This unit surveys the history and theory of landscape architecture, predicated upon the belief that knowledge of this subject is essential to a landscape architect's capacity to responsibly create places appropriate to our own time. It examines key places and figures who have defined the intellectual and creative possibilities in landscape architecture, temporally ranging from antiquity through the twentieth century. The unit does not consider designed landscapes in isolation. Alternatively, they are examined as encapsulating wider cultural concerns. In concert with an overview of Western design traditions, the unit also addresses Eastern approaches as expressed in India, China and Japan. -- Course Website