Landscape Architecture Masters
The Masters of the Garden
The pioneers who shaped how we design the outdoor realm — their lives, ideas and landscapes, and the principles each one championed. Read alongside our Landscape design library.
For the masters of the building, see The Architects.
Indian masters
The pioneers of Indian landscape architecture
Bhagwat, Bhan, Shaheer and Pradhan — who founded the profession and rooted it in India's climate, native flora and garden traditions.
Global masters
The giants who shaped the garden
Olmsted, Brown, Burle Marx and Kongjian Yu — from the public park to the tropical modern garden to the sponge city.








