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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

Example Sentences

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Local landscape architecture firm Arterra, which came on in 2022 for “Hyperspace,” continues to work with artists, the owners, and Donum’s vineyard team to shape the experience, following the lead of the existing landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Few are the corners of L.A. that don’t bear the imprint of Studio-MLA, the landscape architecture firm founded by the energetic Mia Lehrer three decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

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

I must’ve known on some level that anyone studying landscape architecture, as Theo is, would have to be competent at technical drawing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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