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

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

From Literature

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