What Stoss Landscape Urbanism does

Stoss Landscape Urbanism is a privately held landscape architecture and urban design firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with a second studio in Los Angeles. The firm delivers professional services across the full project lifecycle — site analysis, master planning, schematic and detailed design, construction documentation, and construction administration — organized into project typologies that include Downtown + Plazas, Parks + Recreation, Resiliency + Waterfronts, Campus + Institutional, Mixed Use + Residential, Planning + Urbanism, Greenways + Streets, and Installation + Exhibition. Its distinct technical emphasis sits in climate adaptation and resiliency planning, urban forestry, equitable public space, and participatory design, supported by a digital fabrication capability (3D printing, laser cutting, CNC routing) and an experimental mycelium materials research program.

The firm is organized as an independent private practice with no disclosed venture or private-equity ownership. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services fees, with client acquisition driven primarily by Requests for Proposal (RFP) from government and municipal agencies, supplemented by institutional clients (e.g., Harvard GSD teaching engagements) and select private developers (e.g., Lanterra / Foster + Partners on 50 Scollard, Toronto). Pricing is fully project-based and not publicly disclosed; prospective clients submit detailed inquiries to [email protected]. The firm operates with a small team of 11–50 employees distributed across its two U.S. offices and pursues complex, multi-disciplinary engagements through an extensive network of engineering, research, and community partners, including Weston & Sampson, Arcadis, Stone Living Lab, Van Alen Institute, Boston Harbor Now, City Plants, and TreePeople.

Name

Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Legal name

Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Website

https://stoss.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stoss Landscape Urbanism is a Boston-based landscape architecture and urban design firm (founded 2001, 11–50 employees, second studio in Los Angeles) that delivers climate-resilient, equity-focused public realm projects for municipal, institutional, and select private developer clients through RFP-driven professional services.

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
• Climate adaptation planning
• Coastal resiliency design
• Public space planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

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. Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Services: Professional consulting services for landscape architecture, urban planning, climate adaptation, and resiliency design projects. Revenue generated through project fees for design, planning, and implementation services for government, institutional, and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stoss Landscape Urbanism provides professional landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design services delivered through project-based consulting engagements. Its core offerings span master planning, schematic design, construction documentation, and construction administration for parks, plazas, waterfronts, campuses, mixed-use developments, greenways, and installations. The firm pairs these core design services with specialized capabilities in climate adaptation and resiliency planning, community engagement facilitation, digital fabrication for design visualization, and speculative urban research.

