30 Landscape Architecture Firms To Keep Your Eye On!

What makes a landscape architecture firm truly amazing?

Is it awards or recognitions? Is it a special design method? Or is it just pure talent? The following is a list of landscape architecture firms known not only for their numerous awards and recognitions, but also for the unique twist they incorporate into their designs and for the joy people experience when they visit their projects.

是什么让一家景观设计公司如此让人惊叹？它是否得奖或被认可？它是否有特别的设计理念？或者是它本身就才华横溢？下面这些景观设计公司被人所熟识不仅仅是因为他们所得的无数奖项与赞赏，还因为他们把曲径幽长的独特设计理念融入到设计方案中，以及人们参观他们的作品时，能够体验到乐趣。

In alphabetical order, they are:

1. AECOM

Considered a mega-multidisciplinary firm, AECOM employs everyone from engineers and architects to planners and landscape architects — and this is in addition to numerous other brands the company markets. AECOM has offices all over the world, and landscape architecture projects include multi-acre corporate landscapes, small urban parks, resorts, downtowns, and college campuses.

　AECOM是一个大型的多学科综合性事务所，工作人员涉及工程师、建筑师、规划师以及景观设计师，这样就为公司衍生出许多公司分支与业务。AECOM在世界各地都有办事处，景观设计项目包括大型的公司景观、小型的城市公园、景点、商业区以及大学校园设计。

2. Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

The design team at ACLA “sculpts and navigates space through a seamless integration of landscape, art, and architecture. Our work draws boundaries with a controlled palette of materials, creating permeable edges that blur the line between the natural and built environment.” This style helped ACLA to be awarded the 2014 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award.

3. Bensley Design Studio

Located in Bangkok and Bali, BDS has been in business since 1989 and employs more than 150 designers, artists, landscape architects, interior designers, and architects. The company mostly designs for 5-star hotels, but strives to deliver the whole package, including unique details such as menus, trash cans, tables, and other site furnishings.

　本斯利设计事务所（BDS）位于泰国的曼谷和印度尼西亚的巴厘岛，并从1989年开展业务，包括了设计师、艺术家、景观设计师、室内设计师以及建筑师在内的150多名工作人员。公司设计的大部分是五星级的酒店，但是力求完成全部包装，包括一些小细节，例如菜单、垃圾桶、餐桌等装修设施。

4. Design Workshop, Inc.

This world-renowned firm has been around for four decades and continues to be a leader in the design process, which is based on its own methodology. “DW Legacy Design is a proprietary process that seeks to imbue every project with a balance between environmental sensitivity, community connection, artistic beauty, and economic viability that demonstrates measurable results.”

这个具有国际声望的公司已有40年的历史，基于自己的设计理念，一直是设计过程的领导企业。 “DW Legacy Design是一个专业流程，试图让每一个项目在环保意识、社区联合、艺术美与经济可行性上寻求平衡，衡量设计方案。”

5. EDSA

Also one of the largest firms, EDSA seeks to “improve the way the world looks, one project at a time, with passion, integrity, and the combined effort of more than 125 team members.” During its 50 years in business, EDSA has earned more than 250 awards recognizing its projects for both innovation and sustainability.

6. Edmund Hollander Landscape Architects

Founded in 1989, this firm “seeks to create landscapes which serve as an extension of the constructed building, through scrupulous translation of architectural motifs into the landscape beyond.” The American Society of Landscape Architects has recognized the firm on local and national levels every year from 2003 to 2011.

　该事务所于1989年创建，“经过严谨的思考将设计的主题凌驾于景观之上，使创造的景观能够作为已建建筑的延伸。”从2003年到2011年，美国景观设计师协会每年都会从地方和国家水平上认可该公司。

7. Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Ltd.

Located in Seattle, Washington, this 15-year-old firm was the 2011 recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Award. The firm designs so that “the landform of each space is carefully shaped to feel serenely grounded in its context and comfortable at all times – whether bustling with crowds, offering moments of contemplation, or doing both at once.”

该公司位于华盛顿的西雅图，已有15年的历史，是2011年史密森库珀•休伊特国家设计大奖的得主。事务所的设计理念是“每个空间的地形都要精心设计，在此环境下让人感觉到是安详的，并且无时无刻的感到舒适-无论是人群的喧闹还是冥思的时候，或者是两者兼有。”

8. HMWhite Site Architects

HMWhite “prides itself on creating high-performance and multi-functioning landscapes that are rooted into the dynamic needs of the sites and its users.”Award-winning projects include civic, commercial, housing/hospitality, institutional, and residential designs, all of which integrate the firm’s multi-cultural design philosophy. The firm was short-listed for the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt 2014 National Design award.

