Buro Lubbers

What Buro Lubbers does

Buro Lubbers is a privately held Dutch design bureau specializing in landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Vught, Netherlands (Fort Isabella, Nieuwe Gracht 3). The firm operates with a multidisciplinary team of approximately 25 professionals combining landscape architects, urban planners, architects, technical designers, and visual designers, co-directed by founder Peter Lubbers and Joeri Sowka. Its practice spans the full project cycle from strategic masterplanning through to detailed planting plans and implementation supervision, with explicit specializations in climate adaptation, biodiversity promotion, and citizen participation. Buro Lubbers applies a proprietary 'genius loci' methodology that integrates landscape context, urban structure, and cultural history to deliver place-specific designs for public space, residential, healthcare, and heritage projects.

The firm generates revenue through fee-based professional services engagements delivered via competitive tendering (open competitions, invited competitions, direct procurement) and repeat commissions from existing clients. Pricing is project-based and individually negotiated; no standard pricing or subscription model is disclosed. Customers span four horizontal segments: Dutch and Belgian municipalities (e.g., Gemeente Amsterdam, Gemeente Hengelo, Gemeente Heerlen, Stad Antwerpen), social housing corporations (Trudo, Amvest), healthcare institutions (GGzE), and private real estate developers (ING Real Estate, Dura Vermeer, Synchroon). Geographic reach covers the Netherlands, Belgium, and historically Luxembourg, with over 200 projects and 25+ years of competition wins serving as the primary reputation engine.

The technology foundation is standard professional design software - AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, SketchUp, and GIS - with no proprietary platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no disclosed software product. The firm has no external investors, parent company, or subsidiaries; it operates as an independently owned boutique. Marketing is minimal and reputation-driven, relying on awards, competition wins, LinkedIn, and Instagram rather than paid channels. A notable pipeline of recent and ongoing projects (Hortus Ludi Nijmegen, GGzE Grote Beek Eindhoven, Burgemeester Van Grunsvenplein Heerlen, Stadsstraten Haarlem) indicates continued operational momentum.

Name

Buro Lubbers

Legal name

Buro Lubbers

Website

https://burolubbers.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Buro Lubbers is a privately held Dutch design bureau specializing in landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture. With ~25 multidisciplinary staff, it serves Dutch and Belgian municipalities, housing corporations, healthcare institutions, and private developers through project-based consulting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Urban planning services
• Public space design
• Master planning services
• Climate adaptation design

Headquarters

HQ city

Vught

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Project Fees: Buro Lubbers generates revenue through fee-based professional services engagements, including master planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and technical design for projects across residential, commercial, healthcare, and public space domains. Revenue is project-based and non-recurring in nature.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Buro Lubbers is a design bureau for landscape architecture, urban planning (stedenbouw), and architecture, delivering integrated multidisciplinary design services from concept through construction supervision. The firm serves municipalities, housing corporations, healthcare institutions, and private developers across the Netherlands and Belgium, with project work spanning parks, residential neighborhoods, public squares, healthcare estates, water systems, and area redevelopment. Core deliverables include masterplans, technical designs, planting plans, design quality plans (beeldkwaliteitsplan), implementation plans (inrichtingsplan), and citizen participation processes, with emphasis on climate adaptation, biodiversity, and 'genius loci' (sense of place) methodology.

Product overview

Buro Lubbers is a design bureau for landscape architecture, urban planning (stedenbouw), and architecture. The company operates as a unified practice offering integrated services across multiple scales, from structural planning to detailed planting plans. The core offering consists of landscape architecture and urban planning services, supported by specialized modules including technical design, planting plans, design quality plans (beeldkwaliteitsplan), implementation plans (inrichtingsplan), and citizen participation processes. Projects span parks, residential areas, public squares, healthcare landscapes, water systems, and educational areas. The company emphasizes climate adaptation, biodiversity promotion, and sustainable design solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landschapsarchitectuur (Landscape Architecture)

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Groep InfrabocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 October 2013Selected by the Stadsbouwmeester Antwerpen in combination with Buro Lubbers for the design of a masterplan for the public domain of Rozemaai neighborhood in Antwerp.
• Tarra Architectuur en StedenbouwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Buro Lubbers and Trudo on developing an integral urban vision for the Woensel-West neighborhood in Eindhoven, spanning four scale levels.
• Jo Coenen & CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWon international competition in 2002 with Jo Coenen & Co to develop the Belval Ouest high-oven site in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg into a new urban center.
• Paul de Ruiter ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigned the Krinkels headquarters in Breda - a glass building by Paul de Ruiter Architects integrated with the landscape designed by Buro Lubbers.
• DiederendirrixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Strijp R urban plan in Eindhoven - transforming the former Philips tube production site into a green urban residential area.
• diederendirrix architectencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of the urban plan for Burgemeester Van Grunsvenplein in Heerlen.
• Dura VermeercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloper for the Hortus Ludi project in Nijmegen - two fully wooden residential buildings with communal cloister garden.
• Gemeente KapellencoreOthersMunicipal client for the design of Ontmoetingsplein - creating a new village heart for the Belgian municipality Kapellen.
• SynchrooncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for Monnikenhuizen residential area transformation in Arnhem - former Vitesse football club terrain redeveloped into housing.
• Verzamelde 5 Consortia IjburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient consortium for Rieteiland Oost island development in Amsterdam IJburg.
• TrudocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHousing corporation client for Eindhoven neighborhood transformation - vision 'Omdat smaken verschillen' for Woensel-West area.
• Waterschap de DommelcoreOthersWater board partner for GGzE Grote Beek masterplan in Eindhoven - integral water system design across Celsius, Vredeoord, and Grote Beek areas.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• OKRA Landscape Architects: Dutch landscape architecture practice with overlapping municipal and developer clients, competing in similar Dutch/Belgian public-space and masterplan tenders.
• Mecanoo: Dutch architecture firm with integrated urban planning practice, often competing with Buro Lubbers for combined landscape and architectural commissions.
• West 8: Dutch landscape architecture and urban planning firm of comparable size and geography, competing for similar municipal and developer commissions in the Benelux region.
• H+N+S Landscape Architects: Dutch landscape architecture firm working on waterfront, climate adaptation, and public realm projects for comparable municipal clients.
• LOLA Landscape Architects: European landscape architecture firm with similar design-competition-led model and comparable focus on public space, parks, and urban landscape projects.
• Hosper: Dutch landscape architecture studio competing for similar parks, public space, and residential area design commissions in the Benelux.
• KCAP Architects & Planners: Dutch architecture and urban planning firm that competes for similar large-scale urban masterplans and mixed-use neighborhood developments across Europe.
• Karres en Brands: Dutch landscape architecture and urban design practice with similar municipal and developer client base in the Netherlands.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Large Dutch engineering and design consultancy with a landscape and urban design practice, offering broader service portfolios including sustainability and engineering services.
• Sweco: European engineering and design consultancy with landscape architecture capability, competing for public-sector planning and urban development contracts across the Benelux.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3843864
• Instagraminstagram.com/burolubbers
• Xx.com/BuroLubbers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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