Making Places for People Since 1971, LPDA is a landscape architecture, planning, and consulting firm capable of providing services for both public and private clients. LPDA is a Virginia SBE incorporated business with regional offices located in Charlottesville and Sterling, Virginia. The firm is led by two multi-talented principals with over 30 years of combined experience, and offers a highly trained staff of landscape architects and land planners.Philosophy: We believe in keeping our doors and minds open, and are always available to discuss the newest approaches and ideas. LPDA begins each project with the development of a project program, and completes each one with an inspired design. We believe in involving the user in a meaningful way to ensure that need and function are seamlessly translated to the built environment. Our primary role will be to manage processes and to work with our team to quickly explore the market, physical and financial attributes of the plan. The LPDA philosophy has produced an extensive list of long-term satisfied clients because we are a quality-oriented design firm providing timely services.