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Landscape architecture The art and profession of designing and planning landscapes. Landscape architects are concerned with improving the ways in which people interact with the landscape, as well as with reducing the negative impacts that human use has upon sensitive landscapes. Landscape architects are involved in such diverse areas as landscape and urban design, community and regional planning, interior and exterior garden design, agricultural and rural land-use planning, parks and recreation, historic site and natural area preservation, landscape restoration and management, research and academic programs, energy and water conservation, and environmental planning. Landscape architects are generalists in that their educational and professional experience is very broad. Many environmental and cultural factors affect landscape design and planning, and landscape architects have to know how these factors relate. Design process is the main area of specialization for landscape architects, and decision-making related to design process is fundamental. See Civil engineering, Environmental engineering How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Located on Grand Army Plaza, home to the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, On Prospect Park overlooks the entrance to Prospect Park, a 585-acre urban oasis designed by noted landscape architects Frederick Law Olmstead & Calvert Vaux and home to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Landscape architects have plans for a ``cloud garden,'' a ``forest garden'' and a ``night sky garden,'' among others. Disney's expert landscape architects unveil the secrets of creating the theme park's impressive gardens. |
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