How to become a landscape architect

Official title: Landscape architect

Also called: Landscape artist, Principal Landscape Architect, Ÿ Landscape artist

Landscape architect plans and designs landscape and harmonises improvements with existing land features, buildings and proposed structures. He/she consults with clients, engineers and architects on overall programme, studies site conditions such as nature of soil, vegetation, rock features, drainage and location of buildings.

Main tasks

• Developing new or improved theories and methods in landscape architecture
• Inspecting sites and consulting clients, management and other stakeholders to determine type, style and size of proposed buildings, parks, roads and other open spaces
• Compiling and analysing site and community data about geographical and ecological features, landforms, soils, vegetation, site hydrology, visual characteristics and human-made structures, to formulate land use and development recommendations, and for preparing environmental impact statements
• Preparing reports, site plans, working drawings, specifications and cost estimates for land development, showing location and details of proposals, including ground modelling, structures, vegetation and access
• Writing specifications and contract documents for use by builders and civil engineering contractors and calling tenders on behalf of clients
• Making necessary contacts to ensure feasibility of projects regarding style, cost, timing and compliance with regulations
• Identifying and finding best solutions for problems regarding function and quality of exterior environments and making necessary designs, drawings and plans
• Monitoring construction or rehabilitation work to ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards

Ways in

• University: Architecture & Built Environment degrees, Offered by 2 universities in Singapore

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $73,740 a year. The middle half earn $66,000 to $121,224 a year.
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Landscape designer
• Building architect
• Fashion designer
• Product/Industrial designer
• Urban planner
• Land surveyor

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Questions people ask

How do I become a landscape architect?

Ways in include: Architecture & Built Environment degrees.

How much does a landscape architect earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $73,740 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $66,000 to $121,224.

Will AI change the work of a landscape architect?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026