Studio Outside Landscape Architects

What Studio Outside Landscape Architects does

Studio Outside Landscape Architects is a Dallas-headquartered professional services firm specializing in landscape architecture and urban design. Founded in 2010 by Tary Arterburn after his tenure leading predecessor firm MESA (1981-2010), the firm employs 11-50 staff under a principal-led ownership structure with approximately 10 named principals. Its core services span landscape architecture, urban design, environmental education design, and community engagement, delivered through four customer segments: government and public sector, commercial developers and corporations, non-profit organizations and camps, and high-net-worth private residential clients. Studio Outside operates a project-based, fee-for-service revenue model with pricing driven by scope and complexity rather than publicly disclosed rates.

The firm's project portfolio is anchored in civic, park, and corporate campus work — notable engagements include the AT&T Discovery District with Gensler and Ten Eyck, Fair Park Community Park and Harold Simmons Park for the City of Dallas, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden master plan with Bennett Partners, the Galveston Island State Park master plan with Biohabitats and Overland Partners, and the Water Conservation Garden at the University of Utah. Geographically, the firm is concentrated in Texas with selective reach into Arkansas, Michigan, Missouri, Utah, and Illinois. The firm has accumulated a deep bench of industry recognition, including multiple National ASLA Honor Awards, a ULI Public Places Award, a Metropolis Planet Positive Award, and AIA Design Excellence Awards spanning 2004 through 2025.

Studio Outside goes to market through direct business development (led by Kimberly Georgiadis), industry reputation, conference participation (ASLA, APGA, AIA, ULI), content marketing via blogoutside.com, and an active Instagram presence. The firm differentiates through regional expertise, native and adaptive plantings, water conservation design, and a community engagement process that anchors projects in local identity. It maintains strategic co-design partnerships with elite architecture and ecology firms, an Olmsted Scholar recognition pipeline, an emerging-professional fellowship (the Bill Millsap Fellowship), and an internship program supporting talent development — all of which reinforce its positioning as a premium, relationship-driven design practice.

Name

Studio Outside Landscape Architects

Legal name

Studio Outside

Website

https://studiooutside.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Studio Outside is a Dallas-based landscape architecture and urban design firm serving government, commercial, non-profit, and private clients with award-winning parks, civic spaces, corporate campuses, and residential projects across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design consulting
• Master planning services
• Environmental education design
• Community engagement design

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through landscape architecture and urban design consulting engagements with government, commercial, non-profit, and private residential clients. Projects include parks, civic spaces, corporate campuses, educational facilities, and residential estates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Studio Outside Landscape Architects is a professional services firm providing comprehensive landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental education design services. The firm delivers site analysis, master planning, design development, and construction documentation for parks, civic spaces, corporate campuses, gardens, residential estates, and mixed-use developments across the United States. The firm also conducts community engagement processes that integrate local stakeholder input into design outcomes.

Product overview

Studio Outside is a landscape architecture and urban design firm offering comprehensive design services. The firm provides landscape architecture, urban design, environmental education design, and community engagement services across diverse project types including gardens, retail and mixed-use developments, houses and ranches, corporate campuses, hospitality venues, institutional campuses, urban living spaces, parks, camps, and civic and urban design projects. The firm also operates the Bill Millsap Fellowship, an educational program for emerging landscape architecture professionals. The firm's portfolio spans both private residential work and large-scale public projects across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Renaissance Park contributed to 58% reduction in crime in South Oak Cliff
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lake|FlatocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Lake|Flato Architects on PaaHaa Ranch project in Canyon Lake, Texas. Lake|Flato served as the architecture firm while Studio Outside provided landscape architecture services for this 19th century German Hill Country Homestead redesign.
• Hocker Design GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership with Hocker Design Group on Eagle Family Plaza at the Dallas Museum of Art. Studio Outside and Hocker Design Group created the motor court and outdoor café experience overlooking Woodall Rodgers Park.
• Ten Eyck Landscape ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Ten Eyck Landscape Architects on the AT&T Discovery District project in Downtown Dallas, a major $100 million campus revitalization.
• Gensler ArchitectscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCollaborated with Gensler Architects on the AT&T Discovery District project, providing architecture and design services for the urban campus.
• Bennett PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with Bennett Partners on Fort Worth Botanic Garden campus master plan, integrating design of new BRIT site into the existing garden.
• Deneen Powell AteliercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Deneen Powell Atelier on Lena Meijer Children's Garden at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• Deneen Powell AteliercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Deneen Powell Atelier Inc. on Powell Gardens Heartland Garden redesign project in Kansas City, Missouri.
• VireocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Vireo (Kansas City) on Powell Gardens Heartland Garden redesign project.
• BiohabitatscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Biohabitats on Galveston Island State Park master plan redevelopment, focusing on coastal recreation planning and barrier island resiliency.
• Overland Partners ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Overland Partners Architects on Galveston Island State Park master plan following Hurricane Ike damage.
• MGB+A The Grassli GroupminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject partner on Water Conservation Garden at Red Butte Garden, University of Utah campus expansion.
• Hillwood PropertiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and development partner on The Bend at Frisco Station project, first phase of park development in 242-acre Frisco Station development.
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced partnership with Lake|Flato Architects and The University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to develop a comprehensive plan supporting the Center's future growth needs.
• ArchiTexasminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnered with ArchiTexas on Irving Heritage Park project and Grapevine Station project.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: OLIN is a nationally recognized landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with a strong civic and public space portfolio. It competes with Studio Outside for marquee park, campus, and cultural landscape commissions.
• Civitas: Civitas is an urban design and landscape architecture firm with a strong civic, campus, and parks portfolio. It competes with Studio Outside for integrated urban design and public realm commissions.
• Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects: NBW is a high-profile landscape architecture firm with award-winning civic, park, and ecological restoration projects. It competes with Studio Outside for prestige public-space and cultural landscape commissions.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm with a strong civic and campus portfolio. It competes with Studio Outside for university, municipal, and mixed-use commissions.
• Design Workshop: Design Workshop is a landscape architecture and urban design firm with offices across the western US, known for parks, resorts, and community-scale projects. It competes with Studio Outside for civic, residential, and resort commissions.
• Andropogon Associates: Andropogon is a leading ecological landscape architecture firm with deep expertise in sustainable, native, and regenerative design. It overlaps with Studio Outside on environmental education, parks, and sustainability-focused commissions.
• SWA Group: SWA is one of the largest landscape architecture and urban design firms in the world, working on parks, civic spaces, and corporate campuses. It is the most direct peer to Studio Outside in terms of service mix and project typology, though at significantly larger scale.
• LandArc: LandArc is a Texas-based landscape architecture and planning firm with experience in mixed-use, civic, and park projects. It is a regional competitor to Studio Outside within the DFW and broader Texas market.
• Ten Eyck Landscape Architects: Ten Eyck is a Texas-based landscape architecture firm specializing in urban, civic, and environmental design. Studio Outside partnered with Ten Eyck on the AT&T Discovery District, and they compete in the same DFW market for similar project typologies.
• Oehme van Sweden: Oehme van Sweden is a national landscape architecture firm recognized for award-winning public gardens, urban spaces, and residential estates. It competes with Studio Outside on high-end garden and cultural landscape work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/studiooutside
• Xx.com/studio_outside
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studio-outside-landscape-architects

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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