Landscape architects designing spaces outdoors

Landscape architecture seems to be a profession that requires explanation. Surveyors measure and divide the land, architects design buildings, engineers specify stresses and loads -- but what do landscape architects do? The common perception is that landscape architects plant trees and bushes. This...

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Published inNew Hampshire business review Vol. 17; no. 18; p. 30
Main Author Hart, John L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Concord Business Publications Inc 15.09.1995
Subjects
Apprenticeship
Architects
Architectural services
Area planning & development
Business conditions
Certification
Contractors
Design
Engineering firms
Landscape architecture
Landscaping
Licenses
Outdoors
Planning
Regulation
Soil sciences
United States > US
New England
Manchester
NH
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Summary:Landscape architecture seems to be a profession that requires explanation. Surveyors measure and divide the land, architects design buildings, engineers specify stresses and loads -- but what do landscape architects do? The common perception is that landscape architects plant trees and bushes. This view is correct -- as far as it goes -- but it misses the forest for the shrubs. "It's more than little shrubs, it's not just 'frou-frou,'" explains Susanne Smith Meyer, a landscape architect from Concord. "There are so many things to be conscious of: environmental aspects like sun and prevailing winds, shade tree location, screening, how big a terrace should be and how it will relate to the house, picking the right variety of plants and sustainability." (excerpt)
ISSN:0164-8152