LILA

What LILA does

LILA is a privately held landscape architecture studio headquartered in New York, founded in 2010 by principals Matthew Gindlesperger and Timothy Nawrocki, both of whom bring over a decade of prior collaboration on global projects. The firm operates as a boutique professional services practice delivering four integrated service lines: Landscape Design, Urban Design & Planning, Community-Driven Design, and Project Visioning. Its work spans projects at multiple scales — from expansive waterfronts and rooftop amenities to urban pocket parks, city masterplans, and healing gardens — across North America (New York, Toronto), Europe (London), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi), and Asia (China).

The studio's go-to-market is sales-led and direct: LILA engages government agencies, private developers, and institutional stakeholders through project-based bids and relationship-driven client development. Revenue is generated on a per-project professional services basis with no publicly disclosed pricing or recurring managed-service component. Customer concentration sits with marquee public-sector and institutional logos (e.g., City of Toronto, City of Abu Dhabi, Chinese municipal governments, a London healthcare facility, and a New York innovation campus), and the firm relies on its project portfolio and principal reputation as its primary marketing channels, supported by a Squarespace-hosted website and direct email inquiry.

Underlying delivery rests on a multidisciplinary team model that blurs traditional boundaries between architecture, landscape design, planning, and horticulture. There is no proprietary software platform, API, AI/ML tooling, or technology product — output is human design services. Marketing language centers on integrating nature into urban environments and climate resilience, but operationally the firm is a small (1-10 employee), principal-led consulting practice whose growth capacity is bounded by the billable hours of its two founders and any associated project staff.

Name

LILA

Website

https://lilalandscape.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LILA is a New York–based boutique landscape architecture studio founded in 2010 by two principals, offering landscape design, urban planning, community engagement, and project visioning services to government agencies, private developers, and institutional clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural Services (54131)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA), Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Urban design
• Master planning
• Community engagement
• Landscape design

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Project-based professional services revenue from landscape design, urban design and planning, community-driven design, and project visioning engagements. Clients include government agencies, private developers, and institutional stakeholders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

LILA is a landscape architecture design studio that delivers integrated landscape design, urban design and planning, community-driven design, and project visioning services. Its work spans waterfronts, urban plazas, innovation campuses, healing gardens, and city masterplans across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The studio's mission is to integrate nature, landscape, and art into vibrant urban environments, with a focus on climate resilience and community wellbeing.

Product overview

LILA is a landscape architecture studio offering four integrated service lines: Landscape Design, Urban Design & Planning, Community-Driven Design, and Project Visioning. These services work together to deliver comprehensive landscape architecture solutions—from initial concept and community engagement through to final design and implementation—across projects spanning waterfronts, urban plazas, innovation campuses, healing gardens, and city masterplans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Design
• Urban Design & Planning
• Community-Driven Design
• Project Visioning

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a sizable landscape architecture and urban design practice. Comparable to LILA in capability but competes on scale, geographic coverage, and ability to underbid on large public RFPs.
• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with strong urban design and landscape capabilities. Comparable to LILA at the project-type level (city masterplans, campuses) but operating as a much larger multidisciplinary incumbent.
• SWA Group: Long-established landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with a much larger bench and broader portfolio. Comparable to LILA in core discipline but materially larger in scale and geographic reach.
• Stantec: Large global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a landscape architecture practice. Comparable to LILA at the service-line level but operates as a broad incumbent with vastly more resources.

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Boston-based design practice spanning landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture. Comparable to LILA in its integrated, multidisciplinary approach and its mix of campus, waterfront, and city-scale engagements.
• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice with a multidisciplinary team and global project reach. Closely aligned with LILA's integrated landscape + urban planning service model.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for signature public projects such as the High Line. Directly comparable to LILA in scale, urban-design focus, and global public-sector client base.
• Snøhetta: Multidisciplinary design practice spanning architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design with a global project portfolio. Comparable to LILA in cross-disciplinary integration and international public-realm work.
• Hood Design Studio: Oakland-based landscape architecture and urban design studio with a community-driven, equity-focused practice. Comparable to LILA in mission orientation and emphasis on community-engaged design processes.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): Brooklyn-based landscape architecture studio of comparable boutique size working on flagship parks and urban landscapes. Closely matches LILA in headcount, New York footprint, and high-profile public-realm commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dwd-professional-management-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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