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The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)

San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 399

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tosuggest that if the architect solves the problems of his buildings success-fully, he may well leave to the landscape architect the matter of designingthe surroundings for them, realizing that his own architectural problemsare many and difficult, and that the trained landscape architect can,… … What Mr. Olmsted meant when he termed himself a landscape architectwas that he was aiming to he a master artisan in matters pertaining to landand to human works thereon, having regard both to the beauty of itsappearance and to its use. In a very real sense such work covers agricul-ture, forestry,…

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