Carbo Landscape Architecture

What Carbo Landscape Architecture does

Carbo is a landscape architecture firm. The firm has developed a considerable range of projects while maintaining a keen awareness of the places where works and developing thoughtful design solutions.

Name

Carbo Landscape Architecture

Legal name

Carbo Landscape Architecture

Website

https://www.carbo-la.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Carbo is a landscape architecture firm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA), Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Site design
• Urban planning
• Public space design
• Residential landscape

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public & Institutional Landscape Architecture Services: Design services for government entities, educational institutions, and public organizations including parks, botanical gardens, nature centers, memorial parks, campus landscapes, and streetscape projects. Projects include St. Landry Visitor Center, New Orleans Botanical Garden, CLTCC, and municipal park designs.
2. Private & Residential Landscape Architecture Services: Custom landscape design services for private homeowners and residential developers, including estate gardens, residential compounds, and high-end residential properties across Louisiana, Texas, and surrounding states.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carbo Landscape Architecture is a professional landscape architecture firm that designs outdoor environments for two primary client segments: public/institutional clients (civic, educational, parks, campus, and other institutional projects) and private/residential clients (homeowners and developers). The practice provides site planning, planting design, hardscape design, and master planning services, drawing on more than two decades of regional design experience in the Gulf South.

Product overview

CARBO Landscape Architecture is a landscape architecture firm offering two primary service categories: Public & Institutional landscape design and Private & Residential landscape design. The firm operates from its Baton Rouge, Louisiana headquarters and serves clients across the Gulf South region. Their portfolio encompasses completed works including residential and estate gardens, regional parks, botanical gardens, nature centers, institutional campuses, and urban streetscapes. The company maintains a showcase of projects on its website organized by category (public/institutional and private/residential), with a portfolio of award-winning designs spanning multiple decades. The firm has received over 80 professional design awards including National ASLA Honor Awards, and select projects have been featured in major publications including Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, ELLE Decor, Garden Design, Flower Magazine, and Landscape Architecture journal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public & Institutional Landscape Architecture Professional landscape architecture services for civic, educational, parks, campus, and other institutional clients, including site planning, master planning, planting design, and hardscape design. Deliverables are design plans and construction documents produced for institutional project teams.
• Private & Residential Landscape Architecture Professional landscape architecture services for homeowners, estates, and residential developers, including residential site planning, garden and planting design, and hardscape design. Deliverables are tailored design plans and construction documents for private residential projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80 professional design awards including multiple National ASLA Honor Awards, LCASLA Honor Awards, and regional recognition
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SWA GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaboration with SWA Group on Destination: The Lakes project in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which received both National ASLA Honor Award and LCASLA President's Award. Also collaborated on Baton Rouge Lakes Master Plan.
• Lake/Flato ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaboration with Lake/Flato Architects and ArchitectureWorks on Indian Springs School project in Birmingham, Alabama, which received National AIA Education Facility Design Award of Merit and AIA Birmingham Institutional Design Award.
• ArchitectureWorkscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaboration with Lake/Flato Architects and ArchitectureWorks on Indian Springs School project, receiving AIA recognition for education facility design.
• Waggonner & BallminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImages for Gretna City Park project courtesy of Waggonner & Ball, indicating potential collaborative relationship on stormwater and resilience projects in the New Orleans area.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• SWA Group: Internationally recognized landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with a strong public/institutional practice. Direct peer because CARBO has formally partnered with SWA Group on award-winning projects (Destination: The Lakes, National ASLA Honor Award 2016), and both firms serve similar public-sector institutional and high-end residential clients across overlapping geographies.
• Design Workshop: Landscape architecture and urban design firm with a national footprint emphasizing sustainability, planning, and resilience. Comparable to CARBO in its integration of environmental stewardship, mixed public/private client base, and award-recognized design quality across residential and institutional projects.
• OLIN: Landscape architecture, urban design, and planning studio known for high-profile cultural, institutional, and public-realm projects. Comparable to CARBO in serving prestigious institutional clients, emphasizing design excellence, and producing award-winning work across scales.
• LandDesign: Multi-disciplinary firm providing landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban design, and planning services. Comparable to CARBO in serving a mix of public/institutional and private clients with an integrated, sustainability-focused design approach.
• Ten Eyck Landscape Architects: Texas-based landscape architecture firm with a strong regional practice in Texas, Arizona, and the Southwest. Comparable to CARBO in its focus on regional context, sustainable design, and a mix of public/institutional and high-end residential commissions across the Southern U.S.

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki: Large international design practice covering landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture, and civil engineering. Comparable to CARBO in its institutional and campus planning work but operates at significantly larger scale with broader service breadth and global reach.
• James Corner Field Operations: Prominent landscape architecture and urban design firm behind high-profile public realm projects. Comparable to CARBO in its award-winning public sector work but at a much larger scale with a national/international brand and higher-capacity teams.

Emerging players

• Lake|Flato Architects: San Antonio-based architecture firm with strong sustainability ethos and recognized education facility design. Direct peer/partner because CARBO has collaborated on award-winning projects with Lake|Flato (Indian Springs School, National AIA Education Facility Design Award of Merit 2016), and the firms share overlapping values around contextual, sustainable design in the Southern U.S.
• MESA Design Group: Dallas-based landscape architecture firm with a portfolio of public parks, urban design, and institutional projects in the Southern U.S. Comparable to CARBO in its emphasis on sustainable, context-driven design for municipalities and institutions across overlapping Gulf South geographies.

Regional players

• Andoe & Associates Landscape Architects: Louisiana-based landscape architecture firm serving public and private clients throughout the Gulf South. Comparable to CARBO in operating within the same regional market, serving similar municipal and institutional clients, though with a more limited public profile and award presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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