Herbert Dreiseitl

A renowned landscape architect, urban designer, water artist, interdisciplinary planner, and a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), NUS Cities, and other universities. He is also a Harvard GSD Loeb Fellow and a Fellow of the Center of Liveable Cities in Singapore.

He lectures worldwide and has authored many publications including three editions of “Recent Waterscapes, Planning, Building, and Designing with Water”. He is an internationally highly respected expert in creating liveable cities around the world with a special hallmark on the inspiring and innovative use of water to tackle the climate crisis and other urban environmental challenges, connecting technology with aesthetics and encouraging people to take care and develop a sense of ownership for places.

Herbert has realized ground-breaking contemporary projects in the fields of urban design, urban hydrology, water art, stormwater management, planning, and landscape architecture such as Berlin Potsdamer Platz with Renzo Piano, Tanner Springs Park, Portland Oregon USA, Paragon McLaren London alongside Norman Foster, Queens Botanical Garden NYC, and Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore.

In 1980, Herbert established Atelier Dreiseitl, later known as Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl, a renowned design firm recognized for its excellence in urban design, landscape architecture, and climate-resilient ecological planning, and now Henning Larsen. He has spearheaded the “Liveable Cities Lab” (LCL), a think-tank situated within the Ramboll Group International.

Herbert has played a pivotal role in shaping influential movements, including WSUD, the ABC Water Guidelines for Singapore, and Cloudburst projects in major cities like Copenhagen, Oslo, New York City, Seattle, Portland Oregon USA, Hamburg, Vienna, Basel, and many others. His leadership extends to research initiatives with esteemed institutions such as MIT, Harvard GSD, NUS, and Zeppelin University, focusing on the successful implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure in densely populated urban areas worldwide.

Beyond his professional achievements, he is recognized for his artistic endeavors that seamlessly blend regenerative, resilient, and smart technology with effective policymaking and governance.

Presently, Herbert serves as an independent consultant, lending his expertise to cities and initiatives worldwide. His work embodies the integration of regenerative processes and climate adaptive design, showcasing a diverse portfolio of site-responsive interventions rooted in community-based urban planning, nature-based solutions, blue-green infrastructure, and environmentally sensitive engineering.

Herbert and his wife Bettina created DREISEITLconsulting and are currently giving workshops and advice to many initiatives and cities to improve their projects with climate resiliency and regenerative frame conditions.