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A landscape architect is a person who is educated in the field of landscape architecture. The practice of landscape architecture includes: site analysis, site inventory, site planning, land planning, planting design, grading, storm water management, sustainable design, construction specification, and ensuring that all plans meet the current ...
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 Golden Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Vàng) is a 150-metre-long (490 ft) pedestrian bridge in the Bà Nà Hills resort, near Da Nang, Vietnam. [1][2] It is designed to connect the cable car station with the gardens (avoiding a steep incline) [3] and to provide a scenic overlook and tourist attraction. The bridge loops nearly back around to ...
Bill Bensley. Bill Bensley (born February 2, 1959), born William Bensley, is an American landscape architect, architect, and interior designer who has designed over 200 hospitality projects in 50 countries. [ 1 ] He is the founder and creative director of Bangkok and Bali -based design studio Bensley, established in 1989 and 1990 respectively ...
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 .
Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture. In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yale she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam ...
Sustainable landscape architecture. 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 ...
For the period before 1800, the history of landscape architecture, formally landscape gardening, is largely that of master planning and garden design for manor houses, palaces and royal properties, religious complexes, and centers of government. An example is the extensive work by André Le Nôtre for King Louis XIV of France at the Palace of ...