Pamela Burton & Company

What Pamela Burton & Company does

Company Description:\nPamela Burton & Company is a woman-owned landscape architecture firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California, founded in 1975 by Pamela Burton after her graduate studies at UCLA. The firm operates as a professional services practice delivering landscape architecture across six core verticals: Private Residential, Commercial, Education, Multi-Family & Mixed Use, Healthcare, and Civic & Cultural. Its work spans site analysis, conceptual design, design development, construction documents, and construction observation, with a design philosophy centered on reverence for nature, sustainability, native plantings, and biodiversity. The firm is certified as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Small Business Enterprise (SBE), holds WBE and LEED-credentialed staff, and has delivered multiple LEED Gold-certified projects (UCLA 16th Street Medical Offices, Santo Domingo Embassy, Calabasas Civic Center).

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, sourced primarily through direct enterprise relationships and recurring partnerships with marquee architecture firms (Tishman Speyer, Moore Ruble Yudell, Frederick Fisher & Partners, Gensler, HED, Robert A.M. Stern, Cannon Design). Named clients include UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Riverside, CSUN, Providence Cedars-Sinai, the U.S. Department of State, the City of Los Angeles, and the City of Calabasas, indicating material exposure to healthcare, education, government, and civic segments, alongside high-end private residential work. Geographic reach spans California, New York, New Mexico, Idaho, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic, though the firm operates from a single Santa Monica studio.

The team consists of 14 members, including three Principals, a Vice President, a Senior Landscape Architect, and licensed landscape architects / designers. The firm has accumulated dozens of industry awards (SoCal ASLA, AIA LA, Westside Urban Forum, LABC, Los Angeles Conservancy), and roughly 45 years of project archives are housed at UCLA's Special Collections Library. In 2025, the firm celebrated its 50th anniversary and founder Pamela Burton transitioned to Principal Emeritus, formalizing succession while retaining an advisory role. The firm has no parent company, no funding rounds, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed M&A activity.

Name

Pamela Burton & Company

Legal name

Pamela Burton & Company

Website

https://pamelaburtonco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Woman-owned landscape architecture firm in Santa Monica with 14 staff and 50 years of experience, delivering site design, master planning, and construction observation across residential, commercial, education, healthcare, multi-family, and civic projects in California and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture design
• Site planning services
• Healing garden design
• Campus master planning
• Sustainable landscape design

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Monica

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional landscape architecture services billed as project-based engagements, including site analysis, conceptual design, design development, construction documents, and construction observation. Revenue is generated through fees for design and consulting services on residential, commercial, healthcare, education, and civic projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pamela Burton & Company provides professional landscape architecture design services for private residential, commercial, educational, multi-family/mixed-use, healthcare, and civic/cultural clients. Engagements span site analysis, conceptual design, design development, construction documents, and construction observation, with a design philosophy that integrates horticultural expertise, architectural fluency, and artistic composition while emphasizing sustainability, native plantings, and biodiversity.

Product overview

Pamela Burton & Company is a woman-owned landscape architecture design firm offering a unified portfolio of landscape architecture services rather than a modular software platform. The firm provides six core service areas: Private Residential, Commercial, Education, Multi-Family & Mixed Use, Healthcare, and Civic & Cultural landscape design. These services are delivered through a comprehensive design methodology encompassing site analysis, conceptual design, design development, and construction administration. The firm also publishes educational materials such as the Firewise Gardens Booklet to promote sustainable landscaping practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Private Residential Landscape Design Landscape architecture services for private residential properties, including site analysis, conceptual design, design development, and construction observation for custom estate gardens and outdoor living spaces.
• Commercial Landscape Design Landscape architecture services for commercial properties including corporate campuses, office courtyards, retail environments, and mixed-use developments.
• Education Landscape Design Landscape architecture for K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, featuring outdoor learning environments, amphitheaters, study spaces, and recreational areas.
• Multi-Family & Mixed Use Landscape Design Landscape architecture for multi-family residential developments and mixed-use properties, including common areas, plazas, and shared outdoor amenities.
• Healthcare Landscape Design Therapeutic and healing garden landscapes for hospitals, medical centers, outpatient facilities, and rehabilitation campuses designed to support patient wellbeing.
• Civic & Cultural Landscape Design Landscape architecture for civic buildings, cultural institutions, courthouses, libraries, embassies, parks, and public community spaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• LEED Gold certification achieved on multiple projects including UCLA Medical Office, Santo Domingo Embassy, Calabasas Civic Center

