IFLA World and IFLA Europe are pleased to invite you to Soils for Life, a free online webinar exploring the condition of soils worldwide and the essential role of landscape architecture in protecting, restoring and managing this vital resource. The webinar will bring together international experts to discuss the state of global soils, community-led approaches […]
Landezine talks to Marcel Tröger of studio erde about polyphonic landscapes, the emerging aesthetics of the Anthropocene, and the need for landscape architects to work at a territorial scale. From ecological processes to the politics of water, he discusses how design can reveal hidden relationships and open space for dialogue.
The European Route of Historic Gardens (ERHG) has opened submissions for the inaugural Acanthus Prize, a new award recognising outstanding initiatives in the preservation, restoration, and promotion of historic gardens across Europe. Currently, ERHG hosts its IX European Forum on Historic Gardens, running 7 to 9 October 2026, one of the main annual gatherings for […]
Günther Vogt, 2025 LILA Honour Award recipient, on design rules disguised as technical standards, participation overruled by regulation, why his own office hires mostly architects, and why landscape architects should walk, read texts in the field and decide. A strolling interview around Ithaca, Manhattan, and Ljubljana.
In the 9th edition of the Dezeen Awards, projects are judged against three criteria — beauty, innovation and benefit to both people and the environment. Projects are selected by an international panel of leading figures from the architecture and design world. The jury met in September to discuss the highest-scoring entries and determine winners, who […]
Mateja Kurir talks to Michael Marder, a philosopher of plant life, about the place of plants in Western thought, vegetal time, Chernobyl, waste and fire, and what landscape architects might learn from treating the ground as active and the landscape as a collaborator.
Landezine talks to Mark Wigley about landscape as a form of human exceptionalism, the politics of soil, architecture’s long separation from microbial life, and why landscape design may now be one of the most politically charged fields of practice.
At Mumbai’s forest edge, a leopard crossing the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park also crosses between administrative categories: protected wildlife inside the park, and outside it, potentially an intrusion, a threat or a management problem.
The international jury of the European Prize for Urban Public Space has selected five finalist projects distinguished by their formal rigour, environmental sensitivity, and urban integration. Organised by the CCCB in Barcelona, this edition received a record 381 proposals from 38 European countries. The winning project will be announced at the awards ceremony on October […]
Kate Orff on landscape architecture as activism, the limits of “buffering,” Petrochemical America, Living Breakwaters, and why the profession must look beyond individual projects to the larger ecological systems already in collapse.
The 2nd Porto Urban Greening Biennal, with the theme Cultivating Communities will take place on October 29th, 30th & 31st, 2026, at the Serralves Foundation in Porto. Here we will discuss the current and future challenges of Urban Green Infrastructure installation and management – a key strategy to address the climate emergency and foster environmental […]
The International Garden Festival at Les Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens in Grand-Métis, Québec, has opened its call for projects for its 28th edition, opening 19 June 2027. Landscape architects, architects, artists, and multidisciplinary teams from around the world are invited to propose concepts for four to five new gardens by 27 October 2026 […]
EXTERIORLESS is the term Corbo coined to investigate the condition of logistics infrastructures, a spatial byproduct that signifies the entanglement of capitalism and society. However gloomy, the analysis Corbo offers is meant as groundwork for action, not resignation.
The Radicepura Garden Festival is pleased to announce an international competition for garden designers of 8 temporary gardens. It is an international open call for ideas. The Radicepura Garden Festival and the Radicepura Botanical Gardens The Radicepura Botanical Gardens is the brainchild of the Faro Family who decided to make their botanical collection available: it […]
Landezine has received the IFLA Europe Award 2026. We accepted it in Riga during the IFLA Europe Regional Conference: Landscape in Transition. Our thanks to the Executive Council and to everyone who participated in the decision.
We talked to Dermot Foley, an Irish landscape architect and founder of DFLA, about risk, reuse, ecological processes, working between the planned and the unexpected, and how their projects emerge from small things.
