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landscape architecture

American  

noun

  1. the art of arranging or modifying the features of a landscape, an urban area, etc., for aesthetic or practical reasons.


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Etymology

Origin of landscape architecture

First recorded in 1830–40

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Handel is the founder of Handel Architects, which is designing the Eastern with landscape architecture firm Rios.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2025

Calhoun, whose daughter is 2, is trying to finish a graduate degree in landscape architecture, “so I can take my business a little further.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2024

Meadowshop, a GGN landscape architecture firm initiative, wants to bring meadows home to their native turf.

From Seattle Times Mar. 23, 2024

Measurements made from photographs showed statistical differences in the stigma size upon exposure to volatiles, said the Science study's lead author, Shannon Stirling, a PhD student in horticulture and landscape architecture at Purdue.

From Science Daily Mar. 21, 2024

He knew also that before launching the field of landscape architecture, Olmsted had been a writer and editor who had journeyed throughout the antebellum South exploring the culture and practice of slavery.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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