Prof. Dr. Lisa Babette Diedrich

Lisa Babette Diedrich studied architecture and urbanism in Paris, Marseille and Stuttgart, journalism in Berlin, and landscape architecture at the University of Copenhagen, where she received her doctoral degree. Since 1993, she has run her own office as a critic and consultant in urban design and landscape architecture. From 1993 to 2000 she was an editor of Topos European Landscape Magazine, and from 2000 to 2006 she worked as personal advisor to the Chief Architect of Munich in the city’s Department of Public Works. Since 2006 she has been editor-in-chief of the book series Landscape Architecture Europe (#1 Fieldwork/ #2 On Site/ #3 In Touch/ #4 On The Move/ #5 Care Create Act/ #6 Second Glance/ #7 Full of Life) and of ’scape the international magazine for landscape architecture and urbanism. In 2007 she moved into academia, teaching and researching contemporary landscape architecture at universities in Europe, Australia and Latin America. From 2012 to 2023, she was Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Alnarp/Malmö in Sweden. From 2023 to early 2025 she held the Walter Gropius Chair (DAAD) at the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA), Argentina. From 1 April 2025 she will be Professor of Landscape Architecture at the ÉLAN Chair ‘Designing Landscapes of the Anthropocene’ at the Technical University of Berlin. 

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Lisa Diedrich’s editorial responsibilities:

Triennial book series Landscape Architecture Europe 

‚scape the international magazine for landscape architecture and urbanism 

SPOOL open access journal, thread ‘Landscape Metropolis’

Honours and Awards:
2025 – Critique Award for the book ‘Woods Go Urban’, with co-authors Anders Busse, Catherine Szanto, Harry Harsema, by the Swedish Architects Chamber, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 – Best International Exhibition Award for ‘AGGLO Maker Space Berlin-Buenos Aires’ at the International Architecture Biennial Buenos Aires, Argentina
2024 – Best Student Exhibition Award for ‘All we need is edge effects’ at MARQ Architecture Museum Buenos Aires, by the International Architecture Biennial Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023 – LILA Honour Award of Landezine International Landscape Architecture Platform, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2021 – Nomination for the German Architecture Critique Award by BDA (German Architects’ Federation), Berlin, Germany
2014 – Best scientifc paper, ‘Translations—Radicant Design for Transforming Harbour Sites’, Portusplus 3/2014, RETE, Venice, Italy
2012 – DAM Deutsches Architektur Museum Architecture Book Award for the book In Touch: Landscape Architecture Europe, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Positions in Academia and Practice:
since 2020 – Founding Member of ITD Alliance, the global alliance for inter- and transdisciplinarity
since 2019 – Member of Editorial board of PORTUSplus open access journal of RETE international association for the collaboration between ports and cities
since 2017 – Member of Studio Urbane Landschaften, Germany
since 2017 – Member of Scientific committee of Architettura del Paesaggio, AIAPP, Florence, Italy
since 2016 – Member of Editorial board of SPOOL open access journal for design in architecture and the built environment, TU Delft
since 2009 – Member of AIVP The Worldwide Network of Port Cities, Le Havre, France
since 2009 – Member of RETE, Association for the Collaboration between Ports and Cities, Venice, Italy
since 2004 – Member of DJV Berlin Journalists’ Association, Berlin (since 2018), Germany
since 2005 – Editor-in-chief of the professional book series Landscape Architecture Europe, Wageningen, The Netherlands
since 2005- Co-editor-in-chief of ’scape the International Magazine for Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Contact: lisa.diedrich@elan.tu-berlin.de

Phone: +49 (0) 30 314 – 22276

Room: EB409

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