ECOTechGREEN Award

These topics will become increasingly important, both for our profession and for society as a whole, as we face growing environmental challenges. What I find particularly interesting about Soil and Water Bioengineering is that it combines technical stability with ecological regeneration and long-term resilience, while also supporting local, low-cost, and resource-based approaches.

At Schloss Dyck, Andreas Kipar joined experts from landscape architecture, planning, research, politics and industry to discuss one of Europe’s most ambitious landscape transformations: the future of the Rhineland’s former lignite mining areas.

New construction updates from Riyadh show 75 hectares of landscape coming to life, as planted areas, winding paths, the green amphitheatre and Thomas Schönauer’s Wave Walls mark new milestones for Al Urubah Park and the Green Riyadh program.

At the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Andreas Kipar joined the Committee for Urban Development to discuss why cities need to move beyond sustainability and adopt Nature-Positive strategies that make urban places more resilient, liveable and ecologically regenerative.

From Milan’s centre to a wider metropolitan and regional dimension, the Green Rays return as a timely vision for connecting landscape, biodiversity, climate and territorial regeneration beyond administrative boundaries.

"Landscape architecture is the coolest job ever! And it has never been more relevant than it is today."
As part of her engagement with the Architektenkammer Nordrhein-Westfalen, Susanne Gombert discusses the future of planning, interdisciplinary collaboration and the importance of diverse voices in the profession.

Every summer reminds us that landscape is never just scenery.
As temperatures rise across Europe once again, we instinctively search for shade beneath trees, for streets where the air still moves, for parks, rivers and coastlines that offer relief.

Discovering Milan's Urban Transformation on a two-day tour organized by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO) and LAND in November