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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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One of the museum’s defining features is its massive green-roof garden designed by Mia Lehrer and her landscape architecture firm Studio-MLA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

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

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 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

The design won a national landscape architecture award in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023

What landscape architecture needed, Olmsted believed, was greater visibility, which in turn would bring greater credibility.

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

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