Meyer & Silberberg Land Architects

What Meyer & Silberberg Land Architects does

Meyer Studio Land Architects (MSLA, formerly Meyer & Silberberg Land Architects) is a privately held landscape architecture firm headquartered at 1443 Cornell Avenue in Berkeley, California. The firm provides full-service landscape architecture across site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration, delivered through project-based professional services engagements. Its portfolio spans public parks, academic campuses, healthcare facilities, corporate headquarters, mixed-use developments, and large-scale hospitality and climate-infrastructure masterplans across the United States (California, Nebraska), New Zealand, England, China, and Algeria. The firm's competitive positioning centers on a distinctive design philosophy that treats landscape as 'revealing, relevant, and potent,' leading with landscape architecture on multi-firm project teams rather than serving as a sub-consultant, and integrating stormwater management, native ecology, and sculptural public space into unified site frameworks.

MSLA generates revenue exclusively through professional services fees tied to individual project scope and phase, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Its go-to-market relies on direct project engagement with developers, institutions, and government agencies, frequently in collaboration with marquee architectural partners including Gensler, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Richard Meier and Partners, Perkins+Will, Handel Architects, Cannon Architects, Jensen Architects, and PFAU Long. Notable anchor projects include the 500-acre Heartwood Greenways stormwater masterplan for Applied Underwriters in Omaha, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Eye Institute landscape at UCLA Medical School, the 850-acre Mountain Landing hospitality development in New Zealand, the 1,500-acre Parc of Great Winds in Algeria, and Battery East Vista in San Francisco's Presidio. The firm has earned multiple LEED certifications (Platinum, Gold, Silver) and industry awards including 2014 AIA-CC Honor, 2017 NCC-ASLA Merit, 2018 AIASF Design Award, and 2024 American Architecture Awards. There is no disclosed venture funding, parent company, or acquisition activity; the firm operates as an independent boutique.

Name

Meyer & Silberberg Land Architects

Legal name

Meyer Studio Land Architects

Website

https://ms-la.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Meyer Studio Land Architects is a Berkeley, California-based landscape architecture firm providing master planning, site design, and climate-infrastructure services to developers, universities, healthcare systems, government agencies, and corporate clients across the United States and internationally.

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

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD), Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Master planning design
• Site planning services
• Public park design
• Climate infrastructure design

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

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 Professional Services: MSLA generates revenue by providing landscape architecture and site planning services on a project-by-project basis. Services include site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration for landscape and public space projects. Revenue is earned through professional service fees tied to project scope and phase.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Meyer Studio Land Architects is a Berkeley, California-based landscape architecture firm providing professional design services for public parks, corporate campuses, academic institutions, healthcare facilities, hospitality developments, and large-scale mixed-use masterplans. The firm's core offering includes site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration, with particular expertise in integrating climate infrastructure (stormwater detention basins, greenways, native restoration) into site-specific landscape designs that serve as both functional systems and sculptural public spaces. Projects span from intimate courtyards to 1,500-acre masterplans across the United States and internationally.

Product overview

Meyer Studio Land Architects is a landscape architecture firm offering comprehensive design services across project types including public parks, urban design, corporate campuses, academic institutions, healthcare facilities, and hospitality developments. The firm operates from Berkeley, California and works on projects throughout the United States and internationally (New Zealand, England, China, Algeria). Their portfolio includes both ongoing projects and archival work spanning multiple decades.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services Full-service landscape architecture firm providing design services for public parks, corporate campuses, academic facilities, healthcare environments, hospitality developments, and residential projects across the United States and internationally. Includes site analysis, master planning, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration.
• Heartwood Greenways A 500-acre stormwater masterplan and privately owned public park in Omaha, Nebraska featuring climate infrastructure designed as sculpture parks with detention basins, native prairie restoration, 14+ miles of trails, and 10,000+ trees. Developed for Applied Underwriters as part of the Heartwood Preserve mixed-use development.
• Edie and Lew Wasserman Building Landscape Landscape design for UCLA Medical School's research and patient-care facility featuring sensory-engaging gardens designed for sight-impaired visitors. Designed in collaboration with Richard Meier and Partners. Achieved LEED Gold certification.
• Mountain Landing Masterplan 850-acre hospitality development masterplan in Bay of Isles, New Zealand, balancing ecological and archaeological preservation with lodge, marina, and residential development. Developed in collaboration with Jasmax & Avery Team Architects for The Walter C Mountain Landing Development Company Ltd.
• Battery East Vista Public park and trail transformation in San Francisco's Presidio, creating an active theatrical overlook to the Golden Gate Bridge with pervious concrete plaza and terraced seating. Delivered for the Parks Conservancy and National Parks.
• 270 Brannan Communal Courtyard Office headquarters courtyard in San Francisco featuring an innovative glass roof creating climatically comfortable outdoor space with mobile custom furnishings. Developed in collaboration with PFAU Long Architects for SKS Investments.
• 888 Brannan Courtyard Office rehabilitation project in San Francisco featuring an elevated plaza with imported specimen maple tree and 'semi-precious stones' courtyard design. Developed in collaboration with Gensler for SKS Investments.
• Limelight Installation Garden installation at Westonbirt International Festival of Gardens in England, featuring a hollowed mound amphitheater surrounding a champion tree.
• Ohlone College Academic Core Academic campus landscape design for new Science Building, Arts Center and Library at Ohlone College in Fremont, California. Developed in collaboration with Cannon Architects. Achieved LEED Platinum certification.
• Physical Science and Engineering Complex Academic campus landscape at Foothill College in Los Altos, California, featuring active academic court, entry plaza, and native meadow restoration. Achieved LEED Silver certification.

