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Updated July 2026

Landscape Design

Gillespies

Gillespies is a UK and international landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning practice creating award-winning spaces since 1962.

Overview

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Key facts about the practice, its work and working life.

Practice size
51-200
Regions
UK - England - Greater London
Sectors
ResidentialCommercialMixed-UsePublic SectorWorkplace
Software
Revit

Flagship projects

Work worth spending time with.

Three projects are selected for this profile. Explore the project directory for more.

  1. Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom

    West of Ifield

    A landscape-led framework for a proposed 3,000-home community west of Crawley, with half of the site planned as public open space.

  2. Oxford, United Kingdom

    Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme

    A landscape-led flood scheme that combines a new stream and lowered floodplain with habitats and public routes west of Oxford.

  3. York, United Kingdom

    Coney Street Riverside

    A planning-approved public-realm strategy reconnecting York's historic shopping street with the River Ouse.

Related conversation

Exploring BIM for Landscape Architecture with Alejandro GaticaIn this episode, Stephen Drew hosts a discussion with Alejandro Gatica, a seasoned architect and BIM manager from Gillespie's. They delve into the intricacies of using Building Information Modeling (BIM) for landscape architecture. Alejandro shares his journey from traditional architecture to specializing in landscape projects using Revit and other BIM tools. They explore how BIM can be adapted for landscape design, common challenges,

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About

About Gillespies.

Gillespies is a landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning practice working across the UK and internationally. Founded in 1962, the practice has grown to a team of more than 140 people who work closely with clients and partners to deliver responsibly designed, award-winning spaces focused on wellbeing and a sense of place.

The work spans the full range of scales, from a community park or rooftop garden through to city-wide masterplans. Services cover landscape architecture, urban design, masterplanning and landscape planning, including LVIA, EIA, DCO and expert witness work, alongside wayfinding and signage. Sector experience includes residential, retail and mixed-use, hotels, resorts and tourism, business and science parks, leisure and visitor attractions, energy and utilities, sports, healthcare, education, and transport and infrastructure.

The team brings together landscape architects, planners, masterplanners, urban designers, and BIM and GIS specialists, working in an interdisciplinary way to deliver high-quality strategies for complex projects worldwide. Gillespies' design philosophy is built on four guiding pillars: Living Legacy, Human Element, Natural Networks, and Places are Personal. The emphasis throughout is on understanding the context, culture and people each project serves.

For Gillespies, the real measure of success is that a place becomes well used and well loved, and stands the test of time. These principles, in use since 1962, have made the practice one of the most established names in its field. The practice holds professional memberships with the Landscape Institute, the Urban Design Group, the Academy of Urbanism and IEMA.

Culture

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Gillespies brings together an interdisciplinary team of landscape architects, planners, masterplanners, urban designers, and BIM and GIS specialists who collaborate closely with clients and partners. The shared focus is on responsibly designed places that balance people and nature, and that are genuinely well used and well loved over the long term.

Careers

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Gillespies has its own careers page. Use it for the latest opportunities, or browse current roles on Architecture Social.

People & conversations

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Podcast · Episode

How BIM is Changing Landscape Architecture: A Conversation with Alejandro Gatica at Gillespies

Exploring BIM for Landscape Architecture with Alejandro GaticaIn this episode, Stephen Drew hosts a discussion with Alejandro Gatica, a seasoned architect and BIM manager from Gillespie's. They delve into the intricacies of using Building Information Modeling (BIM) for landscape architecture. Alejandro shares his journey from traditional architecture to specializing in landscape projects using Revit and other BIM tools. They explore how BIM can be adapted for landscape design, common challenges,

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