DGJ Paysages & DGJ Architektur

Name

DGJ Paysages & DGJ Architektur

Legal name

DGJ Paysages sàrl

Website

https://dgj.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture & Sustainable Architecture Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Sustainable building design
• Garden design services
• Architectural design services
• Urban landscape planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Landscape Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through design and realization of public and private buildings, gardens, and landscape projects. Revenue is project-based, likely one-time fees for design and implementation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

DGJ operates as a dual-brand architecture practice: DGJ Paysages (Zurich) provides garden and landscape architecture for public and private clients, while DGJ Architektur (Frankfurt) specializes in sustainable architecture and energy-efficient building design. Together they deliver integrated design and realization services for buildings, gardens, parks, and outdoor spaces, working from architectural composition down to the fabrication of details through a sustainable, strategically flexible design methodology.

Product overview

DGJ operates as a dual-brand architecture practice consisting of DGJ Paysages (landscape architecture) and DGJ Architektur (sustainable architecture). DGJ Paysages, founded in 1999 as Drexler Guinand Jauslin Architects and restructured in 2011, specializes in garden and landscape architecture for public and private clients across Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and France. DGJ Architektur, based in Frankfurt, focuses on sustainable and energy-efficient building design. Together they offer integrated architecture and landscape design services emphasizing strategic, flexible design methodology and sustainable thinking across all project scales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DGJ Paysages Garden and landscape architecture services for public and private clients, including public spaces, parks, gardens, and outdoor environments designed with a sustainable and community-engagement methodology. Operates from Zurich with projects delivered primarily in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and France.
• DGJ Architektur Sustainable architecture and energy-efficient building design services for environmentally conscious construction projects. Operates from Frankfurt am Main, Germany, as part of the dual-brand DGJ practice.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12 first place competition wins out of 30+ competitions
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Topotek 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture firm known for competition-winning public realm projects across Europe; directly comparable in competition-led GTM, public-sector client base, and emphasis on culturally anchored, user-engaging landscape design.
• Latz + Partner: German landscape architecture office with strong public space and post-industrial landscape portfolio; comparable in scale, European footprint, and emphasis on strategic, culturally grounded design methodology.
• Gross Max: Edinburgh-based landscape architecture practice with strong European public-sector and competition portfolio; comparable as a small design-led firm competing for high-profile landscape commissions across multiple European geographies.
• West 8: Rotterdam-based landscape architecture firm with strong international competition-winning portfolio and public space focus; directly comparable to DGJ in scale ambition, competition-led GTM, and DACH/Benelux/France market presence. Founder Adriaan Geuze (Wageningen) is also the academic collaborator of DGJ's founder.
• HOSPER: Dutch landscape architecture office delivering public space and urban landscape projects; comparable in size, competition-driven model, and Northwest European geographic focus, with overlapping clientele in Netherlands and Germany.
• Vogt Landschaft: Zurich-based landscape architecture firm with international competition-winning work; the most direct Swiss-headquartered peer to DGJ Paysages, serving overlapping public and private clients in Switzerland and adjacent markets.
• Burkhard Architekten: Small Swiss architecture firm with sustainability/energy-efficient focus, overlapping with DGJ Architektur's German operations; comparable as a small sustainability-led practice competing in the German-speaking market.

Broad incumbents

• SWA Group: Large US-headquartered landscape architecture and urban design firm with global public-sector competition portfolio; a broad incumbent peer demonstrating the scale-up trajectory DGJ could pursue through continued competition wins.
• James Corner Field Operations: Internationally recognized landscape architecture and urban design practice with major public realm projects; comparable in emphasis on culturally anchored, multilayered public landscape design methodology, though at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse: Amsterdam-based design practice working at the intersection of interior, landscape, and architecture; comparable to DGJ in cross-scalar, design-research-driven methodology and Dutch network overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgj-architecture-landscapes

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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