What Schul Landscape Architects does

Schul Landscape Architects (legal name SCHUL, Danish trade name Schul Landskabsarkitekter) is a Copenhagen-based landscape architecture studio founded in 1995 by landscape architect MDL Jonas Maria Schul, who remains owner and studio leader. The firm delivers consultancy and project planning across a deliberately broad service portfolio spanning gardens and facilities, residential areas, parks and urban spaces, cultural environments and institutions, climate-adaptation and planting strategy, art and research, and development plans. Its productized offering is professional landscape architecture services — from detailed construction-work planning through large-scale masterplans for public clients — with a stated specialization in the use of plantings in parks and gardens that the firm positions as a leading national capability.

The studio serves two primary customer segments: (1) foundations and municipalities on major new construction and restorations in Denmark, and (2) private clients, housing cooperatives, and cultural institutions. Named recurring clients include Københavns Kommune (multiple cemeteries, urban promenades, school grounds), Tivoli, Arken Kunstmuseum, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Københavns Museum, Holstebro Kommune, Assens Kommune, Frederiksberg Kommune (Folehaven), and Højvangen Kirke in Skanderborg. Internationally, the firm has executed a 7,000 m² Sharjah Biennale project in the UAE with SUPERFLEX and prior work in Bilbao, Spain.

The firm operates an open-structure model — a small core team of roughly eight (owner Jonas Schul, plus named landscape architects Cathrine Kramme, Ellen Schelde, Francesca Cirla, Anne Ignatiussen, Tu Hai Tran, and an accountant Elisabeth) supplemented with one intern and rotating artists, researchers, engineers, and independent design teams assembled per project. It is a member of Arkitektforeningen, holds HDI professional indemnity insurance (DANSKE ARK policy), and won the Dansk Landskabspris for the Billedhuggerhaven renovation at the Royal Danish Art Academy. GTM is enterprise field sales: the firm participates in architectural competitions and operates through direct client relationships with foundations, municipalities, and cultural institutions; revenue is generated on a project-by-project professional services basis (no public pricing disclosure).

Name

Schul Landscape Architects

Legal name

SCHUL

Website

https://schul.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Schul Landscape Architects is a Copenhagen-based landscape architecture studio founded in 1995 by Jonas Maria Schul, delivering consultancy and design for gardens, parks, public spaces, cemeteries, and cultural institutions to Danish municipalities, foundations, and select international clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural Services (54131), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture
• Garden design
• Park planning
• Public space design
• Urban planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Consultancy and Planning: Consultancy and planning within a broad spectrum of landscape architecture professional business. Covers tasks from detailed planning of construction works to consulting and project planning for foundations and municipalities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Schul Landscape Architects is a Danish landscape architecture consultancy that provides professional design, planning, and advisory services for gardens, parks, residential areas, public urban spaces, cultural institutions, and climate adaptation projects. The firm develops landscape proposals, plant strategies, and planning frameworks for municipal, foundation, housing cooperative, and cultural-sector clients across Denmark.

Product overview

Schul Landscape Architects is a landscape architecture firm offering a unified service portfolio centered on landscape architecture consultancy and project planning. The firm operates across multiple service categories including Gardens & Facilities (Haver & Anlæg), Residential Areas (Boligområder), Parks & Urban Spaces (Parker & Byrum), Cultural Environments & Institutions (Kulturmiljøer & Institutioner), Climate Adaptation & Plant Strategy (Klimatilpasning & Plantestrategi), Art & Research (Kunst & Forskning), and Development Plans (Udviklingsplaner). The firm specializes in tasks ranging from detailed construction work planning to major municipal and foundation projects, with particular expertise in planting design for parks and gardens. Notable projects include Tivoli gardens, Copenhagen cemeteries development plans, urban promenades, and climate adaptation projects across Danish municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Consultancy & Project Planning End-to-end landscape architecture services covering site analysis, concept design, project planning, planting strategy, and advisory for gardens, parks, residential areas, public urban spaces, and cultural and institutional sites. Delivered to municipalities, foundations, housing cooperatives, cultural institutions, and private developers across Denmark.

