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- You have accessRestricted accessZoning: A Prospective Instrument of Climate AdaptationFadi MasoudLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 21-32; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.21Fadi MasoudFadi Masoud is an associate professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Toronto and the director of the Centre for Landscape Research. His research and teaching focus on the relationships between environmental systems and multi‐scalar urban design. Masoud has received several awards, including the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects Research and Innovation Award and the Council of Landscape Architects Teaching Excellence Award. Masoud currently sits on Waterfront Toronto’s Design Review Panel and is a member of Toronto’s Urban Flooding Working Group, where he helped launch the city’s first Resilience Strategy.
- You have accessRestricted accessPostindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt IconsFrank SleegersLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 90-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.90Frank SleegersFrank Sleegers is a professor of Landscape Architecture at UMass in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. He teaches urban design studios and competition laboratories, and he is one of the creators and current directors of the UMass Amherst Design Center in Springfield. He holds degrees from Hannover, Germany, and UMass Amherst and practices as a registered Landscape Architect with an office in Hamburg, Germany.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Landscapes of Dieter KienastMohammad Reza KhalilnezhadLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 97-99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.97Mohammad Reza KhalilnezhadMohammad Reza Khalilnezhad holds a PhD degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has been a faculty member at the University of Birjand, in Iran, for over 10 years. Most of his research in the field of urban agriculture for Iran emphasizes the role of Persian gardens. Beyond his research projects, he is an enthusiastic reviewer of landscape books. He resides in Iran but is currently engaged in research collaborations with the scholars from United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and China. Protecting, introducing, expanding and promoting edible landscaping is the scientific mission that Dr. Khalilnezhad has defined for himself in the field of landscape architecture.
- You have accessRestricted accessAn Art of Instrumentality: The Landscape Architecture of Richard WellerJulia CzerniakLandscape Journal, May 2025, 44 (1) 94-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.44.1.94Julia CzerniakJulia Czerniak, dean and professor of the School of Architecture and Planning, is an internationally recognized design thinker. Educated as both an architect and landscape architect, she draws on the intersection of these disciplines in her research. Czerniak’s work focuses on the physical, cultural, and ecological potentials of urban landscapes, particularly in deindustrializing cities. Her recent design research advances landscape as a protagonist in envisioning and creating biodiverse, climate resilient cities.
- You have accessRestricted accessLouis I. Kahn: The Last NotebookFrederick SteinerLandscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 122-123; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.122Frederick SteinerFrederick Steiner is dean, Paley Professor, and co‐executive director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He has written, edited, or coedited 21 books, including Design with Nature Now and Megaregions and America’s Future (both from Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, distributed by Columbia University Press). He is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.
- You have accessRestricted accessEditor’s LetterJames LaGro Jr.Landscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) iv; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.iv
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Landscape ProjectRichard C. SmardonLandscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 115-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.115Richard C. SmardonRichard C. Smardon is a SUNY distinguished service professor emeritus at SUNY‐College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessThe 21st-Century Islamic Garden: Connecting the Present to the PastAmer Habibullah and D. Fairchild RugglesLandscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 1-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.1Amer HabibullahAmer Habibullah is an assistant professor of history and theories of landscape architecture at King Abdulaziz University, where he directs the graduate program in the Department of Landscape Architecture. He is the cofounder and current president of the Saudi Society of Landscape Architecture and the chairman of education and academic affairs at the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)—Middle East.D. Fairchild RugglesD. Fairchild Ruggles holds the Presidential Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she directs the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and teaches in the Department of Landscape Architecture and School of Architecture. She serves as the art and architecture field editor for the Encyclopedia of Islam (Brill) and is the author of Gardens, Landscape and Vision in the Palace of Islamic Spain (2000) and Islamic Gardens and Landscapes (2008), as well as numerous authored and edited volumes on Islamic architecture, cultural heritage, the arts patronage of women in Islam, and environmental history.
- You have accessRestricted accessLandscapes for Sport: Histories of Physical Exercise, Sport, and HealthAnthony J. MillerLandscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 118-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.118Anthony J. MillerAnthony J. Miller is emeritus at SUNY–College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
- You have accessRestricted accessAlign | Realign: Dialogues between Academic Pursuits and Professional DemandTaner R. ÖzdilLandscape Journal, November 2024, 43 (2) 125-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.43.2.125Taner R. ÖzdilTaner R. Özdil, PhD, ASLA, is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. Özdil has served as the vice president for research and creative scholarship (VPR) (2020–2022), Past VPR (2022–2023), the cochair of the Landscape Performance track (2016–2023), the cochair of the Taking Action: Making Change track (2023–2024), and CELA president‐elect (2024–2025).