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landscape architecture
Sign in to savedesign of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes
Landscape architecture is the practice of designing outdoor spaces like parks, plazas, and other public areas to create environments that work well for people and nature. It matters because these designs can improve how people experience public spaces, influence how we behave in them, and help protect the environment.
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Encyclopedic overview
Stourhead in Wiltshire, England, designed by Henry Hoare, "the first landscape gardener, who showed in a single work, genius of the highest order"
Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. 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 processes in the landscape, and the design of other interventions that will produce desired outcomes.
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