W Architecture & Landscape Architecture Llc

What W Architecture & Landscape Architecture Llc does

op.Architecture + Landscape PLLC (d/b/a op.AL) is a New York City-based, award-winning cross-disciplinary design practice operating at the intersection of architecture and landscape architecture. Founded and co-directed by architect Jonathan A. Scelsa and landscape architect Jennifer Birkeland — both Harvard-trained and tenured or tenure-track academics at Pratt Institute, Cornell, and CCNY's Spitzer School of Architecture — the firm explores disciplinary oppositions between the two fields to re-calibrate the conventional subject-object relationship between landscape and building. Its portfolio spans regional masterplans (e.g., Wiggly Dragon in Zhengzhou, Fuel Cell Futurisms in Tokyo), institutional and cultural facilities (Italian American Museum, Haverstraw Brick Museum), experimental follies and pavilions (Aeroponic Aggregates, Duck Blind, Trade Wind, Flat Farms), and bespoke residential work (Lion's Landing in Brooklyn).

Core deliverables are design services grounded in a thematic framework organized around five oppositions — Kinetic-Culture, Micro-Infrastructures, Synthetic Natures, Opticality, and Figure-Ground. Technically, the practice employs computational and parametric design workflows, ceramic additive manufacturing (3D-printed lattice brick), and robotic fabrication (6-axis ABB arm with custom potter's wheel extruder on Aeroponic Aggregates), though it owns no proprietary technology platform. Awards include the ACADIA Best Project Award (2023), Mark Hampton Rome Prize in Design (2017-2018, both co-directors), and the Field Constructs Design Competition win (2015).

The firm operates as a professional services practice on a per-project fee basis negotiated by scope and scale. Projects are acquired through design competitions, institutional RFPs, invited commissions, and direct client relationships, with a primary go-to-market channel of academic conferences, peer-reviewed publications, exhibitions, and teaching positions that double as reputational pipelines. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, no external funding has been raised, and ownership remains founder-managed.

Name

W Architecture & Landscape Architecture Llc

Legal name

op. Architecture Landscape PLLC

Website

https://op-al.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

op.AL is a New York-based cross-disciplinary architecture and landscape architecture practice led by two Harvard-trained co-directors, delivering award-winning projects from cultural institutions and masterplans to experimental pavilions and bespoke residences for institutional and private clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Landscape architecture design
• Museum architecture design
• Urban masterplanning
• Custom residential design

Headquarters

HQ city

Hoboken

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Design and Architecture Services: Revenue is generated through commissioned design projects including museums, residential renovations, masterplans, and landscape designs. Projects are obtained via competitions, RFPs, and direct client engagement.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

op.AL is a cross-disciplinary design practice offering architectural and landscape architectural design services. Its work spans regional planning and infrastructural design, institutional buildings (museums, cultural centers), urban development proposals, experimental pavilions and follies, and bespoke private residential renovations and gardens. Projects are delivered as commissioned design services for institutional, governmental, and private clients.

Product overview

op.AL (op.Architecture + Landscape PLLC) is an award-winning design practice operating at the intersection of architecture and landscape. Formed by an architect and a landscape architect, the office offers a portfolio of design services and projects including architectural design services, experimental pavilions (Aeroponic Aggregates, Duck Blind, Trade Wind, Profilog Cabin), urban proposals (Fuel Cell Futurisms, The Wiggly Dragon), installations (Flat Farms), and institutional projects (Italian American Museum). The practice probes disciplinary oppositions embedded in each field's vantage point, generating work that destabilizes the traditional subject-object relationship between landscape and building. Projects range in scale from regional planning and infrastructural design to domestic and interior solutions.

