Elysian Landscapes

What Elysian Landscapes does

Elysian Landscapes is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture studio founded in 1996 by Judy Kameon, with Dana Bauer joining as partner in 2012. The firm designs bespoke outdoor environments across four primary client verticals: high-net-worth residential (private estates, mid-century modern restorations, hillside compounds), fashion and luxury retail (Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Balmain, Isabel Marant), hospitality and hotels (Parker Palm Springs, Santa Monica Proper, The Standard Hollywood), and civic/institutional clients (Children's Institute Watts with Gehry Partners, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Sinai Temple). Additional work spans real estate developers (ROW DTLA, Chinatown projects, Spring Street Lot) and selective public-sector commissions.

The studio's core technology is landscape architecture and ecological design, treating each project as a laboratory for reconnecting fragments of native habitat in the urban environment. Differentiated capabilities include site-specific ecological problem solving calibrated to local climate, soil, and hydrology; mixed plant palettes combining native and non-native climate-appropriate species (succulents, Mediterranean plants, drought-tolerant species); and advanced techniques such as phytoremediation and soil flushing to clean contaminated urban sites, as deployed in the Urban Confluence project in San Jose. The firm maintains an in-house demonstration garden at its 2340 W. Third Street headquarters — a 1949 Harwell Hamilton Harris building that doubles as a live-work studio and Certified Community Wildlife Habitat (since 2021). A multidisciplinary team of roughly 11 designers, architects, builders, and horticulturalists supports the two principals.

Revenue is generated on a per-project professional services basis across design fees and construction oversight, supplemented by the Plain Air outdoor furniture line launched by Judy Kameon and Erik Otsea. Pricing is fully bespoke and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct — projects are commissioned individually through referrals, repeat architecture-firm partnerships (Gehry Partners, Studio Gang, BIG, SelgasCano, Montalba Architects), and reputation-driven inbound interest. The firm operates from a single Los Angeles headquarters with no disclosed subsidiaries, funding, or institutional investors, and is owned and controlled by its two founding partners.

Name

Elysian Landscapes

Legal name

Elysian Landscapes

Website

https://elysianlandscapes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elysian Landscapes is a Los Angeles landscape architecture studio founded in 1996 that designs bespoke outdoor environments for fashion houses, hotels, developers, civic institutions, and high-net-worth residential clients, with deep expertise in native habitat restoration and drought-tolerant planting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Ecological landscape design
• Urban park planning
• Hospitality landscape design
• Residential garden design

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Design Services: Full-service landscape architecture for commissioned projects across public and private sectors. Projects span residential estates, fashion retail, hospitality, civic/institutional, and mixed-use developments. Revenue is generated per-project through design fees and construction oversight.
2. Landscape Construction and Installation: Hands-on involvement throughout construction, testing materials, construction methods, and exploring an expansive plant palette. Revenue includes construction phase services.
3. Plain Air Outdoor Furniture: In tandem with built work, founders launched Plain Air, a collection of outdoor furniture inspired by mid-century modern design, representing a product-based revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Elysian Landscapes is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture studio that designs and oversees the construction of bespoke outdoor environments. Projects span high-end residential estates, fashion retail flagships, boutique hotels, mixed-use developments, and civic/community campuses, with a philosophy that treats landscape as the primary medium of the contemporary city and emphasizes site-specific ecological design. The studio also offers the Plain Air outdoor furniture collection as an extension of its design practice.

Product overview

Elysian Landscapes is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture studio offering design services across residential, commercial, hospitality, and public sectors. The studio operates as a single unified practice with projects spanning private gardens, boutique hotels, fashion retail spaces, civic facilities, and urban parks. Notable offerings include custom residential landscape design (with expertise in mid-century modern restoration), commercial hospitality landscapes for clients such as Balenciaga and Parker Palm Springs, public projects like the Children's Institute Watts and Los Angeles LGBT Center, and specialty projects like the Urban Confluence environmental remediation initiative. The studio also maintains the Elysian Laboratory as an experimental garden space and offers the Plain Air outdoor furniture collection through founder Judy Kameon's collaboration with artist Erik Otsea.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Plain Air: A collection of outdoor furniture inspired by mid-century modern design, launched by Judy Kameon and her husband, artist Erik Otsea.

