Studio Bryan Hanes

What Studio Bryan Hanes does

Studio Bryan Hanes is a Philadelphia-based landscape architecture and urban design studio founded in 2008 by Bryan Hanes, with a secondary office in Bentonville, Arkansas. The firm designs civic spaces, parks, waterfronts, campuses, and urban realms with an emphasis on socially and ecologically sustainable place-making, integrated stormwater management, and deep community engagement throughout the design process. Its portfolio spans more than 40 major projects, including Sister Cities Garden at Logan Square, Pier 68, the multi-phase Rail Park atop an abandoned Reading Viaduct, the Plaza at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and master plans for Cornell University, the University of Delaware, and the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Recognition includes ASLA Honor and Merit Awards, an AIA Philadelphia Gold Medal, a ULI Philadelphia design excellence award, an APA Pennsylvania planning award, and a Sustainable Sites Initiative Pilot Project designation.

The studio operates a professional services revenue model, generating fees through competitive bidding on public-sector RFPs, direct engagement with institutional clients, and recurring sub-consultant relationships with architecture firms including Kieran Timberlake, DIGSAU, Erdy McHenry Architecture, Leslie Gill Architect, and StudioMB. Customer segments are primarily municipal governments and public agencies (City of Philadelphia, City of Pittsburgh, City of Washington D.C., Delaware River Waterfront Corporation), educational institutions (Cornell, Penn, Drexel, Swarthmore, University of Delaware, Grinnell, Sidwell Friends, Germantown Friends), and cultural institutions (Crystal Bridges, Rosenbach, Please Touch Museum). Fees are negotiated based on project scope and complexity, with public-sector engagements following percentage-of-construction-cost or hourly rate schedules, and project cadences are typically multi-year from planning through construction administration.

Name

Studio Bryan Hanes

Legal name

Studio Bryan Hanes

Website

https://studiobryanhanes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Studio Bryan Hanes is a Philadelphia-based landscape architecture and urban design firm founded in 2008 by Bryan Hanes, serving municipal governments, universities, and cultural institutions with socially and ecologically sustainable civic space, park, waterfront, and campus design across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Urban design
• Master planning
• Civic space design
• Sustainable site design

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

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 Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through landscape architecture planning, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration for public and private sector clients. Projects range from small garden designs to large-scale park master plans and urban design frameworks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Studio Bryan Hanes is a landscape architecture and urban design firm that creates socially and ecologically sustainable civic spaces including parks, plazas, waterfronts, university campuses, and neighborhood master plans. The firm provides professional services spanning landscape architecture, schematic design, construction documentation, and construction administration for municipal, institutional, and cultural clients.

Product overview

Studio Bryan Hanes is a landscape architecture and urban design firm founded in 2008 by Bryan Hanes, located in Philadelphia, PA with an office in Bentonville, AR. The studio creates socially and ecologically sustainable places through a portfolio of civic space design, master planning, and community engagement design processes. Their portfolio includes signature projects such as Sister Cities Garden at Logan Square, Pier 68 waterfront park, The Rail Park (Phase I and Viaduct Greenway), Plaza at Crystal Bridges Museum, and the Ozark Discovery Canopy (Convergence Playscape). The firm works across diverse project types including urban parks, waterfronts, university campuses, historic cemeteries, and neighborhood strategic plans. Their design approach emphasizes collaboration, investigation, invention, exploration, innovation, accommodation, and implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Services Core professional services providing landscape architecture and urban design for civic spaces, parks, waterfronts, university campuses, and public realms with emphasis on socially and ecologically sustainable design, clarity, thoughtful detailing, and lasting materials.
• Master Planning

Quantifiable outcome

• Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) Pilot Project designation for Penn Treaty Park
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Kieran TimberlakecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaborative partnership on multiple projects including Sidwell Friends School entry plaza, NLNA Pavilion, and CBEI at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Kieran Timberlake serves as architect while Studio Bryan Hanes provides landscape architecture services.
• DIGSAUcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration on university and commercial projects including IROKO at Philadelphia Navy Yard and NPPR at Swarthmore College. DIGSAU provides architectural services with Studio Bryan Hanes as landscape architecture partner.
• Erdy McHenry ArchitecturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Cornell University Large Animal Training Complex (LATC) master plan, where Erdy McHenry provided architecture and Studio Bryan Hanes delivered landscape architecture and site planning.
• Leslie Gill ArchitectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on Germantown Friends School Master Plan, with Leslie Gill providing architecture and Studio Bryan Hanes completing comprehensive site assessment.
• StudioMBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint team for Europan14 competition entry (Tornio-Haparanda site) and Grinnell College Zone of Confluence planning project.
• Fairmount Park ConservancycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative relationship on multiple Philadelphia park projects including Penn Treaty Park, Centennial Commons (Parkside Edge, Youth Area), and Fairmount Park Bench restoration. Conservancy provides funding and project sponsorship.
• Fairmount VenturesmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLead consultant on Mount Moriah Cemetery Strategic Plan, with Studio Bryan Hanes as part of the consultant team.
• evolveEAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture partner on Greenways for Pittsburgh 2.0 policy and resource guide project.
• Materials ConservationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRestoration partner for Fairmount Park Centennial Bench project, handling iron support restoration and repainting.
• The Challenge ProgramminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFabrication partner for Fairmount Park Centennial Bench project, fabricating new wood slats.
• Kenneth Lynch and SonsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFabrication partner for Fairmount Park Centennial Bench production.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM (Landscape Architecture practice): Global infrastructure consultancy with a major landscape architecture and urban design practice. Competes for large public-sector, waterfront, and resilience-driven civic commissions that increasingly bundle planning and engineering.
• SWA Group: Large-scale landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm operating nationally and internationally. A scaled competitor for larger civic and waterfront commissions where SBH's boutique capacity is constrained.
• LandDesign: Multi-disciplinary design firm with a significant landscape architecture practice serving civic, university, and private development clients across the U.S. Comparable on campus master plans and mixed-use civic landscape work.

Others

• Stantec (Landscape Architecture practice):

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Integrated design practice with a strong landscape architecture, urban planning, and master planning offering. Competes with SBH on university campus plans, waterfront redevelopments, and civic master plans at the upper end of the size scale.
• Hood Design Studio: Landscape architecture and urban design practice working on public realms, cultural landscapes, and community-engaged civic projects. Comparable to SBH on community-driven process, social-equity framing, and cultural-institution commissions.
• OLIN: Philadelphia-headquartered landscape architecture and urban design studio of comparable boutique scale, working on civic plazas, parks, and cultural-institution campuses with a similar sustainability emphasis. Direct overlap with SBH on Mid-Atlantic civic work and academic client base.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for transformative public-realm projects (High Line, Domino Park, Presidio Tunnel Tops). Highly comparable to SBH on civic, waterfront, and elevated-park typologies at municipal scale.
• Andropogon Associates: Philadelphia-based ecological landscape architecture studio emphasizing stormwater management, brownfield restoration, and sustainable site design. Highly aligned with SBH's green-infrastructure, SITES, and urban-ecology positioning.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): Landscape architecture practice with deep expertise in urban parks (Brooklyn Bridge Park, Maggie Daley Park) and academic campus master plans. Direct comparable to SBH on signature public-park commissions and university campus work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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