Weilacher worked from 1998 to 2002 as a freelance journalist for NZZ FOLIO, the monthly magazine of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He does extensive research on the relationship between art and landscape, on the theory and history of contemporary landscape architecture, and on the transformation of former cultural landscapes, e.g. industrial landscapes in the Alps.[5] He published his works internationally, is a member of international juries and scientific advisor in editorial boards of scientific magazines[6] and research institutes.[7]
Academic Memberships
Udo Weilacher is or was a member of national and international scientific and professional organizations:
BDLA, German Association of Landscape Architects
DGGL, German Society of Garden Architecture and Landscape Culture
2011 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize by the Foundation of Landscape Studies in New York[10] for the book Syntax of Landscape. The Landscape Architecture by Peter Latz und Partners
2017 Mellon Practitioner Resident[11] at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
Weilacher, Udo (1996/1999): Between Landscape Architecture and Land Art. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN3-7643-6119-0
Weilacher, Udo (2005): Visionary Gardens. Modern Landscapes by Ernst Cramer. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN3-7643-6567-6
Weilacher, Udo (2005): In Gardens. Profiles of contemporary European Landscape Architecture. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN3-7643-7084-X
Weilacher, Udo (2006): Promises instead of ready-made answers. in: Quart Verlag, Luzern (ed.): Schweingruber Zulauf. Volume 3 of the Series Arcadia 2006. 8-49. Luzern: Quart Verlag; ISBN3-907631-33-1
Udo Weilacher: Switzerland und approximately 18 other contributions in: Taylor, Patrick (ed.): The Oxford Companion to the Garden. Oxford University Press, New York 2006; ISBN0-19-866255-6
Udo Weilacher (2007): The Garden as the Last Luxury Today: Thought-Provoking Garden Projects by Dieter Kienast. in: Conan, Michel (ed.): Contemporary Garden Aesthetics, Creations and Interpretations. 81-95. Harvard University Press ISBN0-88402-325-7
Udo Weilacher (2007): Land Art in: Colafranceschi, Daniela (ed.): Landscape + 100 words to inhabit it. Land&ScapeSeries. 108-110. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili SL.
Weilacher, Udo (2008): Syntax of Landscape. The Landscape Architecture by Peter Latz and Partners. Basel Berlin Boston: Birkhauser; ISBN978-3-7643-7615-4
Weilacher, Udo (2020): Garden Thinking in Cities of Tomorrow. in: SPOOL. Journal of Architecture and the Built Environment, vol. 6; doi:https://doi.org/10.7480/spool.2020.1.5484
Weilacher, Udo et.al.(2023): Waterways transformation in the vulnerable port city of Alexandria. in: Cities, vol. 141, Oct. 2023; doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104426