What 40NORTH does

40NORTH is a privately held landscape architecture firm founded in 2005 by John Galloway and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm provides landscape architecture, planning, and environmental design services for luxury hospitality, high-end residential, and commercial clients, with an active project portfolio spanning the United States, the MENA region (Egypt, UAE, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia), South America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Documented engagements include Atlantis The Royal, One&Only The Palm, Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Sofitel Downtown Dubai, Ciragan Palace Kempinski, Diriyah Gate's Rosewood Wadi Hanifah, The Lana (Dorchester Collection), Four Seasons Buenos Aires, and Ocean Club Residences, demonstrating consistent placement on flagship luxury resort developments.

The firm's core offerings are organized into five practice areas: hotels and resorts landscape design, luxury residential landscape design, regional analysis and master planning, urban design, and hospitality and spa landscape design. Its technical foundation rests on full Building Information Modeling (BIM) capabilities and project modeling integrated from concept through construction documentation, allowing the firm to interface directly with large global architectural practices such as Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF). The team of 11-50 is led by Founder and creative principal John Galloway, Chief of Design Devin Murphy (the firm's BIM and modeling integration lead), and Chief of Project Operations Jared Buffington, who coordinates cross-discipline delivery on Dubai- and Riyadh-based engagements.

40NORTH operates a project-based professional services revenue model, engaging directly with luxury resort operators, real estate developers, and contractors through enterprise sales. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, consistent with bespoke design firm practice. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or institutional investors; Galloway retains operational and creative control, personally involved at the beginning and end of every project. Marketing and lead generation are lean, relying on a curated website portfolio, Instagram (@_40north), direct contact forms, and founder-led referrals within the luxury hospitality development community.

Name

40NORTH

Legal name

40NORTH

Website

https://40northdesign.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

40NORTH is a Kansas City-based landscape architecture firm providing luxury hospitality, residential, urban, and master planning design services globally, with deep MENA specialization and BIM-enabled collaboration alongside firms like KPF on flagship resorts.

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 industry

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture design
• Hospitality landscape design
• Resort master planning
• Urban design services
• Luxury residential landscaping

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Design Services: Professional design services for luxury resort hospitality projects including hotels, resorts, residential properties, urban design, and spa environments. Revenue generated through project-based engagements with hoteliers, developers, and contractors.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

40NORTH provides professional landscape architecture, planning, and outdoor guest experience design services for luxury hospitality, residential, and commercial projects. Service offerings include landscape design for hotels, resorts, and spa environments, master planning for large-scale resort and urban developments, regional landscape analysis, and full-service design from concept through construction documentation. The firm collaborates with global architects, including KPF, and serves developers, hoteliers, contractors, and private homeowners across the United States, MENA, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

Product overview

40NORTH is a landscape architecture and design firm offering a suite of related service offerings rather than a software product platform. Their core services include Hotels & Resorts Landscape Design Services, Luxury Residential Landscape Design Services, Regional Analysis & Master Planning, Urban Design Services, and Hospitality & Spa Landscape Design. These services work together as the company's complete portfolio of landscape architecture offerings, ranging from private residential projects to large-scale resort and urban design developments. The company is led by Founder John Galloway, Chief of Design Devin Murphy, and Chief of Operations Jared Buffington, operating from Kansas City, Missouri.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotels & Resorts Landscape Design Services Collaborative landscape architecture services for creating outdoor guest experiences at luxury resorts and hotels globally, including design from concept through construction documentation. Served clients include Atlantis The Royal, One&Only The Palm, Mandarin Oriental Jumeira Beach, Four Seasons Buenos Aires, Sofitel Downtown Dubai, Ciragan Palace Kempinski, and Dorchester The Lana.
• Luxury Residential Landscape Design Services Full suite of residential landscape design services helping homeowners bring their visions for outdoor living spaces to life. Notable project: Ocean Club Residences.
• Regional Analysis & Master Planning Regional landscape analysis and master planning services for large-scale resort and development projects. Notable project: Diriyah Gate - Rosewood Wadi Hanifah.
• Urban Design Services Collaborative urban design services reimagining public spaces that bring communities together.
• Hospitality & Spa Landscape Design Landscape design services for hospitality venues and spa environments aimed at elevating guest experiences and creating beautiful outdoor environments.

Named customers9 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• KPF (Kohn Pedersen Fox)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with KPF on Atlantis The Royal, an 8-year project to deliver one of the most iconic resort landscapes in the world. KPF served as primary architect while 40NORTH provided landscape architecture services.
• Architects, Engineers, and DesignerscoreOthersPartnered with talented architects, engineers, designers, and builders from around the world to deliver luxury hospitality projects. Maintains global network of collaboration partners.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Land Morphology: Land Morphology is a boutique landscape architecture studio focused on high-end resort, residential, and urban design. Comparable to 40NORTH in boutique positioning and luxury clientele but generally smaller and with less geographic reach.
• Topotek 1: Topotek 1 is an award-winning Berlin-based landscape architecture studio with international luxury cultural and resort work. Comparable to 40NORTH as a design-driven boutique competitor pursuing similar high-prestige international commissions.

Direct peers

• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated landscape architecture, urban planning, and design firm with strong global practice in master planning, urban design, and resort-scale landscape work. Comparable to 40NORTH in scale, design ambition, and resort/urban project types.
• OLIN: OLIN is a high-end landscape architecture, urban design, and planning studio known for signature luxury cultural, hospitality, and civic projects. Comparable to 40NORTH in boutique, design-led positioning serving prestigious luxury clients.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is a major landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with extensive luxury resort, hospitality, and master planning work globally. Closely matches 40NORTH's mix of high-end resort landscape design, master planning, and urban design services.
• EDSA: EDSA is one of the largest landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firms globally with a strong luxury resort and hospitality portfolio (e.g., Atlantis, One&Only, Ritz-Carlton projects). Directly comparable to 40NORTH in client type, luxury hospitality focus, and full-service landscape architecture scope.
• Belt Collins: Belt Collins is an international landscape architecture, planning, and environmental design firm with deep Asia-Pacific and global hospitality experience. Directly comparable to 40NORTH in luxury resort and master planning landscape services.
• WATG (Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo): WATG is a global hospitality-focused design firm offering architecture, landscape, and interior design for luxury resorts and hotels. Comparable to 40NORTH as a direct competitor for landscape architecture commissions on flagship resort and hotel developments.

Broad incumbents

• HKS (Hospitality studio): HKS is a large global architecture firm with a dedicated hospitality practice that increasingly bundles landscape and master planning into its integrated hotel/resort packages. A broader incumbent that competes with 40NORTH on luxury hospitality projects, often as architect-of-record alongside landscape subconsultants.
• AECOM (Landscape + Planning): AECOM's Landscape Architecture and Planning practices serve global luxury resort, urban, and infrastructure clients as part of a much broader engineering/design platform. Overlaps with 40NORTH on large-scale resort and master planning commissions but typically at a different scale and price point.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/_40north
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/40north

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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