landscape architect

noun

: a person who develops land for human use and enjoyment through effective placement of structures, vehicular and pedestrian ways, and plantings
landscape architecture noun

Examples of landscape architect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Like the original, it’s located on the Paseo del Prado, one of the jewels of Havana, with marble benches and the famous lions, designed by the French landscape architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier. Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024 Murphy worked with designer Trevor Cheney of L.A.’s Seventh House gallery on the redo and with landscape architect Scott Schrader on the gardens. Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024 Advertisement The Glendale resident came to politics in her 40s after a career in film and has a 10-year-old daughter with her landscape architect husband, Guillaume Lemoine. Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024 The latter feels super luxe, with a walk-in closet and a private veranda that overlooks the English-style gardens designed by landscape architect Craig Bergmann. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2024 Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, an audacious graphic designer, landscape architect and artist who first made a splash in the 1960s with the supersize, geometric architectural painting movement known as supergraphics, died on Tuesday at her home in San Francisco. Penelope Green, New York Times, 8 May 2024 Although the style may at first appear traditional, this garden was designed in the 1960s by Mirei Shigemori, a landscape architect whose training was in the Japanese cultural arts: conducting the tea ceremony, flower arranging, and landscape ink and wash painting. Paula Deitz, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024 Oakland holly has become a darling of landscape architects who like its pyramidal growth form and compact habit. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024 Our team has multiple specialties such as architects, landscape architects, and artists from day one. Kissa Castañeda, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of landscape architect was in 1863

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“Landscape architect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landscape%20architect. Accessed 23 May. 2024.

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