　HMWhite事务所的理念是“以创造高效益和多功能的景观自豪，让景观能够满足地区和使用者的动态需求。”获奖项目包括城市方面的设计、商业方面的设计、住宅设计、公共机构设计以及住宅区设计，这些设计经验构成了公司的多元文化设计理念。该事务所是2014年史密森库珀•休伊特国家设计大奖的候选人。

9. Hargreaves Associates

A relatively small firm with offices in the United States and England, this firm’s portfolio includes a wide range of urban design, waterfronts, public parks, and academic, corporate, institutional, and residential planning and design projects. “Hargreaves Associates has at its core a single overriding concern: connection — connection between culture and the environment, connection between the land and its people.”

这是个相对较小的事务所，在美国和英国都有办事处 ，其业务范围广泛，包括城市设计、海滨设计、公共公园的设计以及学院、公共机构和住宅区规划及设计项目。“Hargreaves Associates有一个核心的压倒性的担忧：融合-文化与环境的融合，地区与人们的融合。”

10. Hosper

Hosper, located in the Netherlands, is a multi-disciplinary design firm with focuses in landscape architecture and urban development. “The core principles of the Hosper design agency are collaboration and openness when drawing up plans.” By allowing clients to have a hands-on experience with the design process, Hosper’s projects are truly a reflection of the people who enjoy them.

Hosper事务所位于荷兰，是多学科综合性的设计公司，重点项目是景观设计与城市发展。“Hosper设计机构的中心原则是设计方案时要合作且公开。”因为Hosper事务所允许客户亲自参与设计过程，所以其项目真实反映了人们对它们的喜爱。

11. James Corner Field Operations

JCFO is a “leading-edge” urban design and landscape architecture firm based in New York City, with offices in London and Hong Kong. It is known for its high-profile urban projects, such as the High Line in New York City, Shelby Farms Park in Memphis, Tenn., and the post-games transformation of London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

　JCFO总部在纽约，在伦敦和香港都有办事处，是城市设计与景观设计公司的领军企业。公司以备受瞩目的城市项目闻名，例如纽约的The High Line、田纳西州孟菲斯的谢尔比农场公园以及伦敦的女王伊丽莎白奥林匹克公园的赛后转变。

12. Jones & Jones

“Devotion to place, community identity, and nature kindles our craft. Jones & Jones’ delivery on that promise stems from listening and learning from the land. We tell local truths with carefully chosen tools and materials — honoring the rhythms of nature, culture, and community.” The firm’s philosophy includes seeing rivers as organisms, landscape immersion, “viewshed” mapping, watershed-based GIS models, using the landscape architect as the lead designer and, finally, the practice of honoring the relationship of people to place.

　“致力于有地区、社区认同感的设计，让自然点亮我们的艺术。Jones & Jones做出这样的承诺是源于对地区的聆听和学习。我们遵循当地的实际，慎重选择工具和材料-尊重自然、文化与社区之间的规律。”该公司的设计理念包括把河流看作有机体，令人沉浸其中的景观，可视景象，以分水岭为基准的地理信息系统（GIS）模型；让景观设计师作为主设计师；最后，把尊重人类关系的实践投入到地区当中。

13. Landworks Studio, Inc.

Founded by Michael Blier, the award-winning “studio develops innovative landscapes for a range of project types. Team members, many active in design education, have diverse backgrounds. Their interdisciplinary process begins with collaboration, embracing input from clients, allied design professionals, and the community. They develop useful, meaningful, and lasting spaces that respond to scale and context.”

　Landworks事务所是迈克尔•布利尔创办的，并屡获殊荣，“事务所为许多不同的项目类型进行了有创意的景观设计。团队成员中一些是设计专业的，但都有不同的背景。他们各学科之间交流的过程一开始就是他们之间密切合作，从客户中吸收信息以及与专业的设计师和团体合作。他们设计有用的、有意义的以及持久的空间，能够和尺度与环境相符合。”

14. Martha Schwartz Partners

With a belief that “design must be appreciated as a crucial factor in sustainability,” MSP creates landscapes that blend art and urbanism as the “foundation for sustainable cities that are healthy across all aspects and sectors of urban life.” With a use of bold colors and strong shapes, the team “enables people to make an emotional connection to a place by imbuing it with character, memory, identity, orientation, and individuality.”

玛莎施瓦兹合伙人事务所（MSP）信奉的理念是“在可持续性上，设计是一个关键因素”它设计的景观融合了艺术和城市化，“城市可持续发展的基础，能够让城市生活的各个方面和区域健康发展。”通过运用明艳的颜色和坚固的外形，设计团队“让设计充满特点、回忆、认同感、定位和个性，能够使人们对地区有一个情感的联系。”

15. MESA Design Group

MESA is an award-winning landscape architecture, planning, and urban design firm based in Dallas, Texas, that has been in practice for more than 30 years. Its portfolio includes everything from intimate garden spaces to large-scale, comprehensive master-planning projects, all of which are created “with the understanding that what we do must be worthy of future generations.”

