• Coastal Residence

    Since 2007 GLA has been working in conjunction with Coffin Engineering and Knickerbocker Group to create a unique residential compound on the western edge of Southport Island, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. The project is expansive and features several buildings, a large swimming pool, detailed gardens and extensive stone and wood features all integrated into the wild beauty of the coastal landscape.

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  • Rosedale Landing

    Rosedale Landing is a magnificently restored art deco residential edifice in Cranston, RI. GLA designed a highly articulated park-like waterfront landscape to compliment these one-of-a kind condominiums.

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  • Ritz Carlton Sharm el Sheik

    As part of GLA’s role in developing a master plan for this 350-room resort, we designed the first completely accessible resort in Egypt. This site has a vertical grade differential of more than ten meters, and there are over twenty major structures on as many elevations. The design included six bridges, a "lazy river" ride suspended over a waterfall, and acres of water conserving landscapes.

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  • Wellesley Streetscape

    The master plan phase of Wellesley, Massachusetts' main thoroughfare required over a year of monthly meetings under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. Four major slide presentations were assembled by GLA to help residents and commercial owners envision what the new streetscaping would look like.

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  • Maine Street Station

    In 2004 the town of Brunswick, Maine initiated the Maine Street Station Redevelopment Master Plan in an effort to return an under utilized, brown field site to active use as a distinctive contributor to downtown life in Brunswick. GLA’s urban planning skills elevated interactive communication to a broadly understood and advocated vision for this transit oriented district.

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Gates, Leighton & Associates

Gates, Leighton & Associates, Inc. (GLA) is a professional landscape architectural consulting firm serving a wide range of public, commercial, and private clients throughout New England and in select international locations. GLA is known for providing creative solutions and imaginative designs while meeting clients’ project budgets and desired schedules. Our expertise covers a broad spectrum of quality projects. GLA enjoys a reputation for excellence in resort development, campus planning, environmental analysis, site planning, historic urban revitalization, streetscapes and transportation, residential design, signage and graphics.

Services
What We Do

GLA is synonymous with Landscape Architecture. Our clients’ visions – public, commercial, and residential - are realized by responsive program development, creative planning and design, and experienced management of project implementation. read more


Portfolio
Gallery of Select Projects

GLA’s widely varied projects apply truths and values learned in one project type to beneficially influence the outcome of all others. GLA’s generation-spanning project list reflects well conceived solutions to universal challenges of human, cultural, natural and economic relationships. read more

About GLA
Who We Are

GLA is an experienced team of landscape architects dedicated to creating affordable, functional, beautiful, and sustainable environments for living. Our belief in beauty as a foundation of sound mental and physical well-being colors all GLA’s planning, design, construction decisions and ongoing site management. read more