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Landscape architecture

Landscape architecture is the cornerstone of our practice. It makes our places meaningful, enhances our lives, and knits our public realm together.

In SLA, we work across all scales and landscape typologies: From small-scale interventions, pocket parks, and green roofs to urban plazas, public parks, and the design of entire new neighborhoods.

For 30 years, we have designed some of the most notable landscapes and public spaces in the world. From award-winning climate adaptation projects in Copenhagen and harbor transformations in Oslo to urban biodiversity parks in Abu Dhabi, downtown revitalizations in Toronto, and urban plazas in Shanghai.

Everywhere our ambition and mission are the same: To design the best possible places for life. All life.

Novo Nordisk Nature Park A public nature park for Europe's largest company focusing on creativity, employee wellbeing, climate adaptation, and biodiversity.
The City Dune The City Dune is a public plaza in the heart of Copenhagen tying the city's new harbor front development together with the Central Station area.
Sankt Kjelds Square Copenhagen's largest and greenest climate adaptation project prevents stomrwater flooding by turning grey infrastructure into lush public realm.
Copenhill / Amager Bakke Our iconic rooftop design with hiking trails, ski slope, and 35,000 m2 of wild mountain nature on top of the world's greenest waste-to-energy plant.

City Nature

Central to all our landscape designs are adding a new form of City Nature to the public realm:

A man-made nature that solves today’s many man-made problems, adds new social and humane qualities to the built environment, climate-adapts our cities, and increases the livability and life quality for all.

Read more about City Nature here.

David Crombie Park Gentle transformation of a much-loved downtown park in Toronto adding green social spaces and climate relief through carbon-neutral design.
Al Fay Park Our Al Fay Park is an award-winning urban biodiversity park that has created a paradigm shift in how to design parks and public spaces in the Middle East.
Gellerup Nature Park In Gellerup, we use nature and landscape design to transform Denmark's largest social housing estate into a complete neighborhood.
Bjørvika For the last 20 years we have transformed Oslo's industrial harbor into a mixed, blue-green, and climate resilient neighborhood for all.

An interdisciplinary design approach

In all our landscape designs, we combine deep anthropological knowledge and rigorous biological research with computational innovations, award-winning design expertise, and high artistic ambitions.

Our landscape designs are continuing explorations of science and art; of research and creativity; of strong business cases and generous social commitment; of functional problem-solving and the livable and enjoyable everyday life. An interdisciplinary approach that drives everything we do.

The results are poetic and sensuous landscape designs that solve today’s biggest urban challenges, provide value for our clients, create genuine life quality for all, and put all things living – people, cities, animals, and plants – first.

We involve the local community in co-creative processes to ensure ownership, engagement, and relevance in both project and process.
All our projects start with a thorough understanding of existing ecological conditions to provide the most resilient and meaningful landscape designs possible.
Through computational design we continuously prototype, test, refine, and advance our landscape designs to provide as optimal environmental, experiential and economic solutions as possible.
Our studios are places for collaborative explorations and experimentations - together with our clients, colleagues, and collaborators.

Award-winning designs

For the last 30 years, we have been fortunate to be recognized with some of the world’s most prestigious awards and accolades for our landscape designs.

Our awards include the WAF World Landscape of The Year, the RIBA Award, the Monocle Design Award, and many more.

Read more about our accolades here: Our awards

Contact us to know more

Line Agnes Bjørløw Skjærlund

Head of Business Development, Associate Partner

+45 28708968

lan@sla.dk

We design places for life. All life.

Explore more of our cases

Quayside

Toronto, Canada

Gata Grønland
and Kirkegata

Oslo, Norway

Euston Public Realm Masterplan

London, United Kingdom

Sommarivabyen

Helsingør, Denmark

Bodø Coastal Trail

Bodø, Norway

UN17 Village

Copenhagen, Denmark

Ranim Garden

Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi, UAE

SUND Nature Park

Copenhagen, Denmark

Wuxi International Conference Center

Wuxi, China

Sankt Kjeld's Square
& Bryggervangen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Naturkraft

Ringkøbing, Denmark

The Springs in Shanghai

Shanghai, China

Oslo Viking Age Museum

Oslo, Norway

Ordener-Poissonniers

Paris, France