Does state or national government recognise landscape architecture as a profession?
The profession of landscape architecture is fully recognised officially throughout Australia. In most cases government agencies understand the profession and the services provided by landscape architects. BUT, there are still individuals within an agency or two that are yet to update their own information on contemporary practice within the built environment design professions and to understand what the scope of work that different professionals undertake. Do registered landscape architects have to be registered by government? At present none of the state or local governments (except SA) in Australia have in place a legislated registration process for landscape architects. The AILA operates the self-regulatory national scheme for the Registration of Landscape Architects. If a practitioner chooses to operate without being professionally recognised by the AILA, then this may or may not lead to occasional legal challenges and possible interesting insurance issues. The AILA will not be inv
