What Dig Studio does

Dig Studio is a privately held landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm founded in 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The firm employs 44 staff across three studios in Denver (headquarters), Phoenix, and Spokane, serving municipal and institutional clients across Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and Utah. Its core service lines are Landscape Architecture ("Field Inspired Forms"), Urban Design ("Serving Living Systems"), and Planning ("Synthesizing"), delivered through a proprietary integrated methodology the firm calls humanature™.

The firm's revenue model is project-based professional services: design fees, master planning contracts, and construction administration negotiated per engagement through direct relationships, competitive RFPs, and competitive bidding. Customers are predominantly government and municipal agencies (City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation, City of Scottsdale, City of Surprise, Town of Gilbert, City of Reno/Washoe County, Valley Metro), supplemented by educational institutions (Arizona State University, Denver Museum of Nature & Science) and private developers (Central Street Capital, Mulhern Group, Continuum Partners). Engagement scale ranges from single-acre nature play installations to 110-square-mile city master plans and a $150 million, 10-acre entertainment district.

Dig Studio differentiates through arid-climate and water-conservation design expertise, brownfield/stormwater management specialization (e.g., treating up to 6 million gallons in a 100-year storm at Carpio-Sanguinette Heron Pond Park), and an integrated public-engagement practice. The firm has accumulated 40+ industry awards since 2013 from ASLA chapters, NAIOP, ACEC, DBIA, ENR, APA, ULI, and others, with senior principals holding three ASLA Council of Fellows distinctions and one slated as 2027 ASLA President-Elect. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, no external institutional investment is recorded, and no technology platform or AI/ML capability is part of the disclosed offering.

Name

Dig Studio

Legal name

Dig Studio

Website

https://digstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dig Studio is a 44-person, three-studio (Denver, Phoenix, Spokane) landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm founded in 2012, serving municipal governments, educational institutions, and private developers across the western United States with arid-climate and water-conservation design specialization.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Urban Design Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design services
• Master planning
• Civic landscape design
• Public space planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Project-based professional services for landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. Revenue is generated through design fees, master planning contracts, and construction administration services for public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dig Studio is a landscape architecture and urban design firm offering three core service lines: Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Planning. The firm translates sites into complete and joyful expressions of place through an integrated design process called humanature™. Projects span regional parks, nature play areas, civic centers, urban plazas, transit-oriented developments, and master planning for communities across the western United States.

Product overview

Dig Studio is a landscape architecture and urban design firm offering three core service lines: Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Planning. The firm translates sites into complete and joyful expressions of place through an integrated design process. Projects span regional parks, nature play areas, civic centers, urban plazas, transit-oriented developments, and master planning for communities. Notable projects include Scottsdale Civic Center, Carpio-Sanguinette Heron Pond Park, Gilbert Regional Park, and various transit station designs. The work brings together ecological restoration, public health, mobility, play, and green infrastructure to create places serving both people and the environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture

Quantifiable outcome

• Scottsdale Civic Center reduced water usage by 5.8 million gallons per year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

23 partnerships are on record, tiered project-level and community.

• Swan Dive Design Studioproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Relish Food Hall & Pickleball project - transformed former Sam's Club in Louisville, Colorado into food hall and pickleball venue. Swan Dive led interior design while Dig Studio shaped outdoor spaces.
• Engine 8project-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Dig Studio on Relish Food Hall & Pickleball project for site redesign and outdoor space design.
• Lake Flatoproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-design team with Dig Studio on Scottsdale Civic Center revitalization project. Lake Flato provided architecture services.
• Ardurraproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of design team for Scottsdale Civic Center project alongside Dig Studio.
• Marc Taylor Inc.project-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator on Gilbert Regional Park project.
• Haydon Building Corp.project-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator on Gilbert Regional Park project.
• Muller Engineeringproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering collaborator on City Park Nature Play project.
• Biohabitatsproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on City Park Nature Play project for ecological restoration and waterway restoration.
• BRS Architectureproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• Port Urbanismproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban design collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• Martin/Martinproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• Hydrosystems/KDIproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater systems engineering collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• PCLproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• Pinyon Environmentalproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental consulting collaborator on Paco Sanchez Park project.
• Architektonproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture collaborator on Pioneer Park project.
• Wright Engineeringproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering collaborator on Pioneer Park project.
• Wilson and Companyproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering collaborator on Carpio-Sanguinette/Heron Pond Park project.
• Biohabitatsproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcological restoration collaborator on Carpio-Sanguinette/Heron Pond Park - 80-acre brownfield transformation.
• Hydrosystems/KDIproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater systems collaborator on Carpio-Sanguinette/Heron Pond Park.
• Pinyon Environmentalproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental consulting collaborator on Carpio-Sanguinette/Heron Pond Park.
• Jacobsproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary project partner for Valley Metro Thelda Williams Transit Center (Northwest Extension) project.
• Chainsaw Mamaproject-levelStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal artist collaborator on City Park Nature Play project - created sculptural representations of Colorado wildlife.
• BiohabitatscommunityStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked alongside Dig Studio and City's Open Space department on Lafayette's 'Earth Day, Every Day' event for Wildlife Plan awareness.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LandDesign: Multi-office landscape architecture, civil engineering, and urban design firm serving both public and private developers across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S.; directly comparable service offering and project typologies.
• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning studio working on signature civic, cultural, and waterfront projects; directly comparable in service mix and project typology.
• James Corner Field Operations: New York-based landscape urbanism firm behind High Line and other signature public realm projects; competes for high-profile civic and waterfront commissions with a similar integrated design philosophy.
• SWA Group: Large landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice with offices across the western U.S. and Asia; competes for the same municipal, parks, and waterfront projects as Dig Studio.
• Design Workshop: Denver-headquartered landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with similar service lines, civic project focus, and western U.S. footprint; the most direct regional competitor to Dig Studio.
• Sasaki Associates: Planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm with deep master planning practice; comparable in scale, multi-office structure, and municipal/institutional client mix.
• Civitas: Urban design and landscape architecture firm with strong civic, campus, and public realm portfolio; comparable project typologies and integrated urban design / landscape architecture approach.
• WRT (Wallace Roberts & Todd): Philadelphia-based planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm with comparable civic, campus, and waterfront project portfolio; similar service mix and project scale to Dig Studio.
• MIG: Planning, design, and communications firm with landscape architecture and civic engagement practices; overlaps with Dig Studio on master planning, public engagement, and municipal park work.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a substantial landscape architecture practice; competes for municipal and developer RFPs but as part of a much broader portfolio of services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dig-studio-inc

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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