SWA is a well-established cooperative comprised of independent studios specializing in landscape architecture, urban planning, and design. Founded in 1957, with eight independent studios in the United States and China, SWA focuses its work on building healthy and thriving communities and ecosystems. They view landscape as the bridge between the built and natural worlds: an essential infrastructure for a livable future.
In an industry that is often singular (one name, one director, one philosophy, one portfolio), SWA is pluralistic: its working model is based on independent, employee-owned studios, committed to a collective vision of the future.