The International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire has launched its competition for the 2027 edition, which will mark the Festival’s 35th anniversary. Under the theme Gardens of Love, the Domain of Chaumont-sur-Loire invites garden designers to propose temporary gardens combining creative ambition, landscape rigour and high-quality execution. Located in the Loire Valley UNESCO World Heritage cultural […]
The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) will soon announce the five finalists for the 2026 European Prize for Urban Public Space, following the selection of 25 shortlisted projects earlier this summer. The finalists will be revealed on 9 September, ahead of the final presentations and award ceremony at the CCCB in October. This […]
Phoebe Lickwar is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture and director of FORGE Landscape Architecture, a practice working at the intersection of agriculture, carbon, and design. Her first book, Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes (Routledge, 2020), co-authored with Roxi Thoren, is a study of […]
Climate weeks, organized by the international non-profit Climate Group, have become a fixture of the global climate calendar, with over 20 city-based editions taking place across the year. San Francisco opened the season in April, London Climate Action Week ran 20–28 June, and Toronto hosted its edition in early June. Later this autumn, Medellín will […]
The Association of Latvian Landscape Architects are inviting to this year’s IFLA Europe conference and General Assembly in Riga: From 2–4 September 2026, landscape architects, researchers, students and professionals from across Europe and beyond will gather in Riga, Latvia, for three inspiring days of knowledge sharing, networking and celebrating our profession. LANDSCAPE IN TRANSITION European […]
The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) has issued a position statement for UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Unlike the better-known UN climate COP, organised under the UNFCCC, UNCCD COP17 focuses on land degradation, desertification, drought and land restoration. IFLA is calling for […]
Just like many other countries in the Western world, Sweden has experienced a powerful wave of urbanization in recent decades. During this period, cities have primarily grown “inward.” In defunct harbors and former industrial areas—often in waterfront locations—a “block-city” has been formed. These take clear inspiration from early 20th-century grid plans, featuring public ground floors with […]
From 9 to 20 September, the Arnhem region will be the setting for the Landscape Triennial 2026. Under the theme On a Water Basis, a diverse network of partners is presenting a wide-ranging programme of excursions, lectures, debates, exhibitions, workshops and cultural activities. At its heart is one urgent question: how should we shape the […]
Log, the journal of architecture and observation published by Anyone Corporation, is accepting submissions for its 68th issue, themed Gardens, due out in Fall 2026. The submission deadline is 31 August 2026 at 11:59 PM. While humans occupy many different dwellings and territories, all of these share a single site: the Earth. Log 68 takes […]
Landscape architects are rarely funny, argues Alex Breedon (Offcuts), and their humour rarely seeps into the work itself. This op-ed traces why that is, from professional caution to fear of frivolity, and makes the case for laughter as a serious tool for processing grief, protest and absurdity.
In an age of ecological and environmental urgency, landscape architecture must be more than the design of space — it must become a practice of care. On Day 1 of the ECLAS Conference, a book session moderated by Inge Bobbink will bring together the authors of four books offering distinct yet complementary perspectives on contemporary […]
The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) will host the next Virtual Oberlander Prize Forum on 10 November 2026, 12:00 to 1:15 PM ET, bringing together 2025 Oberlander Prize laureate Mario Schjetnan and architect Víctor Legorreta in conversation moderated by Oberlander Prize Jury Chair Claire Agre. The two practitioners have collaborated for decades, and the forum will […]
The Landscape Festival returns to Bergamo, Italy, for its 16th edition from 11 to 19 September 2026, under the theme New Renaissance. The festival, held in Bergamo Alta since 2011, brings together professionals, researchers, and the public around landscape design as a tool for environmental and social regeneration. The programme spans a week of events […]
Annemarie Bucher teaches Landscape Theory and History at ETH Zürich. Here, she shares insights on critical reading of landscapes and new approaches to landscape historiography.
The International Garden Festival of Chaumont-sur-Loire has opened its competition for the 2027 edition, inviting designers to imagine gardens for what will be the festival’s 35th anniversary next year. The competition is open to landscape designers, landscape architects, architects, designers, scenographers, artists, gardeners, engineers, and students in landscape design, architecture, horticulture, or decorative arts. Teams […]
We are publishing the article by Catalina Picón, landscape architect, and co-founder of Fundación Cerros Isla, on the Cerros Isla restoration in Santiago, Chile. The platform behind it is built on environmental compensation — a regulatory requirement imposed on companies whose development projects generate excess PM10 emissions. Fundación Cerros Isla acts as a broker, channeling those obligations toward restoration sites — in this case, the degraded hills surrounding the city.
While the ecological work the platform performs is real, it is worth saying: ecology cannot be offset. Restoration tied to a pollution debt is not the same as restoration as public commitment, or lowering environmental and social impact in the first place. The difference has consequences for who is responsible for these landscapes in the long run.
The hills themselves — degraded, privately owned, worked over by extraction and neglect — are the kind of ground landscape architects encounter constantly. We share this article to hear your experience with similar instruments. What do they make possible, and at what cost.