　MESA事务所位于德克萨斯州的达拉斯，有30多年的设计经验，在景观设计、规划以及城市设计方面屡获奖项。它的业务范围广泛，从私人花园到大规模的、综合性的规划项目，所有的项目都是在“我们要明白我们要做的还要为后代考虑”这样的思想之上设计完成的。

16. Michael Van Valkenbugh Associates, Inc.

Founded in 1982, MVVA “is a landscape architecture firm that creates environmentally sustainable and experientially rich places across a wide range of landscape scales, from city to campus to garden.” The firm has been recognized by ASLA, the U.S. National Park Service, and the National Trust for Historic Places, as well as by numerous other groups, for its projects.

　迈克尔•范•瓦肯伯格景观设计事务所（MVVA）于1982年创立，“是一个环保和可持续性发展的景观设计公司，景观设计项目从城市到校园再到公园，范围广泛，设计经验丰富。”公司的项目已被ASLA、美国国家公园管理局、国家名胜古迹信托局以及其他许多组织机构认可。

17. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

“The firm’s philosophy centers on design that honors and reveals the local history and natural context of a site through a process of observation, creative interpretation, and construction.” Since opening in 1985, NBWLA has received more than 80 regional and national awards and has been featured in numerous international publications.

18. Oehme van Sweden & Associates

Established nearly 40 years ago, this firm is widely credited for creating the New American Style of landscape architecture. “The firm has garnered world-wide recognition for pioneering a green approach to landscape architecture that promotes a naturalistic planting style, highlights drought-tolerant perennials, eschews the use of pesticides, and focuses on a thorough understanding of native soils.”

该事务所成立在40年前，因建设新美国风格的景观设计而大获声望。“公司提倡自然基底风格，强调耐旱植物，拒绝杀虫剂的使用，集中于自然土壤的保持，这开创了绿色景观设计的潮流，得到了世界的广泛认可。”

19. OLIN Partnership, Ltd.

Located in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, “OLIN is dedicated to affecting positive change through landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. We are advocates for the artful creation and transformation of the public realm, and practice in a range of scales, including ecological and regional systems, urban districts, campuses, civic parks, plazas, and intimate gardens.” Using sustainability as the central tenet of a holistic approach, OLIN has garnered international attention for its work.

20. PWP Landscape Architecture

Most recently known for its work on the National 9/11 Memorial, PWP has been in business for nearly 30 years. Its “design process combines knowledge of history and tradition with fluency in contemporary landscape debate,” and the firm brings its “mastery of construction to bear on the latest technologies and innovations.”

　PWP事务所已有将近30年的历史，它让人所熟知的最新项目是纽约911纪念公园。它的“设计过程是把历史和传统故事与现代景观争论结合起来，其公司的建设秘诀是最新的技术和创新。”

21. Reed Hilderbrand

According to its website, “We hold that life offers its most ennobling experiences when we deepen our connection with our surroundings – in work, study, play, movement, travel, or home life. The designed landscape allows us to realize the potentials of this deeper connection. For us, the sense of a site’s history and the particular character of the ground itself – its shape, soil, moisture, vegetative cover – are what motivates meaningful form in our projects.” Because of this philosophy, its work has received two ASLA top annual design awards, as well as numerous other local and national recognitions.

根据它的网站，“我们坚信当我们加深了和我们周围环境如工作、学习、游玩、运动和家庭生活环境时，生活会给予我们最珍贵的经验。设计的景观让我们激发了这种深层联系的潜力。对于我们而言，对地区历史的认识以及广场本身的特点如形状、土壤、湿度、植物覆盖率都是激发我们建设有意义项目的因素。”由于这个理念，他们的项目得到了ASLA两项年度顶级设计大奖，并得到了许多地区与国际机构的认可。

22. SWA Group

In the beginning, SWA was Sasaki, Walker and Associates and was established in 1957 in Watertown, Massachusetts, by Hideo Sasaki and Peter Walker. The two principles were eventually bought out, and SWA went on to become one of the first 100-percent employee-owned companies on the U.S. West Coast. SWA continues to employ some of the most recognized and talented designers and planners in the business and is consistently recognized for its projects.

