What is Landscape Architecture?

By ASLA
Unit 1
[1]  Although the term 'landscape architecture' was invented by a Scotsman (Gilbert Laing Meason, in 1828), it was an American (Frederick Law Olmsted) who gave birth to the landscape architecture profession. We should therefore pay close attention to the definition of the profession given by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). It was as follows:
尽管“风景园林”这个术语是由苏格兰人G．L．梅森于1828年创造，不过风景园林职业诞生却是由美国人F． L．奥姆斯特德促成。所以，我们应该更多关注由美国风景园林师协会（ ...