Quantifiable outcome

• 55 million gallons / 169 acre-feet stormwater storage capacity (Heartwood Greenways)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Lamp RynearsoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCivil engineering firm collaborating with MSLA on the Heartwood Greenways and Stormwater Masterplan in Omaha, Nebraska. Lamp Rynearson provided civil engineering services as part of the integrated design team for this 500-acre climate infrastructure project.
• Meco-Henne Contracting Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for the Heartwood Greenways project, responsible for construction of the greenway system, detention basins, trails, and landscape infrastructure at the 500-acre Heartwood Preserve development.
• S&N Landscape Design Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLandscape contractor for the Heartwood Greenways project, responsible for implementing the landscape design, native prairie restoration, tree planting, and greenway construction at Heartwood Preserve.
• GenslercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA collaborated with Gensler on the 888 Brannan office rehabilitation project in San Francisco's SOMA district, working alongside SKS Investments to redevelop the historic Jewelry Center and adjacent office buildings.
• PFAU Long ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA collaborated with Pfau Long Architects to create a communal courtyard for a new office building at 270 Brannan in San Francisco's SOMA district. The project achieved LEED Platinum certification.
• Richard Meier and PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA provided landscape architecture for the Edie and Lew Wasserman Building at UCLA Medical School, designed by Richard Meier and Partners. The landscape design was developed in close coordination with the architect to complement the sophisticated building architecture.
• Jasmax & Avery Team ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture firm collaborating with MSLA on the Mountain Landing 850-acre hospitality development in Bay of Isles, New Zealand. The project required close collaboration to balance development with ecological and archaeological preservation.
• Skidmore, Owings and Merril (SOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA collaborated with SOM on multiple projects at the San Francisco Veteran Affairs' Lands End medical campus. MSLA's role was to knit the new medical research facility into the dramatic coastal bluff landscape.
• KMD ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA worked with KMD Architects on the San Francisco Civic Center sustainable resource district project, integrating wastewater treatment, stormwater collection, and energy generation within a formal urban design.
• Perkins + WillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA collaborated with Perkins + Will on the UCSF Child, Teen and Family Center at Mission Bay campus. MSLA designed the landscape including street-level planters, custom furnishings, and a therapeutic roof garden.
• Perkins and WillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA worked with Perkins and Will on the preliminary master plan for Oyster Point, a 40-acre biotechnical complex in South San Francisco, generating initial planning studies for land swapping discussions with the city.
• Jensen ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA partnered with Jensen Architects for the St. James Park urban park redesign competition in San Jose, CA. Jensen Architects provided architectural services while MSLA led landscape design.
• Harry Wolf ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA collaborated with Harry Wolf Architects on courtyard design for a 298-unit apartment development at Warner Park in Woodland Hills, California for client Wood Partners.
• Cannon ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA worked with Cannon Architects on the Academic Core landscape design for Ohlone College in Fremont, CA. The project achieved LEED Platinum certification.
• Handel ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA partnered with Handel Architects on Parcel K North, a 6-story mixed-use development in San Francisco's Pier 70 neighborhood for client TMG Partners.
• GenslercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSLA worked with Gensler on the Symantec Client Experience Center courtyard at Mountain View headquarters, designing an immersive garden courtyard.
• The Walter C Mountain Landing Development Company Ltd.coreOthersDeveloper client for the 850-acre Mountain Landing hospitality development in Bay of Isles, New Zealand. The project required balancing development with preservation of ecological and archaeological sites.
• ParsonsmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMSLA worked with Parsons (engineering firm) and government agencies on the 1,500-acre Parc of Great Winds development in Algiers, Algeria, ensuring program elements fit within the sustainability framework.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Design Workshop: Design Workshop is a landscape architecture and planning firm focused on environmental and community-driven projects, with parks, trails, and climate resilience practices. It is a direct peer to MSLA's climate infrastructure and public parks segments.
• SWA Group: SWA Group is a landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with deep expertise in large-scale master planning, climate-resilient waterfronts, and signature parks. It is a direct peer to MSLA in scope (academic, healthcare, public realm, master planning) and project scale.
• Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA): MVVA is a landscape architecture firm renowned for Brooklyn Bridge Park and major urban park transformations. It is a direct peer to MSLA in climate-adaptive park design and large civic/public sector commissions.
• Hargreaves Associates: Hargreaves Associates is a landscape architecture firm with deep expertise in waterfronts, urban parks, and campus master plans. It directly competes with MSLA on civic, university, and developer-led public realm projects.
• James Corner Field Operations: Field Operations is a landscape architecture and urban design firm best known for High Line and large-scale public parks. It is a direct peer to MSLA in climate-resilient, sculptural public realm and master planning work for marquee developers and institutions.
• Reed Hilderbrand: Reed Hilderbrand is a landscape architecture firm specializing in campus, institutional, and cultural landscape work with site-specific ecological design. It is a direct peer to MSLA's academic and institutional segments.
• Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture is a Bay Area boutique landscape architecture firm with comparable scale and a focus on ecological, sculptural outdoor rooms. It is a direct peer to MSLA's California-centric boutique practice and private courtyard work.
• OLIN: OLIN is a landscape architecture and urban design studio known for cultural institutions, civic plazas, and integrated landscape-architecture commissions. It directly competes with MSLA for high-profile architect-led teams on museum, healthcare, and public realm projects.
• EDSA: EDSA is a landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm with strong resort, hospitality, and large-scale master planning practices. It is a direct peer to MSLA's hospitality (Mountain Landing NZ, Parc of Great Winds Algeria) and large master plan segments.
• Sasaki Associates: Sasaki is a planning, urban design, landscape architecture, and architecture firm with strong master planning practices for campuses, mixed-use, and civic clients. It is a direct peer to MSLA's master planning and institutional segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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