Landscape Architect – Career Information for Landscape Architect

Job Description - Landscape Architect: A landscape architect designs residential areas, parks, shopping centers, parkways, golf courses and school campuses in order to make them beautiful, as well as functional. He or she must also see to it that these facilities are compatible with the natural environment. A landscape architect may work with other professionals including civil engineers, hydrologists and architects. Employment Facts - Landscape Architect:

There were 27,000 landscape architects employed in 2008.

Opportunities in this field should be very good over the next several years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment of landscape architects will grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2018.

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On a typical day a landscape architect's tasks might include:

Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Landscape Architect, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos039.htm (visited November 29, 2010). Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, O*NET Online, Landscape Architect, on the Internet at http://online.onetcenter.org/link/details/17-1012.00 (visited November 29, 2010).

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