Abstract:This study aims to restore a comprehensive understanding of 'design praxis' in landscape architecture and to correct the common misconception that practice is narrowly equivalent to technical labor. Using conceptual interpretation and case analysis as research methods, this paper redefines design praxis as a dynamic cycle of 'action–reflection–re-action', explores the pathways through which research and practice are integrated within the discipline of landscape architecture, and summarizes them into three categories: Research through Design Praxis, Design Praxis Method Research, and Research of Design Praxis. The findings indicate that Path I embeds interdisciplinary research deeply into design, using projects as experimental platforms to accumulate measurable and shareable knowledge; Path II emphasizes the systematization and innovation of design tools, collaborative processes, and decision-making logics; and Path III, grounded in the discipline's strong practical orientation, extracts theories and design rationales through comprehensive analyses of projects. The discussion suggests that the three pathways are not isolated from one another in actual operation, but overlap across project-based research, methodological innovation, and experience synthesis, and require open and collaborative platform-building to continuously advance disciplinary knowledge production.