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tishman SpeyercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with real estate developer Tishman Speyer on multiple commercial projects including Arboretum Courtyard, Rincon Place, and Colorado Center corporate campus redesigns.
• Frederick Fisher and PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Ojai Valley School rebuild project after the Thomas Fire, creating interactive campus and sustainable landscape design.
• Moore Ruble YudellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple collaborations on UC Riverside School of Business, Santa Monica High School Discovery and Exploration Buildings, and other educational projects.
• Michael Folonis ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on UCLA 16th Street Medical Office building landscape design.
• Perkins + WillminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center healing gardens.
• Lee Burkhart Liu ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on VA Hospital Long Beach campus landscape design.
• NBBJminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Stockton Superior Courthouse civic landscape project.
• Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Harley Ellis Devereaux on Calabasas Civic Center LEED Gold certified project.
• HGAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on CSUN Valley Performing Arts Center landscape design.
• GenslerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Wiseburn High School landscape design.
• HEDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Santa Monica High School Exploration Building and Discovery Building projects.
• Cannon DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Capital Group Irvine campus landscape refresh and Shenandoah Elementary School.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: OLIN is a Philadelphia- and Los Angeles-based landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm. It is a direct peer, working at the intersection of landscape, ecology, and architecture on cultural, civic, and campus projects of the same typology as Pamela Burton & Company's portfolio.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated design practice combining landscape architecture, planning, and urban design. It is a direct peer to Pamela Burton & Company, working on campus, civic, and waterfront projects of comparable scale and typology.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is one of the largest landscape architecture, planning, and urban design practices in the world. It is directly comparable to Pamela Burton & Company as a professional landscape architecture firm with deep experience across civic, institutional, and master planning projects in California and globally.
• Studio-MLA (now Studio MLA): Studio-MLA is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm focused on ecologically driven, design-forward projects. It directly competes with Pamela Burton & Company in Southern California civic, residential, and institutional work, and is well known for sustainability leadership.
• Oehme, van Sweden: Oehme, van Sweden is a Washington, D.C.- and New York-based landscape architecture firm known for ecological design and high-profile public gardens. It is comparable as an award-winning boutique landscape architecture practice serving private estates, embassies, and cultural institutions.
• AHBE Landscape Architects: AHBE Landscape Architects is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm with a similarly broad portfolio across healthcare, education, civic, and commercial projects. It is a direct local peer to Pamela Burton & Company in the Southern California market.
• James Corner Field Operations: James Corner Field Operations is a leading landscape architecture and urban design studio known for High Line and large public realm projects. It is comparable to Pamela Burton & Company as a high-design landscape practice serving civic, cultural, and institutional clients.
• Mia Lehrer + Associates: Mia Lehrer + Associates (now MLA Studios) is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm with deep expertise in urban parks, water-conserving design, and civic projects. It is a direct regional peer to Pamela Burton & Company, serving overlapping California clients and project types.

Emerging players

• Land Morphology: Land Morphology is a Pacific Northwest-based landscape architecture studio focused on custom residential estates and boutique institutional work. It is comparable to Pamela Burton & Company in its high-end residential and estate design practice, though smaller in scale.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis (Landscape Architecture & Urbanism): Arcadis is a global design, engineering, and consulting firm that includes a landscape architecture practice. It competes broadly with boutique firms like Pamela Burton & Company on large institutional and master planning RFPs, but as part of a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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