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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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Eager to do something more creative, Zhang studied landscape architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“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 ● May 28, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

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

Evidently it was the natural formation of the terrain that inspired this extraordinary work of landscape architecture, as mysterious and moving in its way as Stonehenge.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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