Landscape architect
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A landscape architect is a person with an education in landscape architecture and whose professional work conforms to the practice of the same name. The term landscape architect is used differently because professional licenses can be sought through registration examinations. This varies by country and state, for example some US states offer "practice acts" and some offer "title acts". Each refers to the limitations placed on persons who are and are not licensed.
The term landscape architect may also include figures who are better known as landscape gardeners, landscape designers, architects, surveyors or engineers, particularly those from the 18th century who practised before the term 'landscape architect' was coined. Landscape architecture was not commonly recognised in developed nations as a distinct profession until the latter part of the twentieth century. Despite the efforts of landscape architects it is still not unusual for an architect to be commissioned to provide landscape architectural services.
In Finland, the Helsinki University of Technology has had separate diplomas for architects and landscape architects from the 1980s. [1]
[edit] See also
- Job Description according to the U.S. Department of Labor
- List of landscape architects