Reimagine the Future of Cities Through Living InfrastructureCalling Architects, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers & Visionary Designers What if botanical gardens were no longer isolated destinations—but became the living infrastructure of our cities? Botanical Turn challenges you to rethink the relationship between plants, people, and the built environment. Design a visionary proposal that transforms botanical gardens […]
Interview with Billy Fleming on landscape architecture’s service to capital and what design could become in a just postcarbon transition: moving beyond heroic projects toward public ownership, community power, land justice and political action.
Robin Hueppe writes about Berlin’s post-war housing estates as landscapes shaped by war rubble, landfills, water engineering and ecological succession, revealing the buried histories and environmental agency beneath and around mass housing projects.
Portland Parks & Recreation launches design competition for Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park Competition welcomes local, regional, national and international, emerging and diverse teams Rare opportunity to shape Portland’s waterfront and redefine the city’s relationship to place, community, and the Willamette River No design required at first stage − architect-led or landscape architect-led teams asked to […]
Medina Novoa is interested in transatlantic narratives and the ecological and cultural co-production of landscapes. Her research follows a single tree species, Araucaria araucana, from its native forests in southern Chile and Argentina into the ornamental gardens of Georgian and Victorian Britain, unfolding the wider social, ecological, and cultural entanglements that shaped how nature was seen, classified, transplanted, and designed with.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2026: The Landezine team warmly congratulates all recognised practices and extends sincere thanks to all participants, the jury, and our sponsor, Landscape Forms. Four editorial recognitions — the Honour Award, Office Award and Portfolio Awards — were selected by the editors of Landezine. Nine LILA Jury Awards and nine LILA Jury Distinctions for […]
“There may have been fogs for centuries in London … But no one saw them, and so we do not know anything about them. They did not exist till Art had invented them.” — Wilde, Oscar. “The Decay of Lying.” In Intentions. London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891. “I like to think that […]
Held in NYC on Sept 30 to Oct 3, “CitiesAlive 2026: Future Proofing New York with Green Infrastructure” will address green infrastructure solutions to some of the most pressing challenges such as stormwater management, heat, biodiversity loss, human well-being, equity and more. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, “CitiesAlive 2026: Future Proofing New York with Green Infrastructure” […]
IFLA Europe has opened its call for extended abstracts for the IFLA Europe Conference 2026, to be held in Riga, Latvia, from 2 to 6 September 2026 under the theme Landscape in Transition: Reimagining Resilient Futures. The conference will also host the IFLA Europe General Assembly, the organisation’s governing body, in its final days, from […]
From June 29 to July 2, with the exhibition extended until July 19, Barcelona will host the UIA World Congress of Architects for the second time in its history, under the theme Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition. Chosen through an international competition, the theme was developed by a curatorial team of six Barcelona-based […]
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026: The LILA 2026 jury—Jacqueline Osty, Jens Linnet, Michael Young, Silvia Benedito and Zaš Brezar—have selected the 34 finalists for the LILA Jury Awards. The Landezine editorial team selected 10 portfolios for the LILA Portfolio Award for Students and Young Professionals. Editorial Awards will be announced together with the winners at the […]
The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona (UIA2026BCN) will bring together more than 10,000 architects, researchers, students, and institutional representatives from over 130 countries for five days of conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and public events across Barcelona. The congress is convened by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and organised by the Higher Council of […]
The Global Justice Report, released last week at the World Inequality Conference in Paris, is the product of 45 authors drawing on databases compiled by more than 200 researchers. Its stated ambition is precise: to be the first fully quantified plan that models global redistribution, energy transition, and shifts in consumption patterns together, rather than […]
The African Journal of Landscape Architecture (AJLA), the official journal of IFLA Africa, is seeking submissions for its 12th issue, titled Learning Through Landscapes. The issue looks at how academia and practice, across African geographies and cultures, shape the field of landscape architecture. At its centre is the figure of the teacher-practitioner: someone who moves […]
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tirana for two consecutive days, protesting construction work underway inside the Vjosa-Narta Protected Landscape in southern Albania — a coastal wetland of significant ecological importance on the Adriatic coast. Since late April 2026, EcoAlbania reports, heavy machinery has been operating inside the Pishë Poro-Narta protected zone […]
The International Urban Project Award (IUPA), presented by Bauwelt and World Architecture Magazine, is open to submissions. The 2026 edition explores ARCHITECTURE THAT SPEAKS: projects that counter anonymity and give cities a voice. We are looking for built works in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture that connect building and street, repurpose existing structures, and […]
