Integrated Planning and Design

What Integrated Planning and Design does

Integrated Planning and Design (iPD) is an international landscape architecture and urban design firm founded in 2008, headquartered in North Sydney, Australia, with offices in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China. The firm specializes in integrating planning, ecological, and cultural considerations into urban and landscape design, with Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and Sponge City design serving as the foundational methodology across all projects rather than optional add-ons. Its proprietary frameworks include the EcoLane (绿脉) highway retrofit concept for porous corridors that absorb floodwater, retain water in dry climates, filter pollutants, and provide biodiversity habitat. The firm operates a project-based professional services model generating revenue through landscape architecture design fees, executing work across commercial complexes, residential communities, hotels and resorts, public parks and open spaces, civic and campus projects, streetscapes, and large-scale masterplanning.

iPD serves two primary client segments: Chinese municipal and government clients (notably Kunshan municipal government, Shenzhen Nanshan District, and the Shanghai Urban Planning Bureau) requiring landscape masterplanning, public open space frameworks, streetscape design, and water-sensitive urban infrastructure; and major Chinese real estate developers (Sunac/融创, CR Land/华润, Vanke/万科, Wanda/万达, SOHO China) requiring premium landscape design for residential communities, commercial centers, hospitality projects, and integrated urban developments. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales pursued through direct client engagement, referrals, and industry recognition, with project acquisition driven by a portfolio of 40+ completed projects and multiple international design awards including the 2019 Architecture MasterPrize (Urban Planning Award), WAN Award, IDA International Design Award, CREDAWARD Silver, LIA Gold, and GHDA Gold.

The firm is privately held, structured as Integrated Planning and Design Pty. Ltd. in New South Wales, Australia, with no disclosed external institutional investors, parent company, or holding structure; ownership and control rest with the founding group and Managing Director Marius Brits. No funding rounds, mergers, acquisitions, or regulatory actions have been disclosed, and the firm holds no patents or trademarks. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or SDKs, operating as a traditional professional services practice differentiated primarily by design methodology and project credentials.

Name

Integrated Planning and Design

Legal name

Integrated Planning and Design Pty. Ltd.

Website

https://ipdgrid.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Integrated Planning and Design (iPD) is an international landscape architecture and urban design firm founded in 2008, operating from Sydney, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, serving Chinese municipal governments and major real estate developers with Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and Sponge City-integrated projects across parks, commercial, residential, and masterplanning categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban design consulting
• Water sensitive design
• Sponge city planning
• Masterplanning services

Headquarters

HQ city

North Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Design Services: Professional design services for urban and landscape design projects including masterplanning, parks, residential communities, commercial complexes, streetscapes, and civic spaces. Revenue generated through project-based consulting and design fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Integrated Planning and Design (iPD) provides project-based urban and landscape architecture design services spanning masterplanning, parks, residential communities, commercial complexes, streetscapes, and civic spaces for government clients and large real estate developers in China, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The firm applies Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), Sponge City principles, and its proprietary EcoLane highway retrofit concept as foundational design tools, integrating stormwater management, ecological restoration, and cultural considerations into each project. Services are delivered through a team of approximately 40 professional design staff across offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

Product overview

Integrated Planning and Design (iPD) is an international landscape architecture and urban design firm offering comprehensive design services across multiple categories. The core offering encompasses urban and landscape design integrating planning, ecological and cultural considerations. Key design methodologies include Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD/Sponge Cities), EcoLane (绿脉) highway retrofit concepts, and Water Sustainability Design. The firm executes projects across commercial complexes, residential communities, hotel/resort developments, public parks and open spaces, civic/campus spaces, streetscapes, and large-scale masterplanning. iPD operates from offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and Shenzhen with approximately 40 staff, serving clients throughout China and Southeast Asia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Urban and Landscape Design Services Comprehensive urban and landscape design services integrating planning, ecological, and cultural considerations for government, real estate developer, and institutional clients. Delivered through project-based engagements from concept through construction documentation.
• Commercial Complex Landscape Design Landscape design services for commercial and mixed-use complexes, integrating ambient space, multi-sensory environments, and retail/social/service economy considerations. For developers such as CRLand and SOHO China.
• Residential Community Landscape Design Premium landscape design for high-end residential communities and developments. Projects include Sunac One Park, Sunac Lanxi Grand View, Vanke Gouzhuang Residential, Sunac Wealth Mansion, Sunac Yongqing Sales Center.
• Hotel and Resort Landscape Design Hospitality landscape design for hotels, resorts, performance venues, and retirement communities targeting premium hospitality operators and developers such as Wanda (万达).
• Public Parks and Open Space Design Public park and open space design services for government and municipal clients, delivering ecological restoration and recreational public spaces.
• Civic and Campus Landscape Design Landscape design for civic plazas, cultural centers, government administrative buildings, and educational campus projects for public sector clients.
• Streetscape Design Urban streetscape and corridor design including road-adjacent open spaces, scenic highway upgrades, and city gateways for municipal clients.
• Landscape Masterplanning Large-scale city and district masterplanning and landscape planning services integrating road systems, water networks, and open space frameworks across hundreds of hectares for government clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nansong Lake project transformed from abandoned industrial brownfield to award-winning high-tech ecological park serving as corporate display and business space while restoring ecosystem
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Australian CRC (Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities)coreStrategic or Co-development PartneriPD collaborated with the Australian CRC (Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities) on the Kunshan Ring Road Open Space project. CRC contributed strategies and information regarding urban water systems and ecological functions relating to urban development and infrastructure. This partnership enabled integration of Australian WSUD expertise into Chinese urban development projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture and urban design studio. Comparable size, design-led methodology, and project typology mix across public, commercial, and high-end residential work with strong award profile.
• SWA Group: Renowned US-based landscape architecture and urban design firm with international practice. Highly comparable methodology and project typologies (urban parks, waterfronts, masterplans) with comparable design-philosophy emphasis and award-winning positioning.
• Sasaki Associates: International landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design firm. Direct peer in masterplanning, urban design, and large-scale public realm projects with similar design-led positioning and multi-disciplinary urban design offerings.
• James Corner Field Operations: US-based urban design and landscape architecture firm known for High Line and similar large-scale public space projects. Comparable project typologies in urban parks, public realm, and ecological design with similar award-winning international profile.
• ASPECT Studios: Australian landscape architecture firm with offices across Australia, Asia, and Middle East. The most comparable geographic and cultural peer given a shared Australian base and Asian project portfolio, with similar urban design and public realm focus.
• Turenscape: Beijing-based landscape architecture and urban design firm founded by Kongjian Yu, the most prominent Chinese landscape architecture practice. Highly comparable in scale, project scope (sponge cities, ecological corridors, urban parks), and government/developer client base.
• EADG (泛亚国际): Major Chinese landscape architecture firm with strong developer client base. Directly competes for Chinese real estate landscape commissions and shares similar project mix, government/developer client base, and pricing structure with iPD.

Broad incumbents

• Hassell: Australian international architecture and urban design practice with significant landscape architecture capabilities. Competes in the same Australian-Asian corridor with broader architecture portfolio and larger headcount than iPD.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial urban design and landscape architecture practice. Competes with iPD on major Chinese government and developer projects but operates at much greater scale and across many other disciplines like engineering and program management.
• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with urban design and landscape practices. Competes for major integrated urban infrastructure mandates in China alongside iPD but with much broader disciplinary scope spanning engineering, advisory, and design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ipdgrid
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/integrated-planning-and-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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