What Place Design Group does

Place Design Group is an Australian-headquartered planning and design consultancy founded in 2003, delivering integrated services across strategic planning, urban design and master planning, landscape architecture, visual design, and statutory development approvals. The firm operates from six offices across Australia (Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Townsville) and Singapore, serving public sector agencies, property developers, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and hospitality operators across twelve sectors including residential, commercial, education, health and aged care, hotels and tourism, industrial, sports and recreation, public realm, urban renewal, and transport infrastructure.

The firm's technology stack combines in-house multidisciplinary teams with proprietary Place Planning methodology and internally developed software, apps, and tools for smart-city design. Delivery is supported by dedicated BIM, 3D visualisation and technology management functions, alongside a Mandarin-language web presence supporting China engagement. Place Design Group is ISO 9001 certified, RiskSMART Certified for its statutory planning team, and has accumulated over 100 industry awards across AILA, PIA, UDIA, WAN, REARD and other recognitions since 2018, reflecting sustained reputational capital in the Australian planning sector.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional consulting fees negotiated per client and scope, with direct enterprise sales to government agencies and developers via relationship-driven business development rather than a public pricing catalogue. The go-to-market relies on industry referrals, established client relationships, and award-led credibility, with recurring multi-year master-planning engagements alongside episodic project work. Disclosed customers include Stockland (The Gables Sporting Precinct, $21M), R&F Property Australia (Brisbane 1), the Queensland Department of Communities Housing and Digital Economy (Mari-Mari-Ba), Richmond Valley Council (Mid Richmond Place Plans), and All Hallows School (St Gertrude's Revitalisation), evidencing a mixed public-private book across multiple sectors and geographies.

Name

Place Design Group

Legal name

Place Design Group

Website

https://placedesigngroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Place Design Group is an Australian-headquartered planning and design consultancy delivering integrated strategic planning, urban design, master planning, landscape architecture, and development services to government agencies, property developers, and institutional clients across Australia, China, and South East Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Planning and Design Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for strategic planning, urban design, master planning, landscape architecture, visual design, and development services. Project-based engagements with government and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

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Product overview

Place Design Group offers an integrated suite of five core consulting services: Strategic Planning, Urban Design and Master Planning, Visual Design, Landscape Architecture, and Development Services. These services work collaboratively to support clients from conceptualisation through to on-ground delivery. The company takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining planning and design expertise to deliver projects across sectors including residential, commercial, education, health and aged care, hotels and tourism, industrial, master planning, sports and recreation, public realm, urban renewal, and transport and infrastructure. The company employs over 100 individuals across offices in Australia, China, and South East Asia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Winner of over 100 industry awards across AILA, PIA, UDIA, and international recognitions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Museum of BrisbanecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 October 2025Place Design Group became a partner of the Museum of Brisbane in October 2025. The partnership was announced at the Lord Mayor's Breakfast celebrating collaboration, creativity, and community. The partnership involves collaboration between Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane City Council, and dedicated partners to enrich the city's cultural landscape.
• UDIA QueenslandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025UDIA Queensland launched its Industrial Council to strengthen the state's economic future and champion reform. Angus Green from Place Design Group was appointed to represent the Council, bringing expertise from the planning and development sector to influence policy and support the industrial sector's role in Queensland's growth.
• Meridian UrbanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlace Design Group partnered with Meridian Urban for the Mid Richmond Place Plans project. Meridian Urban provided specialist expertise supporting the creative approach to integrating place planning with disaster adaptation pathways using CSIRO's 'maintain, modify and transform' approach.
• Deicke RichardsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Deicke Richards architects for the Mari-Mari-Ba First Nations housing precinct project for the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. Deicke Richards provided architectural design while Place Design Group delivered landscape architecture services.
• Bureau Proberts ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Bureau Proberts Architects for the Brisbane 1 luxury apartment project. Place Design Group provided landscape architectural services while working closely with the architects on material selection for outdoor recreational spaces.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: GHD is one of Australia's largest employee-owned engineering, architecture, environmental, and planning consultancies. Larger incumbent with overlapping planning, urban design, and landscape capabilities that serves many of the same government and developer clients across Australia.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm covering urban planning, landscape architecture, and development advisory across infrastructure, water, and the built environment. Broader incumbent that competes with Place Design Group on major urban renewal, master planning, and resilience projects in Australia and Asia Pacific.
• Jacobs: Jacobs is a global professional services firm delivering infrastructure, environmental, and urban planning consulting at significant scale. Broader incumbent that competes for the largest government tenders where Place Design Group also bids, with overlapping expertise in resilience, urban renewal, and transport infrastructure.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with deep capabilities across landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and environmental services. Larger incumbent with broader portfolio that competes for the same government infrastructure and master planning tenders as Place Design Group, though typically at much larger scale.
• Stantec (via Oculus landscape architecture): Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and planning consultancy that absorbed Oculus Landscape Architecture and other Australian design specialists. Larger incumbent offering integrated planning and landscape design across the full infrastructure life cycle, competing with Place Design Group on mid-to-large Australian government and developer mandates.

Direct peers

• Aspect Studios: Aspect Studios is an Australia-based landscape architecture and urban design practice operating across Australia and internationally with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Shanghai, and London. Direct peer in landscape architecture, urban design, and master planning services targeting similar government, developer, and infrastructure clients.
• Hassell: Hassell is an international architecture and design practice with integrated landscape architecture, urban design, and master planning capabilities. Direct overlap with Place Design Group in delivering multidisciplinary planning, urban design, and landscape architecture for government and developer clients across Australia and Asia Pacific at similar scale.
• Urbis: Urbis is an Australian planning, urban design, property economics, and social advisory consultancy with national presence. Direct competitor across urban planning, statutory planning, and property consulting, serving government agencies and developers on similar mandates in the Australian market.
• Tract Consultants: Tract Consultants is an Australian town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture consultancy. Direct peer delivering integrated planning, urban design, and landscape services to government and developer clients across Australia in similar project types.

Regional players

• Wraight and Associates: Wraight and Associates is a New Zealand-based landscape architecture and urban design practice with cross-Tasman experience. Comparable in scale and service mix to Place Design Group, but primarily serving the New Zealand market rather than Australia or wider Asia Pacific.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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