Vacancy — Architect/Landscape Architect with solid design experience
We are seeking a talented designer with solid experience working on international projects for a position in SLA’s Copenhagen studio.
SLA is a nature-based design studio that works globally with cities, nature, places, and people. Our work spans from award-winning climate adaptation projects in Copenhagen, the green-blue transformation of Denmark’s largest social housing estate in Aarhus, and the design of Norway’s New Government Quarter in Oslo, to urban biodiversity parks in Abu Dhabi, large-scale masterplans in Toronto, and urban plazas in Shanghai. Our ambition and mission are the same everywhere: To design places for life. All life.
We offer
In the position, you will be part of an interdisciplinary collective working with nature, people, and design. You will collaborate with landscape architects, biologists, anthropologists, city planners, lighting designers, architects, planting designers, urban designers, ecologists, etc.
In our work, we mix creativity and science and collaborate with professionals and disciplines to provide holistic and innovative solutions to some of today’s most significant urban problems. We love to use our interdisciplinary design method with ambitious clients, involved stakeholders, and engaged citizens.
Our culture
At SLA, we cultivate a culture characterised by solid unity, eternal curiosity, high ambition, and a great degree of freedom. We work purposefully to create high-quality consultancy and strengthen the professional community. The ongoing development of employees and SLA is an essential and integrated part of everyday life.
Key responsibilities
For this role as an experienced designer, we are looking for someone who can:
- Generate creative, responsive, and boundary-pushing design in collaboration with colleagues and clients
- Secure the design intent, the interdisciplinary approach, and quality across all stages of the project – and ensure that SLA is available for solving the client’s needs
The ideal candidate has
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Landscape Architect, Architect, or equivalent
- Professional degree in landscape architecture, architecture, or equivalent
- Experience working on both small and large scales
- Strong conceptual and design skills
- Influential and confident in client presentation, team collaboration, and project coordination
- Ability to work with a wide range of projects and with an open and flexible attitude
- Proficiency in relevant software
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English (spoken and written)
Application and conditions
To apply, please send your motivated application, CV, and portfolio (max 10 MB) as a PDF to hr@sla.dk.
We continuously and confidentially process all applications and invite relevant applicants to an interview, so send your application immediately. This full-time position is with a base in our Copenhagen Office at Islands Brygge. We want the position filled as soon as possible, no later than September 1st, 2025.
The salary will be subject to experience and qualifications. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via hr@sla.dk.
About SLA
SLA is an internationally renowned nature-based design studio. For 30 years, we have designed some of the most notable public spaces and master plans worldwide. We design cities, public spaces, and nature on all scales, from city-wide masterplans to neighbourhood pocket parks, national biodiversity strategies, and local citizens’ processes. We use nature, design, and technology to create adaptable, biodiverse cities and landscapes that inspire community and diversity. SLA has realised a large number of innovative projects internationally as well as nationally.
We believe in a distinctly interdisciplinary approach, and today, we consist of three offices (Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Oslo), twelve disciplines, and many different nationalities. Our team of 130 people includes landscape architects, architects, anthropologists, biologists, plant specialists, lighting designers, and urban planners, who collaborate across our offices.
At SLA, we value, celebrate, and support diversity because it improves our team, work, and built environment. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We take affirmative action to employ everyone equally, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities and creating a workplace culture of valuing diversity and inclusion.