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Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of the built and natural environments. [1][2] The design of a sustainable landscape encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development: economic well-being, social equity and environmental protections.
Kongjian Yu. Kongjian Yu (simplified Chinese: 俞孔坚; traditional Chinese: 俞孔堅; pinyin: Yú kǒngjiān, born in 1963 in Dongyu Village in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China), is a landscape architect and urbanist, writer and educator, commonly credited with the invention of Sponge City concept, and winner of the International Federation of Landscape Architects’ Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe ...
A landscape architect is someone who practices landscape architecture. Regulations of the profession vary by country and state. Regulations of the profession vary by country and state. The terminology has evolved to include those once known as landscape gardeners , landscape or garden designers , architects , surveyors , or civil engineers .
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. [ 2 ] It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for construction and human use, investigation of existing social, ecological, and soil conditions and ...
The Humble Administrator's Garden (Chinese: 拙政园; pinyin: Zhuōzhèng yuán; Suzhou Wu: Wu Chinese pronunciation: [tsoʔ tsen ɦyø]) is a Chinese garden in Suzhou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most famous of the gardens of Suzhou. The garden is located at 178 Northeast Street (东北街178号), Gusu District.
Kathryn Gustafson FRIBA RDI (born 1951) is an American landscape architect. Her work includes the Gardens of the Imagination in Terrasson, France; a city square in Évry, France; and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, London. She has won awards and prizes including the Millennium Garden Design Competition.
The College of Built Environments is the architecture and urban planning school of the University of Washington, a public research university in Seattle, Washington. [ 2 ] The College offers programs in architecture, construction management, landscape architecture, real estate, and urban planning. [ 3 ] From 1957 to 2009, the College was known ...
Landscape engineering. A river with functional (flood preventing) engineering (in Houston, Texas) A canal design focused on esthetical landscape architecture (in Stockholm, Sweden) for comparison. Landscape engineering is the application of mathematics and science to shape land and waterscapes. It can also be described as green engineering, but ...