Integrated Design Studio

What Integrated Design Studio does

Integrated Design Studio, Inc. (IDS) is a privately held, full-service landscape architecture and site planning firm founded in 2005 by Michael Erskine and Jane Sedonaen and headquartered at 227 Flamingo Road in Mill Valley, California. The firm operates with a small multidisciplinary team of approximately 10-12 professionals including principals, designers, project managers, a studio director, and an office manager. IDS serves four primary customer verticals — single-family residential, multi-family residential, hospitality and mixed-use, and schools and community — alongside a smaller IDS Philanthropy practice that donates discounted or pro-bono services to non-profit clients such as Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and the Marin Humane / Pen Pals of San Quentin program.

The firm's service offering spans the full project lifecycle, from conceptual and schematic design through construction documents, permitting, and construction administration. Technical capabilities center on mainstream design software — AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite, and Lumion for 3D renderings — augmented by a differentiated physical asset: the IDS Outdoor Design Center in Mill Valley, a garden showroom where clients and design partners evaluate materials, planting palettes, and design elements in person. Erskine's dual licensure as a landscape architect and contractor is a recurring source of construction-cost and feasibility insight, while Sedonaen's background in recreation programming informs a people-and-nature design philosophy.

IDS generates revenue through project-based professional services fees. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, combining direct engagements with homeowners, developers, school administrators, and community organizations with subcontracted roles within multidisciplinary design teams led by architecture firms such as Dorman Associates Architects and Perkins Design Associates. Geographic concentration is in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, with at least one documented project in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. The firm is founder-owned, with no evidence of external investment, venture capital, or private equity backing.

Name

Integrated Design Studio

Legal name

Integrated Design Studio, Inc.

Website

https://integrateddesignstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Integrated Design Studio is a privately held landscape architecture and site planning firm founded in 2005 and based in Mill Valley, California. The firm serves residential, multi-family, hospitality, and educational clients across Northern California with a 10-12 person design team.

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
• Site planning
• Master planning
• Outdoor design
• Construction documentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Mill Valley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Design Services: Professional services revenue from landscape architecture and site planning engagements. Projects range from single-family residential to schools, community projects, mixed-use development, and hospitality projects. Revenue is generated through design fees for conceptual designs, schematic designs, construction documents, master planning, and 3D rendering services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Integrated Design Studio is a full-service landscape architecture and site planning firm delivering custom landscape design, land planning, master planning, construction documentation, and 3D rendering services. The firm serves homeowners, multi-family developers, hospitality operators, schools, and community organizations across the San Francisco Bay Area, operating from its headquarters in Mill Valley, California.

Product overview

Integrated Design Studio (IDS) is a full-service landscape architecture and site planning firm offering a portfolio of services including Land Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design. The company provides specialized design services across five distinct service lines: Single Family Residential (custom residential landscapes with permitting support), Multi-Family Residential (multi-family and mixed-use developments), Hospitality & Mixed-Use (hotels, resorts, and commercial outdoor spaces), Schools & Community (educational facilities and community projects with workshop facilitation), and IDS Philanthropy (pro-bono services for non-profits). The firm also operates an IDS Outdoor Design Center in Mill Valley that showcases materials and design elements for client experience. Projects range from residential design to school campuses, multi-family complexes, and hospitality environments, with technical expertise including conceptual and schematic designs, construction documents, master planning, and 3D rendering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Single Family Residential Landscape Design Custom landscape design for individual residential properties, producing full sets of drawings compliant with local zoning, fire, and water use requirements from design concept through permitting.
• Multi-Family Residential Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture and site planning for multi-family residential developments including mixed-use projects on waterfronts and urban settings, including site planning, design development, zoning approvals and landscape permit drawings.
• Hospitality & Mixed-Use Landscape Design Land planning and landscape design for hotels, resorts, restaurants, and mixed-use developments, including site development analysis, conceptual plans, and entitlement preparation.
• Schools & Community Design Services Design services for educational institutions and community organizations including sustainable learning gardens, playground design, nature-play environments, community workshops, and master planning.
• IDS Philanthropy Pro-bono and discounted landscape architecture services for non-profit projects, including partnerships with Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and San Quentin State Prison programs, with IDS Principals providing services to 2-3 worthy projects each year.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Habitat for Humanity Greater San FranciscominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIDS Principals provide pro-bono site planning and landscape architecture services for Habitat for Humanity SF multi-family projects. The partnership supports affordable housing development by providing design services to deserving families. In 2019, IDS offered discounted services for three local Habitat for Humanity SF Multi-family projects including the Amber Drive project.
• Marin Humane / Pen Pals of San QuentinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Marin Humane Society supporting the Pen Pals of San Quentin program, which trains selected inmates to help dogs overcome medical and behavioral challenges. IDS has supported this program since 2005.
• Dorman Associates ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Dorman Associates Architects as lead design team for the Flora Farms project in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. IDS provided site planning and landscape architectural design for outdoor spaces and amenity areas.
• Perkins Design AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the Perkins Design Associates team responsible for site planning, design development, zoning approvals, and landscape permit drawings for Anchor Cove Marina Bay project in Richmond, CA.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki Associates: Multi-disciplinary design practice integrating landscape architecture, planning, urban design, and architecture. Competes with IDS for large mixed-use and campus landscape commissions and represents the type of full-service firm IDS partners with on integrated projects.
• SWA Group: Large, internationally recognized landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with a San Francisco office. Competes with IDS on multi-family, mixed-use, and waterfront projects across Northern California but operates at materially greater scale and project size.

Direct peers

• Studio-MLA: Los Angeles-based landscape architecture and urban design firm with strong California presence across residential, mixed-use, and parks projects. Closely comparable in service mix and typology, and a direct competitor for West Coast design mandates.
• OLIN: Full-service landscape architecture, urban design, and planning studio with work spanning hospitality, residential, and cultural projects. Comparable in service breadth and design philosophy, though typically engaged on larger-scale commissions than IDS.
• James Corner Field Operations: High-profile landscape architecture and urban design firm known for large public realm and mixed-use projects. While typically engaged on much larger commissions, it competes for the same hospitality, waterfront, and mixed-use landscape scopes that IDS targets.
• Ground Studio: Bay Area landscape architecture studio focused on custom residential, hospitality, and small-scale public projects. Closely comparable to IDS in scale, geographic focus, and design-led service approach.
• Surfacedesign: San Francisco-based landscape architecture and urban design practice working across cultural, residential, and hospitality projects. Direct Bay Area peer with overlapping client base and project typologies.
• Arterra Landscape Architects: Bay Area landscape architecture firm serving residential, hospitality, and institutional clients. Direct geographic and service overlap with IDS, making it a near-substitute for Northern California clients evaluating landscape design partners.
• Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture: San Francisco-based landscape architecture firm specializing in custom residential, institutional, and public realm projects in the Bay Area. Highly comparable to IDS in scale, geography, and project typology, and a direct competitor for premium Northern California commissions.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Landscape architecture firm with strong portfolio in residential estates, cultural institutions, and campus-scale projects. Comparable design philosophy and project typology, though typically operating on larger institutional commissions than IDS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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