairie plantings coordinated with the Missouri Botanic Garden.
• A New Urban Ground A flood-resilience proposal for lower Manhattan developed with ARO Architects for MoMA's 2010 Rising Currents exhibition, featuring perimeter wetlands, raised edges, and sponge slips paired with porous green streets to protect against sea level rise and storm surge.
• Argenta Commons Plaza A public plaza design in North Little Rock, Arkansas that strategically reexamines urban connections and provides community destinations with innovative sustainable ecological practices, delivered for the City of North Little Rock.
• Bight: Coastal Urbanism A collaborative urban planning proposal with Rafi Segal A+U for the RPA's Fourth Regional Plan addressing New York's projected 6 feet of sea level rise through a future shoreline where land and water create new spaces for habitation, conservation, work, and play. Won the 2018 Plan Award for Urban Planning.
• BQGreen A proposal to deck over stretches of the BQE highway to create new open space that reconnects communities to the street grid while providing green infrastructure and neighborhood development opportunities.
• University of Hawaii at Manoa - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Facilities Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 2,000,000 gallons of stormwater managed per year at Gowanus Canal Sponge Park Pilot (completed 2016)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WXY StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on QueensWay Masterplan in Queens, NY. WXY Studio worked with DLANDstudio on transforming a 3.5-mile abandoned railway corridor into a linear park and cultural greenway.
• ARO Architects (Architectural Research Office)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on 'A New Urban Ground' for MoMA's 2010 'Rising Currents' exhibition, setting design precedent for urban waterfront resiliency. Also collaborated on design solutions addressing climate change for New York's waterfront.
• Missouri Botanic GardenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination on planting plan development for Public Media Commons in St. Louis. Plant species selected based on seasonal qualities to complement Missouri's native prairie landscape.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: Philadelphia/NYC landscape architecture and urban design firm; competes for similar institutional and public-realm commissions at comparable scale.
• James Corner Field Operations: NYC landscape architecture practice behind the High Line and major public-realm projects; competes with DLANDstudio for the same municipal and cultural institution commissions.
• SCAPE Landscape Architecture: NYC-based landscape architecture firm with comparable focus on public realm, climate resilience, and waterfront/urban infrastructure projects — the closest direct competitor to DLANDstudio's positioning.
• ARO (Architectural Research Office): NYC architecture firm that collaborated with DLANDstudio on 'A New Urban Ground' for MoMA's Rising Currents exhibition; comparable practice in waterfront resilience and speculative urban design.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm known for Brooklyn Bridge Park and large urban park masterplans; highly comparable in scale, geography, and public-sector project profile.
• Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: Virginia-based landscape architecture firm working on cultural landscapes, parks, and ecological restoration — comparable in project type and design-led profile.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Cambridge, MA landscape architecture firm focused on cultural institutions, campuses, and public landscapes — comparable client mix and design-driven positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki: Parent practice that DLANDstudio joined in May 2022; large interdisciplinary design firm with global reach in urban planning, landscape architecture, and architecture — direct overlap in services and clients.
• SWA Group: Large multi-office landscape architecture and urban design firm; broader incumbent competing on similar public-sector, campus, and waterfront projects at a wider scale.

Emerging players

• Hood Design Studio: Oakland-based design practice working at the intersection of landscape, art, and urbanism on public-realm and cultural projects; comparable in scale and conceptually aligned on ecological/social urban design.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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