Landscape Architecture MLA

Landscape Architecture focuses on intervention in the landscape through design, planning and management.  It envisions and builds a landscape for the future based on an understanding of the culture and science which forms it. It is united around the concept of landscape which is generally understood to mean outdoor spaces, environments and relationships between people and places.  Landscape Architecture is concerned with landscapes of all types, both urban and rural, and at all scales from the smallest open space to the region.  It is concerned with building a sustainable future for the landscape that we inhabit. For more information check out I Want to be a Landscape Architect.

Edinburgh is a unique and exciting centre for such study, with many of the issues at the heart of the profession on the doorstep. Within a short distance, the relatively undeveloped areas of the Scottish Highlands and the Borders illustrate different problems, opportunities and solutions.

Related schools within the College and resources such as the horticultural collection at the Royal Botanic Garden, reinforce Edinburgh College of Art's position as the only institution in Scotland offering a professional, degree-level course in the discipline.

The Department has an excellent relationship with employers and other academics throughout the profession, and contributes to professional practice through its links with public bodies and other agencies. Both staff and students have won international design competitions.

The Architecture and Landscape Architecture schools at Edinburgh College of Art and Architecture at the University of Edinburgh are currently working towards the creation of a single jointly-owned school.

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