Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and soil conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions that will produce the desired outcome. The scope of the profession includes landscape design; site planning; stormwater management; erosion control; environmental restoration; parks and recreation planning; visual resource management; green infrastructure planning and provision; and private estate and residence landscape master planning and design; all at varying scales of design, planning and management. A practitioner in the profession of landscape architecture is called a landscape architect.
The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Streatfield was born and raised in England. He received his Diploma in Architecture at Brighton College of the Arts and Crafts in Brighton, Sussex, England, in 1956; he earned a Certificate in Landscape Architecture at University College, University of London, in 1962; and he earned his Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.
The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university located in the University City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1755, Penn is the sixth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. It is one of the nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder and first president, advocated an educational program that trained leaders in commerce, government, and public service, similar to a modern liberal arts curriculum. The university's coat of arms features a dolphin on its red chief, adopted from Benjamin Franklin's own coat of arms.
Streatfield taught at the University of Washington from 1971 to his retirement about 2016. He served as Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture from 1992 to 1996. He is now a professor emeritus.
Streatfield is best known for his publications on the landscapes of the American West. His book, California Gardens: Creating A New Eden (1994) was selected in 1998 by the American Horticultural Society as one of the "75 Great American Garden Books in 75 Years" on the observance of the Society's 75th anniversary.
The American Horticultural Society (AHS) is a nonprofit, membership-based organization that promotes excellence in American horticulture. It is headquartered at River Farm in Alexandria, Virginia.
Selected writings
Streatfield, David, California Gardens: Creating a New Eden, Abbeville Press, New York London Paris 1994
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