What Mahan Rykiel Associates Inc. does

Mahan Rykiel Associates Inc. is a privately held landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm founded in 1983 and headquartered at 3300 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 200, Baltimore, Maryland, with a second office opened in Philadelphia in November 2024. The firm is certified as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). With approximately 40 professionals on staff, the firm delivers full-service landscape architecture across a vertical mix that includes government and municipal clients, healthcare systems, higher education institutions, hospitality operators, real estate developers, senior living providers, and retail/mixed-use projects, supplemented by an international portfolio spanning China, Portugal, Turkey, the UAE, Brazil, Korea, and Turkmenistan.

The firm's core offering is fee-based professional services — design, planning, consulting, and construction-phase implementation — billed on a project-by-project basis through competitive bids, RFPs, and direct enterprise relationships. Project scale ranges from intimate healing gardens and courtyards to large-scale urban districts, waterfront redevelopments, and $1B+ hospitality developments (e.g., MGM National Harbor). Notable flagship projects include the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore's Rash Field, the University of Maryland A. James Clark Hall, Mercy Medical Center's rooftop gardens, Sagamore Pendry Hotel (#1 Mid-Atlantic per Condé Nast Readers' Choice, score 98.02), and the Reimagine Middle Branch watershed (National ASLA Award, 2023).

Go-to-market is enterprise field sales directed at institutional and government buyers, supported by an awards-driven earned-media strategy and a sector-organized portfolio website. The firm has accumulated recurring recognition across Maryland ASLA, Potomac ASLA, Pennsylvania ASLA, National ASLA, ULI Wavemaker, and NAIOP Maryland between 2011 and 2026. There is no indication of private equity backing, subsidiaries, public listing, or external funding rounds; the firm is independently operated with no parent company. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Mahan Rykiel Associates Inc.

Legal name

Mahan Rykiel Associates Inc.

Website

https://mahanrykiel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mahan Rykiel Associates is a 40-person, privately held landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Baltimore, MD, with a Philadelphia office opened in 2024. It serves institutional clients across healthcare, higher education, hospitality, government, and real estate development through fee-based project services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design planning
• Site master planning
• Public space design
• Healing garden design

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Landscape Architecture: Fee-based professional services for landscape architecture, urban design, and planning projects. Revenue is generated through design fees, consulting services, and project-based engagements with government, institutional, and commercial clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mahan Rykiel Associates is a professional services firm providing full-service landscape architecture, urban design, and planning across scales ranging from intimate courtyards to large urban districts and international master plans. The firm delivers design, planning, and implementation services for public parks, civic plazas, healthcare campuses, higher education institutions, hospitality venues, mixed-use developments, senior living communities, and infrastructure projects. Engagements are project-based and executed for government agencies, healthcare systems, universities, real estate developers, and hospitality operators.

Product overview

Mahan Rykiel Associates is a landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services. The firm provides full-service landscape architecture, urban design, and planning and development as its core offerings, supplemented by specialized services across sectors including public parks and civic plazas, international projects, retail repositioning, higher education campuses, senior living communities, hospitality venues, healthcare facilities, and placemaking initiatives. The firm works across scales from intimate courtyards to large-scale urban districts and international projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services Full-service landscape architecture covering design, planning, and implementation of outdoor spaces including parks, civic plazas, streetscapes, and recreational areas for institutional and government clients.
• Urban Design Urban design services focused on shaping public spaces, streetscapes, and districts to create vibrant, functional urban environments for cities and developers.
• Planning and Development Strategic planning services for downtowns, districts, communities, and master planning for new developments and revitalizations.
• Healthcare Landscape Design Therapeutic and healing garden design for hospitals, medical centers, psychiatric facilities, and healthcare campuses, including rooftop gardens, restorative gardens, and outpatient therapy gardens.
• Hospitality Landscape Design Landscape and exterior design for hotels, resorts, country clubs, and hospitality venues including pool decks, destination landscapes, and resort amenity spaces.
• Higher Education Campus Design Campus landscape architecture for colleges and universities, including academic buildings, student centers, outdoor learning spaces, research facilities, and master plans.
• Public Parks and Civic Plazas Design Design and development of public parks, civic plazas, waterfront spaces, and community gathering areas for municipal and government clients.
• Retail and Mixed-Use Landscape Design Landscape design for retail environments, shopping centers, mixed-use developments, and repositioning of existing retail spaces to enhance pedestrian experience and customer engagement.
• Senior Living Landscape Design Landscape design for senior living communities, continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), and assisted living facilities, including amenity spaces, therapeutic gardens, and outdoor recreation areas.
• International Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture and urban design projects outside the United States, including work in China, Portugal, Turkey, Brazil, Turkmenistan, Korea, and UAE; international master plans, conservation projects, and cultural landscapes.
• Placemaking Community-focused placemaking strategies that create engaging public spaces and enhance neighborhood vitality through stakeholder communication and engagement.
• Infrastructure Landscape Design Landscape architecture for state and civic infrastructure including bridges, roadways, transit corridors, and resilient landscape infrastructure projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sagamore Pendry Hotel rated #1 in Mid-Atlantic by Condé Nast Readers' Choice with score of 98.02
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Waterfront Partnership of BaltimorecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMahan Rykiel was selected by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore to re-imagine Rash Field as Baltimore's destination for health & wellness, arts & culture, local food, and urban nature. This is a significant public-private partnership for waterfront revitalization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• James Corner Field Operations: James Corner Field Operations is a leading landscape architecture and urban design firm known for large-scale public realm and waterfront projects. Direct peer competing for similar high-profile public space, parks, and master planning commissions.
• LandDesign: LandDesign is a multi-disciplinary design firm providing landscape architecture, urban design, civil engineering, and planning. Closely comparable in scale, services, and target markets (mixed-use, civic, healthcare, campus).
• Andropogon Associates: Andropogon is a landscape architecture and ecological design firm focused on restorative landscapes, green infrastructure, and healing gardens. Comparable niche specialization in environmental and healthcare-related landscape architecture.
• W Architecture and Landscape Architecture: W Architecture is a landscape architecture firm specializing in waterfronts, parks, and public spaces. Directly comparable in waterfront and civic plaza practice areas such as Rash Field-type projects.
• OLIN Partnership: OLIN Partnership is a landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm of comparable scale and practice mix, including public space, institutional, and urban design work. Directly competes for similar mid-to-large institutional and civic commissions.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is a landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with a broad portfolio of public parks, urban districts, and campus projects across the US and internationally. Comparable practice scope, project scale, and client mix.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated design firm combining landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, and engineering. Comparable in campus planning, urban design, and master planning offerings, though larger and more multidisciplinary.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure design firm offering landscape architecture as part of a broad engineering, architecture, and environmental services portfolio. Competes for the same large-scale public and institutional landscape commissions but offers full multidisciplinary delivery.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global design and consulting firm with a landscape architecture practice supporting community development, transportation, and urban infrastructure projects. Overlapping capability but as part of a much broader services platform.

Emerging players

• Hood Design Studio: Hood Design Studio is an Oakland-based landscape architecture, urban design, and art practice with overlapping focus on public realm and cultural landscape projects. Smaller scale and West Coast focus but comparable design philosophy and project types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mahanrykiel
• Facebookfacebook.com/mahan-rykiel-associates-inc-114298968184
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mahan-rykiel-associates-inc.

Compliance2 records

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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