| > | | | | growing popularity of constructed park cemeteries, |
| This article provides detailed information on | | | | the landscape gardener was beginning to be referred |
| Landscape Architecture. | | | | to as a landscape architect. Schools and colleges |
| Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor | | | | across the country pitched in, offering professional |
| space using the compositional elements of | | | | degrees in landscape architecture to budding |
| vegetation, landform, water and structures such as | | | | landscape architects. Landscape architecture is now |
| walls, seating, lighting, steps etc. The U.S.A. is a large | | | | recognized by the International Labor Organization |
| country with varied geographical resources presenting | | | | and is represented by the International Federation of |
| opportunities to landscape architects to improvise | | | | Landscape Architects (IFLA).The landscape architect |
| with and accommodate these resources. Even | | | | is not a lonely figure. They have the backing of |
| though there is minimal threat to natural habitats the | | | | professional associations and a wide spectrum of |
| growing urbanization and moving population is | | | | projects ranging from roads, reservoirs, river |
| encouraging construction and designing of | | | | reclamation, forests, housing development projects, |
| neighborhood parks or playgrounds. These are | | | | industrial estates, rapid urbanization and other |
| relatively small but of intensive use for education, | | | | projects. If one is thinking of becoming a landscape |
| health and recreation purposes.The first American | | | | architect, one needs to have a creative flair and |
| professional landscape architect Frederick Law | | | | appreciation for nature in all its forms. Along with this |
| Olmstead Sr. was responsible for construction of the | | | | is needed an analytical mind to design, manage, |
| new Central Park (NY) in 1857. The project was | | | | preserve and rehabilitate cities into functional and |
| resumed after the Civil War along with new ones in | | | | aesthetically pleasing entities. Whether working for a |
| Brooklyn, N.Y.; New Britain, Connecticut; San | | | | firm or being self-employed, the increasing demand |
| Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois and across | | | | for designed outdoor spaces is turning landscape |
| America. With the success of these ventures and the | | | | architecture into a challenging profession. |