Product overview

Stoss Landscape Urbanism is a landscape architecture and urban planning firm offering a comprehensive suite of design services. The firm's core offering consists of landscape architecture services supplemented by specialized project typologies: Downtown + Plazas, Parks + Recreation, Resiliency + Waterfronts, Campus + Institutional, Mixed Use + Residential, Planning + Urbanism, Greenways + Streets, and Installation + Exhibition. The studio also maintains research capabilities in Digital Fabrication (including 3D printing, CNC routing, and experimental materials like mycelium) and Speculative Research for forward-looking urban design exploration. Services are delivered through studios in Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Downtown + Plazas Urban plaza and downtown public space design practice focusing on civic gathering areas, pedestrian environments, and mixed-use public realms for municipalities and developers.
• Parks + Recreation Design of parks and recreational facilities including active recreation areas, sports facilities, and community green spaces for public sector clients.
• Resiliency + Waterfronts Coastal resilience and waterfront design practice addressing sea-level rise, storm surge protection, and adaptive reuse of waterfront areas for municipalities and authorities.
• Campus + Institutional Campus and institutional landscape design for educational, healthcare, corporate, and institutional clients including universities, hospitals, and corporate campuses.
• Mixed Use + Residential Landscape design for mixed-use developments and residential projects integrating private and public outdoor spaces, including public plazas and roof terraces at high-rise residential developments.
• Planning + Urbanism Urban planning and urban design services including comprehensive planning, zoning analysis, and large-scale urban development frameworks for public and private sector clients.
• Greenways + Streets Linear park, greenway, and complete street design connecting neighborhoods through vegetated corridors and sustainable transportation corridors.
• Installation + Exhibition Temporary and permanent installation design and exhibition landscape elements for cultural events and public art projects.
• Digital Fabrication Services Digital fabrication services including 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC routing for model-making, prototyping, representational strategies, furniture design, and experimental materials research (including mycelium-based forms) used in design visualization and community engagement.
• Speculative Research Speculative design research exploring future scenarios for urban environments, including reimagining infrastructure, vacant land strategies, and experimental landscape interventions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trees can improve property values by as much as 15 percent
• +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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Weston & SampsoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrequent engineering partners on coastal resilience engineering and design projects. Collaborated on coastal resilience projects including Ryan Playground in Charlestown and waterfront projects in East Boston.
• ArcadiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering and design collaboration partner on Coastal Resiliency Planning projects including Nantucket Island. Joint execution of resiliency planning and design services.
• Boston Harbor NowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for virtual community forums on Moakley Park project, providing platform for community engagement and public outreach during planning process.
• Van Alen InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Future Ground initiative for New Orleans Working Vacancy project. Active involvement through Van Alen Climate Council where team member Amy Whitesides serves.
• Stone Living LabcoreTechnology or IntegrationResearch partnership with UMass researchers coordinating on ways to expand seawall materials research into the urban environment. Focus on innovative coastal resilience solutions.
• City PlantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with Stoss Associate Davi Schoen on visualization efforts for tree equity principles and planning in LA County. Multidisciplinary team working on urban forestry equity.
• TreePeoplecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on LA urban forest planning, working to evaluate current tree canopy conditions and plan expansion focusing on historically underserved neighborhoods.
• Mass EconomicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting partner on Working Vacancy (New Orleans) and Vision Galveston projects. Provides economic analysis and development strategy expertise.
• Huitt-ZollarscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead firm on Galveston Vision project team. Architecture and engineering partnership on waterfront resiliency planning.
• Asakura RobinsoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban planning partner on Vision Galveston project, contributing planning and design expertise for community visioning process.
• Interface StudiominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam lead on Downtown St. Louis project with interactive community open house platform.
• Lanterra DevelopmentscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDeveloper client for 50 Scollard public plaza project in Toronto. Collaboration on residential tower landscape design.
• Foster + PartnerscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitectural collaboration on 50 Scollard public plaza and roof terraces in Toronto.
• Braun NurseryminorOthersHorticultural nursery partner for pleached tree cultivation on 50 Scollard project.
• PAO HorticulturalminorOthersHorticultural consulting partner for tree selection and cultivation on Toronto plaza project.
• Jonathan Tate (OJT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture and design partner on New Orleans Working Vacancy project team.
• Liz OgbuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudio collaborator on Working Vacancy New Orleans project, contributing expertise in social and environmental design.
• New Orleans Redevelopment AuthoritycoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrimary client and partner for Working Vacancy strategic vacant land initiative. Government agency driving urban redevelopment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Integrated design practice combining landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture with a strong campus and waterfront portfolio. Comparable to Stoss in multi-disciplinary project delivery, institutional client base, and emphasis on resilience and equity-led planning.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for the High Line and large-scale urban regeneration projects. Directly comparable to Stoss in its landscape urbanism positioning, project typologies (waterfronts, parks, plazas), and emphasis on public-sector and large institutional commissions.
• SWA Group: Landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with offices across the US and Asia. Comparable to Stoss in core services, project typologies (plazas, parks, campuses, waterfronts), and emphasis on ecologically driven design and large institutional clients.
• SCAPE Landscape Architecture: New York-based landscape architecture and urban design firm focused on ecological resilience, waterfronts, and public space. Directly comparable to Stoss in its climate adaptation and coastal resilience positioning and its engagement of community-driven design methodologies.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Cambridge, MA-based landscape architecture firm with a strong campus and cultural landscape portfolio. Comparable to Stoss in firm scale, geographic base in the Boston market, and emphasis on high-design public and institutional landscape commissions.
• Hood Design Studio: Oakland-based landscape architecture, urban design, and art practice with emphasis on equity, ecology, and cultural landscapes. Closely comparable to Stoss in combining social-equity framing with landscape urbanism, particularly on West Coast public realm work.
• OLIN: Philadelphia- and LA-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with a strong portfolio in parks, cultural landscapes, and waterfronts. Highly comparable to Stoss in scale, multi-office structure, and focus on high-design public realm projects.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure and design firm with a large landscape architecture and urban design practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent pursuing similar large-scale municipal resilience, waterfront, and green infrastructure engagements where Stoss also competes.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and consultancy firm that competes for and partners with Stoss on coastal resilience projects (e.g., Nantucket). Comparable as a broader incumbent in climate adaptation and urban planning, offering bundled services that compete with Stoss's specialist offering.
• Snøhetta: Global multi-disciplinary design practice with significant landscape architecture and urban design work. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the same design space, though it operates at much larger scale and across architecture, interiors, and product design in addition to landscape.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stosslu

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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