What Mitchell + Associates does

Mitchell + Associates is a Dublin-headquartered landscape architecture, masterplanning, and urban design practice founded in 1988. The firm delivers integrated landscape design solutions for public sector clients, including local authorities (Kilkenny County Council, Offaly County Council), health services (Health Service Executive), and educational institutions (University College Dublin, University of Galway), as well as private developers and property companies (Kennedy Wilson, NAMA, Kileen Group, Winterbrook). Service offerings are organized around four pillars: Landscape Architecture, Masterplanning + Urban Design, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), and Guidelines Development, with documented award-winning work in civic, residential, healthcare, and education sectors.

The firm operates as a project-based professional services consultancy using standard industry design tools (AutoCAD, Photoshop, InDesign, Sketchup) rather than proprietary technology platforms. Their differentiated offering lies in integrated multi-disciplinary design capabilities, biodiversity-led and nature-based drainage expertise (e.g., the live grassland regeneration experiment at University of Galway's Dunlin Student Village), and regulatory-facing expertise including expert witness services at An Bord Pleanala planning hearings. They have produced guideline documents adopted as planning policy, such as the Cherrywood Amenity Space Guidance (2017) and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Green Infrastructure Strategy (2014).

Revenue is generated through fee-based professional services engagements quoted on a project-by-project basis, with no public pricing information disclosed. The firm has approximately 15 listed staff including Director Brian McGuinne and Project Director Celia Harris, and operates from a single headquarters in Glasnevin, Dublin. The firm holds no patents, has no disclosed funding rounds, and shows no M&A activity; it appears to be founder/independently owned with all operations confined to the Republic of Ireland market.

Name

Mitchell + Associates

Legal name

Mitchell + Associates

Website

https://mitchell.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mitchell + Associates is a Dublin-based landscape architecture, masterplanning, and urban design consultancy serving Irish public sector bodies and private developers with integrated site design, LVIA, and planning guideline services since 1988.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Urban design
• Master planning
• Landscape assessment
• Urban regeneration

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasnevin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Landscape Architecture: Fee-based professional services for landscape architecture, masterplanning, urban design, and landscape and visual impact assessment projects. Services are engaged on a project basis for public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Mitchell + Associates is a Dublin-based professional services firm delivering landscape architecture, master planning, urban design, and landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA) for public and private sector clients across Ireland. The firm provides design, planning, and advisory services for parks, urban regeneration, residential, healthcare, education, and commercial developments, supported by guidelines development at national, regional, and local scales.

Product overview

Mitchell + Associates is a multi-disciplinary landscape architecture and urban design firm offering a portfolio of interconnected professional services. The core offerings are Landscape Architecture and Masterplanning + Urban Design, supplemented by LVIA (Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment) services and Guidelines Development. These services are delivered through a cohesive, integrated approach spanning site master planning, urban design and regeneration, public parks and open spaces, commercial/corporate institutional projects, and residential projects across both public and private sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Core landscape architecture service focused on achieving designed solutions specific to each site, derived from historical, physical, economic, social, and cultural context. Engagements include site master planning, public parks and open spaces, commercial/corporate institutional projects, and residential projects for public bodies and private developers.
• Masterplanning + Urban Design Urban design practice spanning strategic framework assessment, 3-dimensional analysis and design of urban quarters and neighbourhoods, through to detailed public realm design and construction projects. Engaged by public bodies and private developers, with many proposals adopted as planning policy.
• LVIA (Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment) Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIAs), Landscape Management Plans, and Landscape Conservation Plans for historic parks and demesnes. Covers sectors including national, regional, and local infrastructure as well as major residential, recreational, commercial, and town centre developments, with expert witness services at An Bord Pleanala.
• Guidelines Development Development of design and policy guidelines at national, regional, and local scales, combining diverse skillset and project-based experience with evidence-backed analysis. Key publications include Cherrywood Amenity Space Guidance Document 2017 and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Green Infrastructure Strategy 2014.

Quantifiable outcome

• Kilkenny Riverside Gardens - transforming former industrial brewery site into vibrant community amenity and winning ULI Overall National Excellence in Placemaking Award 2021
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Malone O'Regan EngineerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering consultancy partner on the Kilkenny Riverside Gardens project. Worked collaboratively as part of the design team alongside Mitchell + Associates and Nolan Construction Consultants to deliver the award-winning Abbey Quarter Riverside Garden and Skate Park project.
• Nolan Construction ConsultantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction consultancy partner on the Kilkenny Riverside Gardens project, contributing to the design team that delivered the ULI award-winning scheme.
• STW ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm engaged by Mitchell + Associates to design the external realm of the National Forensic Mental Health Services campus, balancing therapeutic care environment needs within a secure setting.
• O'Mahony Pike ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm partner on the Clancy Quay project in Dublin 8, where Mitchell + Associates provided landscape architecture services. Project won ULI Placemaking Award 2022 and RIAI Highly Commended.
• MKOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMKO worked with Mitchell + Associates and University of Galway on the Dunlin Student Village project, contributing to ecological expertise for the live grassland regeneration experiment.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with urban design and landscape architecture capabilities. Comparable in cross-disciplinary design-team model (engineering + landscape) and ability to compete for major SDZ-scale urban regeneration projects.
• AECOM: Global professional services firm with a substantial landscape architecture and urban design practice. Competes with Mitchell + Associates for large public-sector and developer-led masterplanning commissions in Ireland and the UK.
• OLIN: Internationally recognised landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with similar focus on high-quality public realm and placemaking projects for public and private sector clients.
• Sasaki Associates: Global design practice spanning landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture. Overlaps with Mitchell + Associates in masterplanning and urban regeneration, but at significantly larger scale and broader service scope.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): International multi-disciplinary design practice combining architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. Comparable cross-disciplinary design consortium model and overlapping healthcare, education, and public realm client base.
• SWA Group: Large international landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice with broad sector coverage. A scaled-up comparator for Mitchell + Associates in masterplanning, park design, and waterfront regeneration.

Direct peers

• Grant Associates: Internationally renowned landscape architecture practice (UK-based), with comparable multi-disciplinary offerings in masterplanning, urban design, and ecology-led landscape work for public realm, healthcare, and education clients. Similar award pedigree and project profile to Mitchell + Associates.
• Brady Shipman Martin: One of Ireland's largest and longest-established multi-disciplinary landscape architecture and planning practices, headquartered in Dublin. Directly comparable in scale, services offered (landscape architecture, masterplanning, urban design, LVIA), and public/private sector client base.
• Gross Max: Edinburgh/London-based landscape architecture and urban design practice with comparable scale and a similar mix of public-realm, masterplanning, and developer-led projects, including award-winning placemaking work.
• Dermot Foley Landscape Architects: Irish landscape architecture practice delivering comparable urban design, public realm, and residential landscape services for Irish public and private clients; similar scale and customer mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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