Erik Dhont Landscape Architects

What Erik Dhont Landscape Architects does

Erik Dhont Landscape Architects is a private, founder-owned landscape architecture practice established in Brussels in 1989 by Erik Dhont, operating across three European offices (Brussels, Geneva opened December 2022, and Milan opened May 2025) with a total team of approximately 16 people. The firm designs gardens, farmyards, urban development projects, and landscape restorations for two primary customer segments: private individuals seeking artistic, contemplative outdoor spaces, and public institutions requiring large-scale parks, campuses, and heritage restoration. Notable commissions include the Royal Palace Gardens Brussels, the new Belgian Defence Headquarters (11 ha), the Campus Gasthuisberg Health Sciences master plan (54 ha) for KU Leuven, the Hamburger Kunsthalle landscape (1st prize 2025), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in AlUla, Saudi Arabia.

The firm's design methodology centers on traditional landscape architecture tools: drawings, collages, models, installations, and films used to develop distinctive organic sculptural forms that gain patina over time. Technology footprint is conventional for an architecture studio, with no proprietary software platform, no app, and no disclosed AI/ML components. The competitive differentiator is the founder's personal aesthetic language, supported by publications including the 'Gypsotheque' portfolio, the multi-edition 'Recent Works' series, and 'The Gardens of La Gara,' the latter released in English, French, and German editions through the firm's own e-commerce storefront at €70 per copy.

The revenue model is anchored on professional services billed per landscape architecture commission, with supplementary one-time revenue from book sales (Recent Works series at €20 each; Gypsotheque at €29.50; The Gardens of La Gara at €70 in three languages) sold directly via erikdhont.com using Stripe and PayPal. The go-to-market is sales-led, driven by long-tenured reputation, competition wins, published works, Instagram presence, newsletter, and lectures at venues such as KASK Ghent, Politecnico di Milano, and Fondazione Antonio Ratti Como. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the firm has no parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or external investors.

Name

Erik Dhont Landscape Architects

Legal name

Erik Dhont

Website

https://erikdhont.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Erik Dhont Landscape Architects is a private, founder-owned landscape architecture practice founded in 1989 in Brussels, with additional offices in Geneva and Milan. The firm designs gardens, urban developments, and landscape restorations for private individuals and public institutions across Europe and overseas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

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

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA), Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Historic Preservation & Conservation Planning (BPAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Garden design
• Urban landscape planning
• Heritage landscape restoration
• Architectural publications

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels, Brussels

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Design Services: Professional services revenue from designing gardens, farmyards, urban development projects and landscape restorations for private and public clients
2. Publications and Books: Sale of published works including Gypsotheque portfolio books, Recent Works series, and The Gardens of La Gara in multiple language editions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Erik Dhont Landscape Architects is a private landscape architecture practice that designs gardens, farmyards, urban development projects, and heritage landscape restorations for private individuals and public institutions. The firm also sells published books and portfolio series documenting its work, including the Gypsotheque, Recent Works series, and The Gardens of La Gara. Services are commissioned on a per-project basis and delivered from offices in Brussels, Geneva, and Milan.

Product overview

Erik Dhont Landscape Architects is a landscape architecture firm offering design services across gardens, farmyards, urban development projects, and landscape restorations. The company operates from offices in Brussels, Geneva, and Milan, with projects throughout Europe and internationally. Beyond their core landscape architecture services, the firm sells published works including the 'Recent Works' portfolio series documenting their projects, 'Gypsotheque' featuring plaster cast models, and 'The Gardens of La Gara' documenting a Geneva estate project. The portfolio spans themes including Heritage, Botanic, Space, Structure, Dreams, and Urban landscape designs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Design Services Bespoke landscape architecture services for private gardens, farmyards, urban development projects, public parks, institutional campuses, and heritage landscape restorations. Services are delivered on a commission basis for private individuals and public institutions across Europe and overseas.
• Gypsotheque Portfolio book presenting Erik Dhont's collection of plaster cast models serving as design tools, sold at €29.50 per copy.
• Recent Works Portfolio Series (Volumes III–VI) Sequential portfolio book series (Volumes III, IV, V, VI) documenting the firm's landscape architecture projects through visual documentation of sketches, models, plans, and completed works, sold at €20.00 per copy.
• The Gardens of La Gara (English, French, and German Editions) Hardcover book documenting an 18th century estate in Geneva with gardens designed by Erik Dhont and a labyrinth by Markus Raetz, edited by Anette Freytag, sold at €70.00 per copy across English, French, and German editions.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Axel Vervoordt CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Saint Petersburg estate project (41.3 ha) and Kanaal project in Antwerp where rooftop garden was designed on repurposed industrial grain silos.
• POBA ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaboration on Provence estate project (7 ha) in France
• AWG ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaster plan collaboration on Campus Gasthuisberg, a 54 hectare Health Sciences campus development in Leuven, Belgium
• RMA Roberto Muglia ArchitettocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture collaboration on Vista Ostuni hotel project in Puglia, Italy (2023-2025)
• Lina Ghotmeh—ArchitecturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWon competition together for Museum of Contemporary Art landscape design in AlUla, Saudi Arabia
• Samyn and Partners Architecture and EngineeringminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture and engineering firm collaboration on AGC headquarters landscape project in Louvain-la-Neuve (2.9 ha)
• Art Thomas HouseagominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Hamburger Kunsthalle landscape project featuring exhibition garden rooms for outdoor sculptures
• Roberto Murgia ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture collaboration on Vista Ostuni hotel garden and landscape design in Puglia

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Louis Benech: Paris-based landscape architect known for formal and sculptural private gardens across Europe. Directly comparable boutique positioning, artistic design language, and ultra-high-net-worth client base.
• Piet Oudolf: Dutch garden and planting designer known for naturalistic perennial schemes at High Line and Lurie Garden scale. Comparable artistic, design-led positioning and international private/public project mix.
• Andy Sturgeon Design: UK-based landscape designer with Chelsea Flower Show heritage and private garden commissions. Comparable boutique scale and luxury private-client orientation with strong editorial brand.
• Wirtz International: Belgian landscape architecture firm renowned for high-end private gardens and public estates. Closest direct peer given overlapping Belgian base, similar private/public client mix, and international reputation in luxury landscape design.
• Fernando Caruncho: Madrid-based landscape architect working on private estates and public projects across Europe. Comparable in artistic, sculptural garden style and cross-border European project profile.

Broad incumbents

• OLIN: Philadelphia-based landscape architecture and urban design firm. Overlaps on large-scale cultural, institutional, and urban landscape projects, though with broader portfolio and larger teams.
• SWA Group: Large US-based landscape architecture and planning firm with global projects. Comparable category and project types (public parks, campuses, urban design) but at significantly greater scale and capacity.
• West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture: Rotterdam-based landscape and urban design firm operating at a much larger scale on public and cultural projects. Comparable in design ambition and European public-sector project work, but at meaningfully greater capacity.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm with major public park and campus work (Brooklyn Bridge Park). Comparable in cultural and institutional project caliber, though at larger team scale.

Emerging players

• Lila Fahlman / Ligne de Force: European contemporary garden design practice working at the intersection of landscape architecture and art. Thematically aligned with Erik Dhont's 'Dreams' approach to landscape as artistic expression, though at smaller scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/erikdhont
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/erikdhont

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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