Products and services

• Residential Landscape Design Services
• Commercial and Hospitality Landscape Design
• Public and Civic Landscape Architecture
• Plain Air Outdoor Furniture Collection

Quantifiable outcome

• Children's Institute Watts campus: 28,560 sf of landscape serving the healing and growth of children and families in Watts community
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers18 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

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

• Gehry PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Children's Institute Watts campus project (28,560 sf, completed 2021), a community healing center for children and families in Watts, LA. Elysian designed the landscape while Gehry Partners led architecture. This represents a flagship project for both firms, combining Frank Gehry's architecture with Elysian's ecological landscape design.
• Studio GangcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Chinatown Tower + Hotel project (30,000 sf, in progress) with Studio Gang as architect. Elysian designed the landscape for the outdoor plazas and civic gathering spaces. This is Studio Gang's first Los Angeles project, a 26-story wavy tower in Chinatown.
• SelgasCanomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Second Home Hollywood (26,500 sf, completed 2019) with Madrid-based SelgasCano as architect. Elysian designed the landscape that immerses individual office pods in a shared outdoor living environment.
• Montalba ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepeated collaboration on multiple projects including Isabel Marant flagship and Ridgeline House. Montalba serves as architect while Elysian provides landscape architecture. Notable long-standing working relationship across residential and retail projects.
• Kelly WearstlermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKelly Wearstler served as Interior Designer on the Santa Monica Proper Hotel project, collaborating with Elysian's landscape design for a cohesive hospitality environment.
• Plain AirminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlain Air is a collection of outdoor furniture inspired by mid-century modern design, launched by founders Judy Kameon and her husband Erik Otsea. Represents a product extension of the studio's design philosophy into furniture.
• Rizzoli (Publishing)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerJudy Kameon's first book 'Gardens Are For Living' was published by Rizzoli in 2014, extending the studio's brand into publishing and thought leadership.
• Fung + Blatt ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Arroyo Seco residence, a multi-layered hillside residential compound near the historic Arroyo Seco. Fung + Blatt Architects served as architect alongside Elysian's landscape design (designed and built 2011–2016).
• Escher GuneWardena ArchitecturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Blum + Poe gallery campus in Culver City (22,000 sf, completed 2012). Escher GuneWardena designed the building while Elysian transformed the parking lot into a multi-functional garden landscape and event space.
• Predock Frane ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the Los Angeles LGBT Center headquarters (9.8 acres), centering on an urban park for the resident community. Predock Frane Architects served as architect alongside Elysian's landscape design.
• BIG / Bjarke Ingels GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElysian designed the landscape for the BIG Serpentine Pavilion residency in San Jose's SoFA district (2.8 acres, completed 2022), working with the Bjarke Ingels 'unzipped wall' structure and reconceiving the site as a dune scape.
• Runyon GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and development partner for Platform Culver City (2.9 acres, completed 2016), an open-air assemblage of shops, restaurants, pop-up venues, and creative offices. Elysian designed the landscape connecting the dispersed urban elements.
• Gaw CapitalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and investor for Spring Street Lot (2.7 acres, completed 2018), a trio of derelict warehouses transformed into an urban micro-campus in Chinatown, housing David Chang's Majordomo restaurant, creative offices, and public event space.
• KOR GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient developer for Santa Monica Proper Hotel (1.2 acres). Elysian collaborated on the landscape design with Howard Laks Architects (architect) and Kelly Wearstler (interior design) to create the hotel's distinctive outdoor environments.
• Atlas Capital GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient developer for ROW DTLA, specifically the Produce Court (14,400 sf) urban passageway. Elysian designed the landscape to create a space of respite in the dense Arts District fabric, with densely planted openings and oversized wooden seating platforms.
• Rachel Allen ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on The Washbow private event space (9,000 sf, completed 2014). Rachel Allen Architecture served as architect for the repurposed 1954 industrial building, with Elysian designing the lush green courtyard.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SWA Group: Large, multi-office landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with broad portfolio across civic, commercial, and development projects. Larger and more diversified than Elysian but competes for the same major LA and West Coast commissions.
• Marmol Radziner: LA-based architecture, interior design, and landscape design-build practice with mid-century modern sensibility and high-net-worth residential specialty. Overlaps with Elysian in luxury residential landscape work and overall design philosophy.

Direct peers

• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture practice with a national footprint and high-profile cultural, civic, and commercial commissions. Operates at comparable prestige tier to Elysian with similar award recognition and design philosophy.
• Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture: San Francisco-based boutique landscape architecture studio specializing in residential, commercial, and institutional projects. Comparable in size, founder-led model, and high-end design positioning.
• Studio-MLA: Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm with a comparable portfolio spanning civic, residential, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Direct geographic and practice-area competitor to Elysian in the LA market.
• AHBE Landscape Architects: Los Angeles-based landscape architecture firm with civic, commercial, and residential portfolio. Direct competitor for LA-based commissions of similar scale and typology.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for High Line and large-scale civic projects. Comparable in prestige, ecological design approach, and ability to collaborate with star architects on landmark commissions.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Cambridge, MA-based landscape architecture practice with a comparable high-end portfolio of cultural, institutional, residential, and campus projects. Similar boutique-prestige model and design-led reputation.
• Land Morphology: Pacific Northwest-based landscape architecture firm with comparable high-end residential, commercial, and institutional practice. Similar boutique scale and design-led approach.

Emerging players

• LandArc LA: Los Angeles-area landscape architecture firm operating at similar boutique scale, focusing on custom residential, commercial, and hospitality projects in the Southern California market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/elysianlandscapes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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