Landscape Architecture: Maybe
it's the career for you! |
Landscape Architecture in Your Life
Look at the community around you. Have you ever thought about
who created the parks, residential developments, campuses,
commercial centers, gardens, transportation facilities, corporate
and institutional centers? Each of these examples of planning,
design and land use management are the work of landscape architects.
If you are interested in the environment, conservation, and
a blend of science and artistic expression, then a career
in landscape architecture may be for you.
What are your professional education goals as you prepare
to enter college? Have you considered a career in landscape
architecture? Have your heard about the earning power of a
career in landscape architecture?
A Career with a Future
Landscape architecture is the profession that encompasses
the analysis, planning, design, management and stewardship
of the natural and built environment. Landscape architecture
has strong roots in the U.S. Early examples range from private
estates like Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, to entire
city plans like Pierre L’Enfant’s design of Washington,
DC, to public gathering places like San Francisco’s
Pershing Square. The actual term “landscape architecture”
became common after 1863 when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert
Vaux designed New York's Central Park.
Landscape architects plan and design traditional places
such as parks, residential developments, campuses, gardens,
cemeteries, commercial centers, resorts, transportation facilities,
corporate and institutional centers and waterfront developments.
They also design and plan the restoration of natural places
disturbed by humans such as wetlands, stream corridors, mined
areas and forested land. Their appreciation for historic landscapes
and cultural resources enables landscape architects to undertake
preservation planning projects for national, regional and
local historic sites and areas.
Working with architects, city planners, civil engineers
and other professionals, landscape architects play an important
role in environmental protection by designing and implementing
projects that respect both the needs of people and of our
environment. Meeting human needs by making wise use of our
environmental resources is work that is in demand today and
will continue to be required in the future.
There is a wide range of opportunities for landscape architects.
Landscape architects work on a variety of projects such as
the development and preservation of open spaces, recreation
areas, wildlife refuges, zoos, parks, golf courses and transportation
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