American Larch Flashcards
date when Frederick Law Olmsted first used the title Landscape Architect
May 1863
City plan designed by Pierre Charles L’Enfant, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson
US Federal Capital
designer of US President’s House
James Hoban
designer of US Congress House
William Thornton
Style indicated a gradual shift from geometric formal design to informal naturalesque images
American Romantic
designer of Spring Grove Cemetery
David Bates Douglass
designer of Smithsonian Museum Grounds
Andrew Jackson Downing
Park-like setting with relatively large private building lots, generous open space, and landscape amenities such as rolling topography, mature trees, and water bodies; planned with Romantic, Naturalistic, and Picturesque Style
Suburban Residential
era when there’s a gradual shift away from reliance on the romantic styles toward more systematic and rational design methodologies
American Enlightenment
a series of parks designed by FLO Sr. and FLO Jr. in Boston; includes the Fens and Back Bay
Emerald Necklace
Urban Designer for Boston Metropolitan Park District
Charles Eliot
one of the female landscape icons who established themselves
Marian Coffin
era of the US industrial expansion; allowed its emergence as a world leader in technology and invention
Industrial Expansion
École des Beaux-Arts. A premium architecture school in Paris, France founded by Jules Cardinal Mazarin and sponsored by the Government
Beaux Arts