Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects

What Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects does

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects is a privately-held professional services firm founded in 1991 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional studios in Los Angeles (Santa Monica), Kansas City, and Richmond. The firm provides landscape architecture and urban design services across two principal segments — commercial/institutional and high-end private residential — delivering master planning, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and ongoing landscape management. Notable civic commissions include Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto (in collaboration with PLANT Architect and other partners), the Uptown Normal Circle in Illinois, the Gary Comer Youth Center green roof in Chicago, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden redevelopment, and Brennan Entry Pavilion at Rush University Medical Center.

The firm's core capabilities rest on design craft and horticultural expertise rather than proprietary technology. Supporting service divisions include the Siteworks Studio for construction observation, Planting Design for seasonal horticultural planning, and Continued Landscape Management (CLM) for post-completion maintenance and site supervision. Go-to-market is sales-led, driven by direct client engagement, ongoing collaborations with leading architecture firms, and competitive pursuit of public-sector commissions. Pricing is project-based and not publicly disclosed.

The firm operates with 80+ professionals — landscape architects, urban designers, and horticulturists — drawn from more than 25 U.S. states and 7 countries, with 50/50 gender parity in leadership. Hoerr Schaudt is founder/partnership-owned (Douglas Hoerr, Peter Schaudt, Nick Fobes as partners) with no external investment, acquisitions, or public-market activity evidenced. The firm generates awareness through Instagram, LinkedIn, a content blog ("Ideas"), and earned media, and has accumulated a substantial record of industry awards from ASLA, ULI, EPA, and other bodies.

Name

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects

Legal name

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects

Website

https://hoerrschaudt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects is a privately-held, Chicago-based landscape architecture firm with four U.S. studios, providing design services for public spaces, institutional campuses, commercial developments, and high-end residential projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Urban design
• Garden design
• Site planning
• Horticultural design

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional fees for landscape architecture and urban design services, including master planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and project oversight. Services span across commercial, residential, institutional, and public sector projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects is a professional landscape architecture and urban design firm delivering full-service design solutions from site analysis and master planning through schematic design, design development, construction documents, and construction observation. The firm's practice spans commercial projects (public gardens, parks and plazas, mixed-use developments, academic campuses, rooftop gardens, streetscapes, and workplace environments), high-end residential gardens, and specialized services including a Siteworks Studio, Planting Design, and Continued Landscape Management (CLM).

Product overview

Hoerr Schaudt is a landscape architecture firm offering a comprehensive suite of design services for projects ranging from intimate private gardens to vast public parks. The firm's core offering is landscape architecture, which includes commercial services (public gardens, parks and plazas, mixed-use, academic, rooftops, streetscapes, workplace) and residential services (traditional, modern, pastoral, urban). Supporting divisions include the Siteworks Studio for construction management, Planting Design for horticultural expertise, and Continued Landscape Management (CLM) for ongoing maintenance. The practice regularly collaborates with architecture firms and emphasizes innovative horticulture with particular attention to seasonality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.5 million annual visitors to Nathan Phillips Square
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PLANT ArchitectcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Collaborated with PLANT Architect on the Nathan Phillips Square revitalization project in Toronto, which won the international competition for the redesign.
• Shore Tilbe Irwin + PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Part of the design team for Nathan Phillips Square revitalization project.
• Adrian Blackwell Urban ProjectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007Part of the design team for Nathan Phillips Square revitalization project.
• John Ronan ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with architect John Ronan on the Gary Comer Youth Center project.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PWP Landscape Architecture: PWP Landscape Architecture is a Berkeley-based firm focused on civic, campus, and waterfront projects across the U.S. Comparable to Hoerr Schaudt on West Coast public-realm work and academic campus commissions.
• James Corner Field Operations: James Corner Field Operations is a landscape architecture and urban design practice best known for the High Line and other large public realm projects. Directly comparable on landmark public-realm commissions and design-led positioning.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Reed Hilderbrand is a landscape architecture firm with offices in the Northeast and projects across academic, civic, and residential sites. Comparable to Hoerr Schaudt on institutional and residential garden work plus teaching practice.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is a landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with multiple U.S. and international studios and a similarly broad practice spanning public spaces, campuses, and waterfronts. Directly comparable to Hoerr Schaudt in scope, client mix, and award-winning positioning.
• OJB Landscape Architecture: OJB Landscape Architecture is a multi-office firm specializing in public parks, plazas, and urban realm work for municipalities and developers. Directly comparable on project type, scale, and multi-studio operating model.
• Hargreaves Associates: Hargreaves Associates is a landscape architecture practice working on parks, campuses, and waterfronts at national scale. Comparable to Hoerr Schaudt on marquee public-realm commissions and design-driven positioning.
• OLIN: OLIN is a Philadelphia-based landscape architecture and urban design studio focused on civic, institutional, and cultural landscapes. Directly comparable on project type, scale, and the high-design positioning Hoerr Schaudt pursues.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): MVVA is a Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm working on major public parks, campuses, and waterfronts. Directly comparable in project scale, public-sector client focus, and integrated planting/sustainability expertise.

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated planning, landscape architecture, and urban design firm with a broader service portfolio than Hoerr Schaudt (including architecture and planning). Overlaps on landscape architecture but a broader incumbent competing for the same large master-planning RFPs.

Emerging players

• LandArc Studio: LandArc is a smaller landscape architecture studio with comparable high-design work on residential, hospitality, and smaller public commissions. Partial overlap with Hoerr Schaudt's residential and boutique commercial segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hoerr-schaudt-landscape-architects
• Instagraminstagram.com/hoerrschaudt
• Xx.com/hoerrschaudt
• Facebookfacebook.com/hoerr-schaudt-landscape-architects-183217238383512

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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