Urban Landscape Architecture

Urban landscape architecture is a discipline that sits at the meeting point of urban design and landscape architecture, asking how cities can be made more liveable, resilient, and ecologically sound. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and rapid urbanisation create pressures that traditional approaches to city design are struggling to meet, there is growing recognition that the integration of natural systems, green infrastructure, and thoughtful public space design is not optional but essential to the future of urban environments. Urban landscape architects work at the scale of streets, parks, waterfronts, and entire city districts, designing places where people and nature can thrive together.

At Ravensbourne University London, this three-year full-time degree combines urban design and landscape architecture in a distinctive interdisciplinary curriculum. You will develop the creative, technical, and critical skills needed to design resilient, sustainable, and inspiring urban places, engaging with the urgent challenges posed by the climate and nature crises through your design practice. The programme is delivered alongside architecture pathways, fostering an interdisciplinary learning environment in which you encounter different professional perspectives on the built and natural environment.

You will work with ecological principles, spatial design, materials, and digital tools, developing the practical and conceptual capabilities that the field demands.

Ravensbourne's London location gives you direct access to one of the world's most complex and rapidly evolving urban landscapes, which serves as both a case study and an inspiration for your design work.

Graduates go on to careers in landscape architecture, urban design, environmental design, sustainability consultancy, local authority planning, development consultancy, and urban regeneration. Many pursue postgraduate study or professional training leading to registration as a landscape architect, and some go on to work in research or academic settings. The combination of technical skill and environmental thinking developed in this degree is increasingly sought after as cities respond to climate and biodiversity challenges.