Top Landscape Architects Roberto Burle Marx A pioneer of modern landscape architecture, Burle Marx (1909–1994) transformed gardens into living canvases. His abstract compositions and use of native Brazilian plants fused modernist form with ecological and cultural depth. Kongjian Yu Born in 1963, Kongjian Yu reshaped urban landscapes through ecological design. As founder of Turenscape, he introduced the “sponge city” concept, using wetlands and native systems to manage floods and restore urban ec