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Autumn colours at Stourhead gardens. The landscape design phase consists of research, gathering ideas, and setting a plan. Design factors include objective qualities such as: climate and microclimates; topography and orientation, site drainage and groundwater recharge; municipal and resource building codes; soils and irrigation; human and vehicular access and circulation; recreational ...
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.
Stourhead in Wiltshire, England, designed by Henry Hoare (1705–1785), "the first landscape gardener, who showed in a single work, genius of the highest order" [1]. Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. [2]
The following is an outline of the typical scope of service for a landscape architect: [24] An example of landscape architecture: the Italian Garden, Gardens of the world, Berlin-Marzahn, Germany The Fountain Terrace at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., designed by landscape architect Beatrix Farrand in 1921, was opened to the public in 1939.
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 planning is a branch of landscape architecture. According to Erv Zube (1931–2002) landscape planning is defined as an activity concerned with developing landscaping amongst competing land uses while protecting natural processes and significant cultural and natural resources .
Chris Reed is an American landscape architect and urbanist. He is a professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and the co-director of its Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Program. He is also the founding Director of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, a landscape architecture and ...