About This Journal
About LENS
LENS: A Journal of Landscape Systems, Design, and Inquiry publishes work across seven recurring sections, each reflecting a different way of engaging with landscape.
Opening Focus offers an editorial perspective framing each issue.
Inquiries presents research articles that examine landscape systems through structured, evidence-based work.
Drawing Ground features studio projects, showing design process and outcomes from academic and professional practice.
Through the Lens collects student visual work and graphical abstracts.
Field Notes gathers site photography, sketches, rubbings, and in-situ measuring protocols.
Horizon publishes reflective essays that step back from technical work to consider broader questions in the field.
Traced Terms, appearing in spring issues only, is a word-and-drawing exercise exploring language and representation in landscape work.
Each volume is published twice yearly.