This is your weekly international snapshot of what’s happening across landscape architecture, climate adaptation and urban design. Drawing on credible global sources, it highlights key projects, policy developments and research shaping how cities and landscapes are being planned, designed and adapted in response to climate and community needs.

This summary is powered by AI to support timely scanning of international sources. While it aims to surface relevant and high‑quality material, it may not capture every news item, project or activity across the sector.

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MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY

1. ASLA Objects to EPA’s Repeal of Science-Based Standards
Source: American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) (13 Feb 2026).

ASLA has issued a formal objection to the US EPA decision to repeal the 2009 Endangerment Finding, arguing it removes a core legal foundation for regulating greenhouse gases. From a practice perspective, it signals a tougher policy environment for climate action and a stronger need for local and state leadership on resilience and nature-based solutions.

🔗 https://www.asla.org/news-insights/press-releases/asla-oppose-rollback-of-endangerment-finding

Primary topic: Climate adaptation

2. Editorial: Post-organic city: a city without organs
Source: Frontiers in Sustainable Cities (13 Feb 2026).

A peer-reviewed editorial synthesises a research theme around “post-organic” approaches to cities, pulling together threads like industrial regeneration, renewable energy design, mobility, and hybrid urban ecologies. Useful as a quick temperature check on where current academic conversations are heading, especially around more-than-human design and socio-technical transitions.

🔗 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-cities/articles/10.3389/frsc.2026.1783546/full

Primary topic: Urban design + climate adaptation

3. Liverpool Street Station Redevelopment Plans Approved
Source: World Landscape Architecture (11 Feb 2026).

Plans for the redevelopment of London Liverpool Street Station have been approved, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, public realm improvements, and significant greening. Notably, the scheme includes what is described as the largest landscaped green roof in the City of London, positioning landscape as a key driver rather than an add-on.

🔗 https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/liverpool-street-station-redevelopment-plans-approved/

Primary topic: Urban design + landscape architecture

4. ‘Leaky Dams’ installed across Epping Forest
Source: World Landscape Architecture (11 Feb 2026).

A large natural flood management programme is underway in Epping Forest, using hundreds of “leaky dams” built from natural materials to slow flows during heavy rain. The piece highlights how hydrological modelling is being used to prioritise locations where interventions will have the biggest downstream resilience benefit.

🔗 https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/leaky-dams-installed-across-epping-forest/

Primary topic: Climate adaptation + landscape architecture

5. Fujian Wuyi Mountain National Park Moon Bay Observation Deck / CLAB Architects
Source: ArchDaily (10 Feb 2026).

A small-scale landscape intervention at a national park threshold in China uses a crescent-shaped viewing platform to frame the relationship between water, stone, and skyline. It’s a tidy case study in “light touch” design, where the built element is positioned as an aid to perception rather than a dominant object.

🔗 https://www.archdaily.com/1038481/fujian-wuyi-mountain-national-park-moon-bay-observation-deck-clab-architects

Primary topic: Landscape architecture

6. The Resilient Campus Design Competition Winners Announced
Source: World Landscape Architecture (9 Feb 2026).

An international design competition focused on building a more ecologically robust and resilient campus landscape (University at Buffalo, South Campus) has announced winners and shortlisted teams. The competition brief spans landscape strategies plus adaptive moves at the building and precinct scale, which makes it a useful reference point for integrated resilience thinking.

🔗 https://worldlandscapearchitect.com/the-resilient-campus-design-competition-winners-announced/

Primary topic: Landscape architecture + climate adaptation

Snapshot: key themes this week

• Policy and advocacy pressure is rising: professional bodies are actively responding to climate policy shifts, with clear implications for resilience practice.
• Nature-based resilience is staying mainstream: flood management approaches like “leaky dams” continue to show up as practical, scalable interventions.
• Landscape-led urban transformation is being framed as core infrastructure, from major transport hubs to campus-scale resilience projects.