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Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Cross-disciplinary architectural and landscape architectural design services spanning regional planning, infrastructural design, institutional buildings, urban proposals, experimental pavilions, and bespoke residential and interior solutions for institutional, governmental, and private clients.
• Italian American Museum Museum architecture and build project occupying 6,500 square feet across four levels in New York City's Little Italy District, featuring double-height storefront with glass and perforated metal cladding, half arches for spatial transitions, and central skylight light fall. Completed October 2024.
• Lion's Landing Residential Renovation Brooklyn townhome renovation and garden design for a private residential client, approximately 1,000 sf, built 2020.

Quantifiable outcome

• Best Project Award - ACADIA Habits of the Anthropocene, 2023
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Jason Little ArchitectminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Served as consultant on the Italian American Museum project for 6,500 sq ft museum in NYC's Little Italy.
• Focus LightingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Lighting design consultant on the Italian American Museum project.
• ABS EngineeringminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Engineering consultant on the Italian American Museum project.
• Morris AdjmicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Building architect for the Italian American Museum project located within a new residential condominium at Mulberry and Grand Street in New York City.
• Cornell University - The Center for Teaching InnovationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborated on the Aeroponic Aggregates project, providing teaching innovation support and research framework for the ceramic additive manufacturing research.
• Pratt Institute - The Consortium for Research and RoboticsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborated on Aeroponic Aggregates, providing robotics research and fabrication support using the 6-axis ABB robotic arm and custom potter Bot extruder.
• Pratt Institute - PI-Fab, Production FacilitiesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2022Provided production facilities and fabrication support including Greg Sheward for the Aeroponic Aggregates project.
• Stephanie ImbeauminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Collaborator on Trade Wind project for the Salem Arts Festival.
• CookShopminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local organization collaborator for the Duck Blind in Plain Site build as part of the Austin East November Arts Festival at Circle Acres Nature Preserve.
• The ThinkeryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Local organization collaborator for the Duck Blind in Plain Site project.
• Ecology Action TexasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Client and local organization partner for the Duck Blind in Plain Site project at Circle Acres Nature Preserve.
• HiJAC CreativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term collaborator providing creative design services on multiple projects including Trade Wind and PeriWigWam.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• OLIN: Philadelphia- and NYC-based landscape architecture and urban design practice where co-director Jennifer Birkeland previously worked. Comparable in scale, cross-disciplinary ambition, and integration of research with built work, serving cultural, institutional, and urban clients.
• West 8: Internationally recognized landscape architecture and urban design firm where Jennifer Birkeland previously worked. Comparable cross-disciplinary stance, international project portfolio, and high-profile cultural commissions.
• SCAPE Landscape Architecture: NYC-based landscape architecture and urban design practice known for cultural and waterfront projects. Comparable in academic-credentialed principals, research-driven methodology, and cultural/institutional client base.
• Sasaki: Integrated architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with similar cross-disciplinary methodology and university-adjacent positioning. Comparable in offering both built architectural work and masterplanning across cultural and institutional clients.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: Brooklyn-based landscape architecture firm working on cultural, institutional, and public realm projects of similar boutique scale. Comparable in academic-pedigree principals and integration of research with built landscape work.
• Morris Adjmi Architects: NYC-based architecture firm that partnered with op.AL on the Italian American Museum project. Comparable boutique scale, NYC focus, and engagement with cultural and residential commissions.
• James Corner Field Operations: NYC-based landscape architecture and urban design firm known for High Line and large-scale public realm projects. Directly comparable as a research-driven landscape practice working at urban scale with cultural and municipal clients.

Broad incumbents

• SWA Group: Large landscape architecture and urban design firm with deep cultural and institutional project portfolio. Comparable in landscape architecture services but at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth than op.AL.
• Snøhetta: Internationally established cross-disciplinary architecture and landscape practice with a much larger portfolio and global reach. Comparable in integrating landscape and architecture disciplines and serving cultural institutions, but operates at substantially greater scale.
• KENGO KUMA and Associates: International architecture practice with material- and landscape-integrated design philosophy. Comparable in cross-disciplinary sensibility and cultural institution portfolio, but operates as a large global firm.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/oparchland
• Instagraminstagram.com/oparchland/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/op-al

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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