Landscape Architecture

As landscape architects, we create outdoor spaces, but our true goal is to give communities their own authentic sense of place.

Combine the art of design with the science of construction—that’s how LaBella’s landscape architects bring creative and functional ideas to life. We work closely with our clients to produce sites that balance beauty, utility, and sustainability.

As communities, we thrive on social, cultural, and environmental interaction. At LaBella Associates, we employ a philosophical yet practical approach to reimagine dynamic spaces and places to feed this need.

How? We listen. Collaboration with project leaders, vested stakeholders, and regional influencers feeds the vision. The vision fuels the design, which we carefully shape into the existing landscape.

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Andy Rymph, PLA
Northeast Regional Discipline Leader, Vice President

(518) 266-7323

Chip Cannon, PLA
Southeast Regional Discipline Leader, Senior Landscape Architect

(704) 414-1520

Our Service Offerings

Parks & Recreation Planning & Design

We understand the nuances of designing for active, passive, cultural, and memorial spaces. As landscape architects, we work in partnership with our clients to plan and design diverse destinations, cultural sites, unique habitats, and sensitive landscapes – the kind of parks and recreation assets that residents and visitors are naturally drawn to time and time again.

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Residential Planning & Design

Like a good host, a home should invite us in and ask us to stay a while, as do residential landscapes designed by LaBella Associates.

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Urban Planning & Design

In urban design, every detail matters. Our landscape architects transform these spaces into vibrant, functional environments that blend artistry and utility, from compact pocket parks and urban plazas to reimagined Complete Streets.

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Climate-Adaptive Design & Sustainable Sites

With the ever-increasing climate changes and the resultant impacts to our natural and built environments, we strive to create resilient and adaptive design solutions that respond to current project needs, forecasted variations, and rising transformational influences. In partnership with our environmental scientists, engineers and permitting specialists, our landscape architects lead efforts with our project sponsors to address changes in sea-level rise, floodplain management, shoreline stabilization and restoration, and wetland mitigation efforts that restore sensitive habitats.

Our landscape architects understand the contextual elements that may constrain various project types and creatively respond to both the needs of the project, the site context, and contributing factors to achieve an aesthetically responsive and sustainable response.

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Master Planning

Master planning is a comprehensive process of discovery that encapsulates the creation of a compelling and feasible vision for a variety of project types. LaBella’s landscape architects take the lead role in a multi-disciplinary process that identifies a project’s challenges and opportunities, synthesizes programmatic aspirations, and summarizes the attributes and development potential of any given project. In most cases, the master planning process is focused on higher education campuses, public school campuses, comprehensive community plans and large tracks of undeveloped land intended for open space preservation and recreation, or the development of new urban residential communities.

At LaBella, we understand that this feasibility analysis process requires a variety of professional disciplines to achieve informative and unique recommendations. The creation of a proper due diligence and unified design framework requires the input of our environmental scientists, community planners, engineers, and architects to achieve a thoughtful outcome that can be implemented through phased development.

A photo simulation of proposed improvements to Kaal Rock Park in Poughkeepsie New York
A photo simulation of Kline Commons improvements at Bard College in New York
A photo of landscaping in front of a home
A photo of a backyard design including a pool overlooking a body of water
A photo of a green roof on top of a multi-level residence
A photo of a central gathering area at an apartment complex including walking paths, seating, pergolas, and greenery
A hand-drawn illustration of an overall master plan of a trailhead and education center in the Adirondacks of New York
A concept rendering of housing proposed for the World University Games
A concept rendering of circulation for Union Square's Science and Engineering Complex in Schenectady New York
An aerial photo of a playground and basketball courts in Millerton New York
A photo of a stone patio and landscaping in front of Stever's Candies in Rochester
A photo of a brick walkway on a school campus
An aerial photo of the Brewery Line Trail, a walking trail overlooking the Genesee River in Rochester New York
A photo of street plantings and signage in Hornell New York
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