Landscape architecture deals with the design of outdoor as well as public spaces to achieve environmental, aesthetic, and behavioral outcomes. Landscape Architecture takes into consideration the social, ecological, and geological conditions of a space and then carefully accentuates or manipulates the space into a design that causes a desired outcome with those in or around the space. The scope of the profession includes
urban design,
site planning, City or
urban planning,
environmental restoration, parks and recreation planning; green infrastructure planning and provision, all at varying scales of design, planning and management. A practitioner in the field of landscape architecture is called a
landscape architect.
What Landscape architects do? (Source:
ASLA.org)
Landscape architecture encompasses the analysis, design, management, planning, and stewardship of the natural and built environments. Types of projects include:
- Academic campuses
- Conservation
- Corporate and commercial
- Gardens and arboreta
- Historic preservation and restoration
- Hospitality and resorts
- Institutional
- Interior landscapes
- Land planning
- Landscape art and earth sculpture
- Monuments
- Parks and recreation
- Reclamation
- Residential
- Security design
- Streetscapes and public spaces
- Therapeutic gardens
- Transportation corridors and facilities
- Urban design
- Water resources.
Landscape architects have advanced education and professional training and are licensed in Landscape Architecture in 49 states of the 50 states.
For an extensive history on Landscape Architecture and its cultural and architectural background:
Landscape Design: A Cultural and Architectural History by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers.
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