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Supporting the Group’s growth across global markets with a particular focus on Canada. Bringing together a background in architecture and international business development, Matteo will contribute to strengthening partnerships and creating new opportunities across LAND’s growing international network

At this year's edition of the renouned horticultural festival in Pavia, Andreas Kipar will join designers, landscape professionals, researchers and nature enthusiasts to explore the role of Nature in becoming a strategic infrastructure for creating better, more resilient cities.

How can landscape thinking help cities become more resilient, liveable and Nature-Positive? From 18–20 September 2026, the Tbilisi Architecture Forum in Georgia brought together international and regional voices to explore these questions, with Michael Gräf, Director at LAND Austria, contributing to the conversation.

Back to school, but this time on the other side of the classroom. Several LANDlers bring their professional experience into universities across Europe and beyond, creating a valuable exchange between academic research, teaching and practice. We asked them what they teach, what motivates them and how their work at LAND influences the way they approach the classroom.

Today, when we look for signs of life beyond Earth, one of the first
things we search for is water. From the traces of ancient water on Mars
to the mysterious geysers of Jupiter’s moons, water is one of our most
powerful indicators that life might exist.

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.

The Horizon Europe initiative, funded under the New European Bauhaus program, launches an €8.5million project to transform European public spaces through co-designed street furniture. Within the international consortium, LAND contributes to the Nature-Positive regeneration of Piazza Roma in Bologna.

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

On 3 September 2026, Andreas Kipar will participate as a speaker at the conference "From Rheinbrown to Green-Blue: The Century Task of Post-Mining Landscapes", taking place at Schloss Dyck in Jüchen, Germany.

A new planning tool to connect biodiversity, climate resilience and urban transformation, recognising Nature as a strategic infrastructure for the city. The Municipality of Savona has appointed LAND to develop its Urban Nature Plan, the first planning instrument of its kind in Italy.