LandLAB

What LandLAB does

LandLAB is a privately held landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning firm founded in 2007 by principal Neil Hadley and headquartered in San Diego, California, with a secondary office in Redondo Beach serving the Los Angeles market. The firm operates with a core team of approximately seven to eight professionals and serves institutional, corporate, healthcare, government, and residential clients across Southern California, with select international projects in Canada. Its practice is rooted in sustainable, climate-responsive site design spanning California's diverse urban, coastal, desert, and tropical conditions, with demonstrated expertise in LEED-certified projects (multiple LEED Gold and Silver certifications across the portfolio), water-wise landscape design, native plant selection, and integrated stormwater management. The firm has earned more than sixteen industry awards including multiple ASLA San Diego Chapter awards and recognition from AIA, DBIA, CMAA, AGC, and WCCC.

The firm's core offerings span landscape architecture services, environmental design, urban and campus master planning, and design-build project delivery, with specializations in higher education campuses, corporate campuses, healthcare and wellness environments, housing, institutional projects, and public art integration. LandLAB's technical approach emphasizes dual-purpose landscape systems—where elements like native shrub perimeters simultaneously screen facilities and provide wildlife corridors, or boulder-lined arroyos channel stormwater while serving aesthetic value—and includes distinctive public art work such as the Elevated Wetlands system in Toronto using recycled plastics as hydroponics planters with solar-powered water circulation. Project delivery relies on collaborative partnerships with architecture firms (Steinberg, Safdie Rabines, KMD, McCarthy, Gensler, HMC, Studio E) and construction firms (PCL, McCarthy, Balfour Beatty, Bomel) on design-build competitions.

LandLAB generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, with documented project budgets ranging from $2.5 million (UCSD Blake Residence Hall Courtyard) to $35 million (UCSD Voigt Parking Structure). The go-to-market motion is sales-led, centered on winning design-build competitions (notably with UC and CSU systems), positioning as landscape architecture sub-consultants to architecture firms on competitive bids, and cultivating repeat institutional clients. The firm's customer base is anchored by the University of California system (UCSD, UCLA), California State University system (SDSU, CSU San Marcos, CSU Fullerton, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU Northridge), corporate clients (Hines, Qualcomm, Sempra), healthcare providers (Kaiser Permanente, Sharp-Rees Stealy), and public agencies (County of San Diego, City of San Diego), with the higher education segment representing the primary revenue vertical.

Name

LandLAB

Legal name

LandLAB

Website

https://land-lab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LandLAB is a privately held San Diego-based landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning firm founded in 2007, delivering LEED-certified sustainable site design for higher education, corporate, healthcare, government, and public-sector clients across California with select Canadian projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK), Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Landscape Construction & Hardscaping (Patios, Retaining Walls, Outdoor Structures) (IMAIAIAE)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Environmental design
• Site master planning
• LEED certified design
• Sustainable landscape design

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional landscape architecture and environmental design services for institutional, corporate, housing, and public sector clients. Projects range from small courtyard designs to large-scale campus master plans. Revenue is project-based, with budgets ranging from $2.5 million to $33 million per project.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LandLAB is a landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning firm that delivers site analysis, conceptual design, construction documentation, and construction administration for institutional, corporate, healthcare, residential, and public-sector clients. The firm emphasizes sustainable design with LEED-certified outcomes across diverse California climate zones (urban, coastal, desert, tropical). Projects are typically delivered through design-build competitions and as a sub-consultant to architecture firms, with individual project budgets ranging from $2.5 million to $33 million.

Product overview

LandLAB is a landscape architecture and environmental design firm offering comprehensive design and planning services. The company's core offerings include landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning services, delivered through various specializations such as educational (K-8 and higher education), corporate campus, healthcare/wellness, housing, institutional, public art, master planning, resort, retail, and design-build project delivery. The firm emphasizes sustainable design practices with a focus on LEED-certified projects and integrates public art installations with landscape architecture. Projects are executed through collaborative partnerships with architecture firms and construction companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple LEED certifications achieved across project portfolio including LEED Gold (Las Colinas, UCLA South Campus, St. Bartholomew's, Lincoln Acres), LEED Silver (SDSU Zura, CSU Fullerton), with targets of LEED Silver for CSU San Marcos.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and supporting.

• HinesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Hines on the $25 Million Intersect Corporate Campus redevelopment in Irvine, CA. Also collaborated on Howard Hughes Corporate Center landscape refresh in Los Angeles. Hines partnership focuses on health, wellness and sustainable features for corporate campus environments.
• PCL ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular design-build partner on multiple CSU system projects including CSU San Marcos Student Union, CSU Fullerton Titan Student Union Expansion, CSU Dominguez Hills Student Housing PHIII, and SDSU Tula Conference Center. Partnered as landscape architecture sub-consultant in design-build competition teams.
• Steinberg ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term design-build partner on multiple California State University projects including CSU Fullerton Titan Student Union Expansion and CSU Dominguez Hills Student Housing PHIII. Collaboration on student housing and campus landscape projects.
• McCarthy ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign-build partner on multiple UCSD projects including Voigt Parking Structure (won design competition), Athena Parking Structure, and UCSD Center for Novel Therapeutics. Also collaborated on UCSD East Campus Health Sciences Parking Structure.
• Safdie Rabines ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on UCLA South Campus Student Center (LEED Gold, $10.5M, ASLA SD Merit Award 2012) and Lincoln Acres Library and Community Center (LEED Gold). Partnership on institutional landscape architecture projects.
• KMD ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility (45 acres, LEED Gold, 12+ industry awards) and Camp Vernon Kilpatrick Replacement project. Design-build team partnership on justice and public facility projects.
• HMC ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility and SDSU Zura Residence Hall Refresh ($23M). Collaboration on institutional and educational landscape projects.
• Studio E ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign-build partner on UCSD Voigt Parking Structure (won competition) and UCSD Athena Parking Structure (won competition). Also collaborated on UCSD 64° Dining Commons project.
• IPDsupportingTechnology or IntegrationIntegrated Project Delivery partner on multiple UCSD and CSU parking structure projects including Voigt Parking Structure and Athena Parking Structure, bringing integrated delivery methodology to campus infrastructure projects.
• Balfour BeattymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility (won San Diego County Women's Detention Facility Competition) and Camp Vernon Kilpatrick. Design-build team partnership on large public facility projects.
• GenslercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on SDSU Tula Conference Center and Tenochca Amenity Building design-build competition. Also collaborated on SDSU Tula Tenochca student housing and conference center competition at San Diego State University.
• Hornberger+WorstellmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on CSU San Marcos Student Union (13.3 acres, $33M, LEED Gold design, ASLA SD Merit Award 2014). Partnership on higher education campus landscape projects.
• Noel Harding StudiomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term collaboration with artist Noel Harding on multiple public art projects including Elevated Wetlands in Toronto (1999), Montreal Symphony Public Art (2008), The Rain Catcher in Burnaby, Mimico Creek in Toronto, and 180 Kent Street in Ottawa. Projects featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine and published in 'Detail in Contemporary Landscape Architecture.'
• Kevin deFreitas ArchitecturesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church (LEED Gold, on Rincon Band reservation) and Children's Workshop school project. Collaboration on culturally significant institutional landscapes.
• Vasquez Marshall ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on UCSD Blake Residence Hall Courtyard (ASLA SD Merit Award 2016). Collaboration on UCSD residence hall courtyard landscape design.
• HED ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on CSU Northridge G6 Parking Structure competition (won). Collaboration on parking structure landscape design for CSU Northridge campus.
• AVRP StudiossupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Sharp-Rees Stealy Downtown Wellness Center (DBIA Golden Nugget award). Collaboration on healthcare landscape architecture with focus on healing gardens and sustainable site features.
• Architects Roseling Nakamura TeradasupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on SIO Scripps Research Support Facilities at UCSD ('Seaweed Canyon'). Collaboration on research facility landscape design integrating native planting and bioswales.
• Carrier Johnson ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on India + Beech Luxury Apartments in Little Italy, San Diego (26-story tower) and SDSU West Campus Housing Masterplan. Collaboration on residential and mixed-use landscape projects.
• Fuscoe EngineeringsupportingTechnology or IntegrationPartner on Monte Vista Wellness and Soccer Park in El Centro (26.5 acres). Collaboration on sports park landscape design with Imperial Valley Office of Education.
• Hanna Gabriel Wells ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Kaiser Permanente Carmel Valley Medical Office Building. Collaboration on healthcare facility landscape design with emphasis on native plants, wetland preservation, and biofiltration.
• RNT ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on Oceanside Aquatic Center at El Corazon ($12M project) and CSU San Marcos Student Health and Counseling Center. Collaboration on public aquatic and healthcare campus landscapes.
• OBR ArchitectssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on San Diego Food Bank project. Collaboration on food bank landscape design with on-site stormwater management and low water use plantings.
• Snipes-DyesupportingTechnology or IntegrationPartner on Birch Aquarium Main Entrance reconstruction at UCSD. Collaboration on coastal aquarium site landscape design with civil engineering.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AHBE Landscape Architects: AHBE Landscape Architects is a Southern California landscape architecture firm serving institutional, civic, healthcare, and residential clients. It is closely comparable to LandLAB in scale, regional focus, and project types.
• OLIN: OLIN is a nationally recognized landscape architecture and urban design firm with offices in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York. It directly competes with LandLAB for university, corporate campus, and public realm commissions, with comparable sustainability and design-led positioning.
• SWA Group: SWA is a large landscape architecture, urban design, and planning firm with deep California roots and a global portfolio. Like LandLAB, it competes on higher education, corporate campus, and public-sector projects with sustainability-led design philosophy.
• LandDesign: LandDesign is a multi-office landscape architecture, civil engineering, and urban design firm with strong higher education and mixed-use portfolios. It overlaps with LandLAB on campus planning and corporate campus projects across the western US.
• Land Morphology: Land Morphology is a Pacific Northwest-based landscape architecture firm with expertise in ecological restoration, public realm, and campus design. It is comparable in scale and design philosophy to LandLAB and overlaps on university and civic commissions.
• Studio-MLA: Studio-MLA is a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture studio with strong expertise in ecological design, public realm, and institutional projects. Like LandLAB, it is California-rooted and competes for campus, civic, and residential landscape commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is an integrated planning, design, and architecture firm with a strong landscape architecture practice focused on campuses, urban districts, and master plans. It directly competes for higher education master planning work alongside LandLAB in California and beyond.
• James Corner Field Operations: Field Operations is a leading landscape architecture and urban design practice known for large-scale public realm and waterfront projects. It overlaps with LandLAB on campus master plans and public-sector work but operates at a much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• MIG: MIG is a planning, design, and communications firm with a landscape architecture practice serving public agencies, campuses, and communities. Like LandLAB, it competes on civic, educational, and sustainable design mandates but with a broader interdisciplinary service mix.

Emerging players

• Reed Hilderbrand: Reed Hilderbrand is a landscape architecture firm with a strong portfolio in campus, cultural, and ecological projects. It is comparable to LandLAB on higher education and institutional commissions, with an East Coast focus but California project presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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