LandDesign is an award-winning design firm offering urban design, planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture solutions to public, private and federal sector clients across the globe. With offices across the United States, the LandDesign team effectively brings innovative, buildable, sustainable and ecologically responsible projects to life worldwide. We believe in creating places that matter.
Terra Firma drives value creation. Founded by Private Equity pioneer Guy Hands in 1994, Terra Firma has a 30+ year track record of investing in transformational private equity, operational real estate and infrastructure plus. Since establishment, Terra Firma has invested €18 billion in 43 businesses with an aggregate enterprise value of over €52 billion.
Terra Firma means ‘solid ground’. It reflects our consistent and distinctive approach to investment. We buy asset-rich businesses in essential industries that can be transformed through fundamental change in the long term. As such, we invest time, money and expertise into transforming the strategy, operations and finances of the businesses we acquire, recognising that long term success is not achieved purely by focusing on short-term objectives but through dedicated partnership, integrity and tenacity.
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1966 with the mission to preserve, improve, and enhance the environment. LAF invests in research, scholarships, and leadership initiatives to increase the influence and impact of landscape architects to create a healthier, more equitable, and sustainable world.