OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 



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OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 



THE PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 



SCOPE AND VALUE 



L Landscape Architecture is the art 

 of fitting land for human use and enjoy- 

 ment. 



IL The Landscape Architect designs 

 and advises regarding the arrangement, 

 and directs the development, of land and 

 the objects upon it in connection with 

 private grounds and gardens, institu- 

 tions, public parks, playgrounds and 

 squares, cemeteries, streets and park- 

 ways, residential communities, and prob- 

 lems of city and regional planning. 



IIL A Landscape Architect in good 

 professional standing has artistic ability 

 and thorough technical training to deal 

 with the problems which he undertakes. 

 His remuneration is an openly stated 

 compensation received directly from his 

 client for services rendered, and not a 

 hidden or speculative profit on materials 

 supplied or labor employed. 



1\'. To the extent agreed upon with 

 his client, he gives oral and written ad- 

 vice, prepares or directs surveys, de- 

 velops general designs, working drawings 

 (such as general construction plans, 

 grading and drainage plans, planting 

 plans, and incidental architectural and 

 engineering details), and specifications: 

 supervises the execution of his plans ; and 

 co-operates with experts in other fields, 

 including architecture, civil and sanitary 

 engineering, and forestry. He should be 



consulted as soon as the proposed de- 

 velopment is under consideration. 



V. He acts, to a reasonable extent and 

 as authorized, as his client's agent in 

 selecting and ordering materials and in 

 issuing instructions for the execution of 

 work by contractors or others ; and he 

 acts in a judicial capacity with respect to 

 the relations between his client and ma- 

 terial-men, contractors, or laborers, with 

 whom on his advice the client has en- 

 tered into business relations. 



\T. In accepting employment he un- 

 dertakes an obligation to protect his 

 client's legitimate interests to the best 

 of his ability in the matters confided to 

 hrm He is not pecuniarily responsible 

 lor tiie quality or quantity of the results 

 obtained under his direction, especially 

 for the failure of plants to grow or to be 

 delivered promptly. His right to com- 

 pen.sation for services, rendered in good 

 faith and with due diligence in accord- 

 ance with a proper authorization, is not 

 dependent upon his client's satisfaction 

 with these services. 



VTI. The benefits derived from the 

 services of a competent Landscape Archi- 

 tect are normally a more perfect utiliza- 

 tion of ground space resulting in a greater 

 convenience of use and a higher degree 

 of beauty, the saving of much trouble and 

 annoyance to the owner, and often an 

 actual saving in cost, both of development 

 and of subsequent maintenance. 



