Global Practice
Query/Drafts Deadline: August 21, 2026
Final Article Due Date: September 21, 2026
Guest Editors: Glenn O’Connor
Editorial Board Liaison: Tim Edwards
Image: Shehzhen Kaisa Jinsha Bay International Entertainment Park, China; credit FORREC
International work in landscape architecture is both exciting and challenging. The arrival of the Internet, email and virtual meetings, improved capacity and options for international travel, and globalization in general have made it much easier to work internationally than 30 to 40 years ago. The scale and budgets for international projects can be significant, but the work comes with risks including working in another language, cultural norms and simply getting paid.
Local laws for conducting business in other countries vary widely and will impact the way you or your firm conduct business compared to domestic work. Collaboration with a local firm is, more often than not, a prerequisite for qualification on these types of projects. Working with specialty teams from multiple countries is the norm to achieve the high standards required for large projects in foreign locales.
We are inviting contributors who practice on a global scale to share their knowledge, advice and stories that will shed light on working Internationally and to discuss some of the challenges they have encountered, and rewards that have resulted, from this type of business model. We encourage stories about exciting built or planned projects with colourful images of traditional and non-traditional work.
Topics include, but not limited to:
- Leisure projects, Entertainment projects, sports projects
- Cultural, civic and planning projects
- City building, public open space, habitat restoration
- How To work in another country, corporate ownership
- Finding work, local representatives and building relationships
- Sub-consultants and specialty teams
- How long does it really take for a contract to start?
- Risks and Rewards
- Cultural norms and appropriate conduct
- Foreign governments, private companies, NGO’s and NFP organizations
- Special considerations - Language and drawing standards.
- Contracts/agreements - what is fair? What is acceptable risk? What happens when you don’t get paid?
- Currency, Travel and Expenses
- What level of design services are appropriate and what services are not?
- Best practices
- What is different today than 10 or 20 years ago?
We invite your submissions and welcome your idea/thoughts/abstracts. The editorial team will contact you to discuss how we can include your material in an issue that promises to be interesting and informative.
Please send ideas or abstracts to Laurie or Tim and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or require additional information.
Guest Editor: Glenn A. O’Connor, goconnor@elevatedlivingltd.com
LP Managing Editor: Laurie Blake, lp@csla-aapc.ca
General Guidelines for Contributors
We welcome a range of formats, including:
- Feature Articles: In-depth explorations of 1,200–1,500 words.
- Prologue Articles: Short reflections or provocations of 300–500 words.
- Case Studies: Examples of projects that integrate playful concepts.
- Interviews: Conversations with practitioners, policymakers or academics or those with something to contribute to the topic.
- Visual Content: Infographics, maps and other visuals that illustrate the topic.
- Illustrations: Supply 10-12, high-resolution images (300 dpi) for feature articles and 2-3 for shorter pieces, with captions and photo credits. Further photo guidelines available upon request.
Biography
- Please provide a brief bio (around 50 words), a photograph, your preferred email address and a mailing address (for complimentary copies). Our authors are the voice of LP, and our readers appreciate knowing where you are coming from. In your brief bio, please DO include a mention of your work or home base – but please keep the information brief. Instead, we invite you to use the space to tell us something about yourself, and your link to the story you are telling in the magazine, or to the issue’s theme.