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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Other Word Forms

• landscape architect noun

Etymology

Origin of landscape architecture

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Traditional landscape architecture wasn’t cutting it, Govan said, and he kept thinking about the idea of a map on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

“Really you have to look at lawns as reservoirs, given the amount of water it takes to care for them,” said Charlie Ray, founder of the Green Room, a landscape architecture firm in Phoenix.

From Seattle Times

Surfacedesign in San Francisco creates landscape architecture for homes, parks and wineries.

From New York Times

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