WES Landscape Architecture

What WES Landscape Architecture does

WES Landscape Architecture (WES GmbH LandschaftsArchitektur) is a German professional services firm founded in 2003 that provides landscape architecture and urban planning design across public spaces, corporate campuses, sports and recreation facilities, cultural and education sites, private gardens, and master plans. The firm operates from four offices — Hamburg (headquarters), Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Shanghai — and serves municipal governments, real estate developers, corporate clients (e.g., OTTO GmbH), and private individuals, with projects spanning project sizes from 140 m² private gardens to a 600,000 m² Olympic sports centre in Suzhou, China. Service revenue is generated through project-based commissions and design competition wins, with no public pricing or revenue disclosure.

The firm's technical differentiators are concentrated in three specialized service lines: BIM (Building Information Modeling) for integrated digital design coordination, MaterialFutures/Zirkularität (a circular economy approach to materials and construction), and Nachhaltiges Bauen/Zertifizierungen (sustainable construction with certification expertise). It operates a horizontal segmentation model covering urban spaces, sports/recreation, corporate/workplace, private residential, culture/heritage, and education/research use cases. WES is a private, partner-led firm managed by three Geschäftsführende Gesellschafter (Michael Kaschke, Henrike Wehberg-Krafft, and Claus Rödding) under both a GmbH and a PartG mbB structure, with no external investment, parent company, or public listing. The firm is registered with the Hamburgische Architektenkammer and has accumulated multiple prestigious industry awards, including the Deutscher Landschaftsarchitektur-Preis 2019 and the Deutscher Naturstein-Preis 2018.

Name

WES Landscape Architecture

Legal name

WES GmbH

Website

https://wes-la.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WES Landscape Architecture is a German landscape architecture firm founded in 2003, operating from Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Shanghai to design public spaces, parks, corporate campuses, sports facilities, and private gardens for municipalities, developers, corporations, and private clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

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

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional services revenue generated from landscape architecture design, planning, and project management for public and private clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

WES Landscape Architecture is a German landscape architecture and urban planning firm that designs and plans outdoor spaces with distinctive identity. It provides professional services across project typologies including urban public spaces and plazas, parks and gardens, sports and recreation facilities, corporate and workplace campuses, cultural and educational sites, residential developments, and master plans. The firm differentiates through specialized methodologies in Building Information Modeling (BIM), circular economy materials (MaterialFutures), and sustainable construction certifications.

Product overview

WES Landscape Architecture (WES GmbH LandschaftsArchitektur) is a German landscape architecture firm providing professional services for planning and designing outdoor spaces with distinctive identity. The firm offers landscape architecture services across multiple project categories including urban spaces and plazas, parks and gardens, sports and recreation facilities, educational/research facilities, cultural and leisure spaces, healthcare and sports facilities, service and administration buildings, residential construction, and master plans. The company also provides specialized services in Building Information Modeling (BIM), Circularity/MaterialFutures, and Sustainable Building Certifications. Projects range from private gardens (140 m²) to large-scale Olympic sports centers (600,000 m²), spanning Germany and international locations including China.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning Services Core professional service offering covering the design, planning, and realization of outdoor spaces for municipal governments, real estate developers, corporations, cultural institutions, and private clients. Spans project typologies including urban public spaces, plazas, parks, gardens, sports/recreation facilities, corporate campuses, cultural and educational sites, residential developments, and master plans.
• BIM (Building Information Modeling) for Landscape Architecture Digital planning methodology using Building Information Modeling for landscape architecture projects, enabling integrated design and coordination across project teams.
• MaterialFutures / Zirkularität (Circularity) Circular economy approach to materials and construction applied within landscape architecture projects, focusing on sustainable material flows and reuse.
• Nachhaltiges Bauen / Sustainable Construction Certifications Sustainable construction practices with certification expertise (e.g., DGNB) for landscape and open space projects, supporting clients pursuing certified green building outcomes.

Named customers4 records

Segments6 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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• H.H. KrafftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with H.H. Krafft, Berlin for the Bad Lauchstädt marketplace redesign project. WES LandschaftsArchitektur worked with H.H. Krafft on the 13,810 m² project that won the German Natural Stone Award 2018.
• Ingenieure Rinne & PartnerminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner for the Bad Lauchstädt marketplace project, providing technical engineering support.
• gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und PartnercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with gmp Architekten for the Olympic Sports Centre Suzhou (600,000 m²). gmp provided architectural services while WES delivered landscape architecture for this flagship international project.
• Förder LandschaftsarchitektenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Förder Landschaftsarchitekten for the GrünZug Nippes Köln project, nominated for the polis Award 2026.
• Stottrop StadtplanerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Stottrop for the GrünZug Nippes Köln urban development project, nominated for polis Award 2026.
• ppp Architekten + StadtplanercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with ppp Architekten + Stadtplaner for the Schulzentrum Heide-Ost project, reaching construction milestone ( Richtfest ).

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Gross Max: Edinburgh/London-based landscape architecture firm with an equivalent public-realm, urban design and competition-driven practice — a UK peer with parallel methodology but different geographic territory from WES.

Direct peers

• Topotek 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm with a comparable profile of large-scale public realm, urban design and competition-led projects across Germany and internationally — a direct German peer to WES in scale and project typology.
• Latz + Partner: Renowned German landscape architecture firm (Peter Latz) famous for transformative public projects such as Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord; comparable to WES in award-winning German public-realm landscape work.
• Hager Partner: Swiss-German landscape architecture practice with a track record of competition-winning public-space projects comparable to WES — a closely overlapping European peer in scale, typology and competition-led GTM.
• Agence TER: French landscape architecture and urban planning practice with comparable public-realm and large-scale master planning work across Europe — a relevant European competitor with similar typology to WES.
• bbz Landschaftsarchitekten: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm working on urban open spaces, parks and campus projects — operates in the same German design-competition landscape as WES with overlapping client and typology coverage.
• RMP Stephan Lenzen: German landscape architecture firm engaged in urban redevelopment, parks and campus projects — a direct mid-size German competitor to WES for public and corporate landscape briefs.

Broad incumbents

• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture, urban design and planning studio with award-winning public-realm and campus work — a broader incumbent peer for premium urban landscape commissions of the type WES targets.
• SWA Group: Large international landscape architecture and urban design practice headquartered in the US — broader incumbent with deep resources, comparable award-winning public-realm portfolio and a useful benchmark for premium landscape-architecture scale.
• James Corner Field Operations: US-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for High Line and other large-scale public projects — broader incumbent operating at the same premium, mega-project end of the market as WES.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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