Understanding Landscape Architecture

Columnists Roger K. Lewis looks at the profession of landscape architecture today.

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May 2, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Landscape architecture is not a subspecialty of architecture; rather, it is a separate discipline with its own education and licensing requirements...Some go even further, preparing master site plans for sizable developments. Such plans may designate land uses and building densities, road and infrastructure networks, lot layouts, and patterns of open space for recreation and other amenities...Clearly, landscape architecture practice today, encompassing much more than applying horticultural expertise, entails work that overlaps with services provided by civil engineers, city planners and architects."

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