Our Firm.
RITLAND+KUIPER Landscape Architects is a full-service landscape architectural firm with LEED accredited and CLARB and state of Iowa registered Landscape Architects. The firm consists of three full-time Landscape Architects with over 90 years of combined experience. Through teamwork, experience, research and careful assessment of specific project requirements, we are passionate about meeting individual client needs while providing creative and cost-effective solutions.
Craig Ritland originally founded the firm as Craig Ritland Landscape Architect in 1970 in Waterloo. Since developing the master plan for George Wyth Memorial State Park in the early 1970s, RKLA has participated in many of the important public improvements that have added to the quantity and quality of open space in Iowa. RKLA has provided park and recreation master planning and detailed design and construction services for a diverse array of city, county, and state recreation areas.
We enjoy utilizing a highly interactive process with our clients, often through the facilitation of public input. Our award-winning firm works interactively with clients in providing design solutions that are innovative, cost effective, site-specific, and environmentally responsible.