Design, Planning and Management of the Land
The official journal of the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)
Editor-in-Chief: James LaGro Jr., University of Wisconsin–Madison
Print ISSN: 0277-2426, e-ISSN: 1553-2704
Published twice per year: Spring, Fall
The mission of landscape architecture is supported by research and theory in many fields. Landscape Journal offers in-depth exploration of ideas and challenges that are central to contemporary design, planning, and teaching. Besides scholarly features, Landscape Journal includes editorial columns, creative work, reviews of books, conferences, technology, and exhibitions.
Landscape Journal digs deeper into the field by providing articles from:
- landscape architects
- geographers
- architects
- planners
- artists
- historians
- ecologists
- poets
In publication since 1982, Landscape Journal continues to be a valuable resource for academics and practitioners. It is also winner of the 2008 Honor Award in Communications from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The print edition of Landscape Journal is manufactured using sustainable materials and practices. For more information, see the journal front matter for our material certification, and read about our printer’s environmental commitment.
"[Landscape Journal's] readership extends well beyond landscape architecture to embrace history, geography, the visual arts, and other place-based fields. It is one of the few journals that students, scholars, professionals, and teachers must read in order to remain current..."
—George Thompson, Center for American Places
" A much needed forum of the profession...Outstanding quality in organization, content, format, and presentation."
—American Society of Landscape Architects
Special Issues:
Race, Space, and the Destabilization of Practice, Landscape Journal, 26(1), 2007
The Manifesto in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Journal, 26(2), 2007
Metropolitan Landscape Ecology, Landscape Journal, 27(1), 2008
The Scholarship of Transdisciplinary Action Research: Toward a New Paradigm for the Planning and Design Professions, Landscape Journal, 30(1), 2011
Lawrence Halprin, Landscape Journal, 31(1–2), 2012
Multifunctional Landscapes, Landscape Journal, 32(2), 2014
Designing Living Landscapes, Landscape Journal, 35(2), 2017