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

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While the Vision Plan is still in planning, the partnership has spent two years working with community members, local business leaders, urban designers, landscape architects, transportation experts, and city and state agency partners. David Moin, WWD, 27 Feb. 2025 Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, bordering the Pasadena Waldorf School campus (also destroyed), the couple’s new house was built in 1948 as part of a 28-home neighborhood designed by modernist Ain with the help of the era’s premier modernist landscape architect, Garrett Eckbo. Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Stunning pool villas cascading down a verdant jungle by renowned landscape architect and designer Bill Bensley? Christina Liao, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2025 The sellers’ love of the natural environment and gardening led them to tap a number of landscape architects from around the country, including Tom and Kirsten Beeby, Deborah Nevins, Frank Mariani, Craig Bergmann, and P. Clifford Miller. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for landscape architect

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 25 Mar. 2025.

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