Company Description Land Planning and Design is an award-winning land planning and landscape architecture firm that specializes in the planning and design of places for people. We serve a variety of clients in the public and private sector and focus on…
Land Planning and Design Associates (LPDA) is excited to announce the addition of a new team member, Senior Landscape Architect Christopher Basic of Greensprings Landscape Architecture LLC. Chris will help LPDA represent our clients and projects in the Hampton Roads…
LPDA is proud to announce that the Woods in Warrenton Trail, in Warrenton, VA, is now open to the public with the official ribbon cutting ceremony on April 8th. The mile-long, multi-use trail passes through wetlands and upland forests and…
LPDA is assisting with a streetscape improvement project in the historic city of downtown Lynchburg, VA along the James River. The goal of the project is to establish a long-lived urban tree canopy as part of the paving, lighting and…
The Scotts Run Trail project won the 2021 APWA Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s Project of the Year Award in the Transportation Less than $5 Million category. LPDA was a member of this multi-disciplinary team to complete this project supporting the design of…
It will be interesting, and hopefully inspirational, to see what new ideas and products arise out of the pandemic debris. As we move into month 8 of Social Distancing, we are seeing a huge increase in the need for outdoor…
LPDA has been selected by Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services to provide park assessments for all of the parks in their system. There are 40 parks in total that range from small neighborhood parks to large regional level…
LPDA is pleased to announce the conveyance of Loudoun County’s newest park; Evermoore Neighborhood Park located within the Westmoore community in Ashburn, Virginia. LPDA has been involved in this project since its inception and we are excited to see the…
The first construction phase of the landscape at the National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA) nears completion, after crews from Chapel Valley Landscape Company and Riverbend Greenroofs were hard at work during the last week of April. Working…
Welcome to Health! The Riverside Walter Reed hospital is located on the edge of quaint Gloucester Courthouse in Gloucester County, Virginia. Although the immediate community is small, the hospital serves Gloucester County and the surrounding counties as well. The campus…
The James River Conservation Area could have some new and exciting amenities coming soon. Several improvements have been proposed, which will serve as environmental and recreational mitigation for the adjacent Dominion Energy coal ash ponds. Picture yourself strolling down an…
At LPDA we’re continuing to make places for people but are operating in different locations and adopting new ways of working, as we adjust for the current environment. Social distancing has certainly taken some fun out of collaboration but we are getting…
LPDA and Draper Aden Associates recently facilitated a successful digital workshop for a 40-property best use study in the Middle Peninsula region of Virginia. The gathering was originally planned as a 15-person interactive afternoon workshop, but in attempt to be…
Dear Clients and Valued Peers, Land Planning and Design Associates (LPDA) continues to closely monitor updates related to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Our firm remains committed to serving our clients and team members in a safe and responsible manner. The health and…
1860 was a great year for Jordan's Point, located at the confluence of the Maury River and Woods Creek, some 20 miles southeast of Richmond. It was during this time that the peninsula and nearby island served as a burgeoning…
Many congratulations are in order for The Loudoun County Department of Economic Development who accepted the American Institute of Architect’s Virginia Honors award for the Loudoun County Design Cabinet at its Visions for Architecture gala recently. The cabinet serves as…
In Back to the Future, George McFly’s utopia-sequel Lyon Estates community entered onto the big screen with two lion-adorned signs that exuded the kind of attainable luxury synonymous with era’s movement toward suburban living. Communities boasting pristine homes, impeccable landscaping,…
With the Westmoore grand opening coming up this Friday, NVR Homes has noticed quite a lot of interest by the public. Home sales have outpaced all predictions. A lot of folks seem to want what Westmoore has to offer. What…
The Potomac Yard Trail along the east side of Potomac Ave in Potomac Yard creates a critical linkage for cyclist. It is a ride virtually un-interrupted by vehicles along one of the City’s newest parks, from some of the regions…
On March 14th, 2017 LPDA was the recipient of the ‘2016 Alexandria Park and Recreation Commission CIVIC Award’. In 2016 LPDA’s Amie Evans worked with the Del Ray Citizens Association (DCRA) and our architectural partner, Cole + Denny Architects to…