1957成立的时候，SWA事务所仅是一家Sasaki，Walker and Associates工作室，由 Hideo Sasaki和Peter Walker在马塞诸塞州的沃特敦创办。这两项原则最终被买断，而SWA发展成为美国西海岸的第一批百分百的雇员所有制企业之一。SWA继续聘用行业内一些最知名的和最有才华的设计师和规划师，而且它的项目会得到一致的认可。

23. Sasaki Associates, Inc.

In 1953, Hideo Sasaki founded Sasaki Associates, which has grown to include architecture, interior design, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, graphic design, and civil engineering, as well as financial planning and software development. The firm created a “Sustainable Solutions Framework,” which is at the center of all its work. “The framework sets our aspirational goals – the goals we work toward and embrace in our work.”

　1953年，Hideo Sasaki创办了Sasaki Associates事务所，它已经发展成为包括建筑、室内设计、规划、城市设计、景观设计、绘画设计、土木工程以及理财规划和软件开发在内的事务所。公司以“可持续解决方案框架”为工作的中心。“框架设定了雄心壮志的目标-我们工作以及努力的方向。”

24. Smithgroup JJR

By developing a process its calls the Space Lab, clients are able to show the design team exactly what they envision by viewing a wide array of images and choosing their preferences. This process is definitely successful, as the firm has won hundreds of awards for its work.

25. Stantec

With more than 170 landscape architects on staff, as well as professionals from every other design discipline, this multi-disciplinary firm is able to take on multiple projects at once without slowing down. Stantec designs everything from college campuses to healing gardens and athletic complexes, and always “designs with community in mind.”

　事务所有170多名景观设计师，包括每一个设计学科的专业人士，这个多学科综合性的公司正在朝一次从事多项工程，并不拖延工程进程的方向努力。Stantec事务所的项目涉及各个领域，从大学校园到医疗花园和体育中心，并且一直“进行社区设计”。

26. Thomas Balsley Associates

For more than 35 years, TBA has created public spaces that attract people to them and become a source of local pride. “TBA projects range from feasibility planning studies to built urban parks, waterfronts, corporate, commercial, institutional, residential, and recreational landscapes. Scales of work range from master plans and urban plazas to small urban spaces, garden design, sculpture, and urban furniture. At all project scales, central to the firm’s design approach is Thomas Balsley’s belief that ‘public open spaces are the great democratic spaces, the ultimate common ground.’”

托马斯鲍尔斯利联合事务所（TBA）成立35多年了，其设计的公共空间很引人注目，是当地骄傲的资本。“TBA不断进行可行性的规划研究来建造城市公园、海滨区、公司、商业区、机构、住宅区以及娱乐景观。业务的范围不断变化，从总规划和城市广场到小型的城市空间、公园设计、雕塑以及城市设施。所有的项目规模都接近于公司的中心设计原则，就是托马斯鲍尔斯利的信念‘公共开放空间是最大的民主空间，也就是最终的公共广场’”

27. T.R.O.P. terrains + open space

Led by Pok Kobkongsanti, the design team strives to create unique designs for every project its works on. Projects include hospitality, residential, commercial, and installation, and they can be seen throughout Asia and have been recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

　该设计团队由Pok Kobkongsanti领导，力求使接到的每个项目都进行独特的设计。项目包括房屋、居民区、商业区以及设施的安装，而且他们的设计项目遍及亚洲，得到了美国景观设计师协会的认可。

28. Turenscape

This firm has been officially recognized as a first-level design institute by the Chinese government and employs more than 600 multi-disciplinary professionals, including landscape architects, architects, urban planners and designers, and environmental designers. Turenscape’s projects have been recognized not only in China, but also abroad by ASLA and numerous other organizations. The firm’s work can be recognized by its use of bright colors and traditional Chinese design elements.

29. Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

WRT is a national practice of city and regional planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and architects headquartered in Philadelphia. Opened in 1963, “the firm’s origins are rooted in the principles of sustainability, dedicated to improving the quality of the natural and built environments in the planning and design of buildings, landscapes, cities, and regions. Our governing doctrine is to protect natural resources, promote social justice and economic well-being, and create livable human habitats that reflect local heritage, culture, and values.”

WRT的总部在美国费城，具有城市与区域规划、城市设计、景观设计以及建造方面的国家级水平。事务所成立于1963年，“事务所的起源是基于可持续发展的原则，致力于建筑、景观、城市以及区域规划和设计的自然与建筑环境质量的提升。我们的指导原则是保护自然资源，促进社会公平和经济福利，建设能够反映当地传统、文化和价值的人类生活区。”

30. West 8

Since opening its doors 25 years ago, West 8 has “established itself as a leading practice with an international team of 70 architects, urban designers, landscape architects, and industrial engineers.” Based in Rotterdam, West 8 also has offices in Belgium and New York. It is a multi-disciplinary firm with expertise in large-scale urban master planning, landscape interventions, waterfront projects, parks, squares, and gardens, and its projects have won numerous awards.