Quantifiable outcome

• Danish Landscape Award for Kunstakademiet København project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SUPERFLEXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024SCHUL collaborated with SUPERFLEX to develop and realize a 7,000 m² active urban space in central Sharjah, UAE. The project, part of the prestigious Biennale, transformed former traffic-heavy Bank Road into an experiential park inspired by various emigrant cultures, extending their Superkilen project from Nørrebro.
• VandkunstencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCHUL with Vandkunsten developed masterplan for the area around Bispebjerg Kirkegård to create better access to the cemetery's green areas and improve urban life in the exposed area.
• Ny Carlsberg FondetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided funding support for the renovation of Billedhuggerhaven at Kunstakademiet København.
• Prof. Morten StrædecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on renovation of Billedhuggerhaven at Kunstakademiet København, along with architects Fogh & Følner.
• Rørbæk & MøllerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on renovation plan for Albertslund Kanal area focusing on increased biodiversity and connection between institutions, schools, urban life and nature experiences.
• Møller & GrønborgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on rethinking the landscape around Arken Art Museum, working with coastal landscape diversity from white dunes to wet beach meadows.
• Områdeløft NordvestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on outdoor areas around Grøndalsvænge School and connection to the neighborhood.
• Hot Spot-sekretariatet under Københavns KommuneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with local area and Hot Spot secretariat under Copenhagen Municipality on A-Grunden project in one of Copenhagen's most socially vulnerable areas.
• DomusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on comprehensive plan for Folehaven, Denmark's first social housing development from 1952-61.
• NIRASminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSCHUL worked with NIRAS as sub-consultant on Frederiksholms Kanal promenade project.
• Barbara Cooper (American artist)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with American artist Barbara Cooper on Københavns Museum Urban Nature project.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SLA: One of the largest Danish landscape architecture studios with a parallel municipal and cultural-institution portfolio (urban parks, climate adaptation, masterplans). Direct competitor for the same Københavns Kommune and Danish foundation tenders that Schul targets.
• Topotek 1: Berlin-based landscape architecture studio with strong public-space expertise in Northern European cities and a similar competition-led delivery model. Competes with Schul for high-profile public-realm commissions and Biennale-adjacent cultural work.
• Gottlieb Paludan: Danish architecture and planning firm with parallel work in landscape, parks, and cultural-heritage settings. Targets overlapping Danish public-sector clients and project types.

Broad incumbents

• Henning Larsen: Danish architecture firm with strong landscape integration on cultural and public projects. Both a collaborator with Schul (e.g., Højvangen Kirke) and a peer for architect-led landscape commissions.
• Karres en Brandsma (Ramboll): Dutch landscape architecture practice now within Ramboll with deep municipal and climate-adaptation credentials; competes for the same Danish and Nordic public framework agreements with greater delivery capacity.
• COWI: Large Danish engineering and design consultancy offering landscape and urban design as part of multi-disciplinary project delivery. Provides scaled competition for major infrastructure-linked landscape commissions in Denmark.
• Snøhetta: Norwegian-headquartered architecture and landscape practice operating at international cultural and public-realm scale. Overlaps with Schul's cultural-institution and Biennale-level international commissions from a much larger resource base.
• COBE: Copenhagen-based architecture and urban design practice with active public-space and housing-area masterplans across Denmark, frequently competing for the same municipal framework contracts as Schul.

Regional players

• Manthey Kula: Norwegian landscape architecture studio with comparable focus on public space, materiality, and detail-driven design. Geographic complement to Schul's Danish concentration with overlapping design culture and competition track record.

Emerging players

• EFFEKT: Danish architecture and research practice with portfolio emphasis on landscape, public space, and climate-responsive design. Comparable boutique scale and competition-based entry into high-visibility public projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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