Saturday, 25 January 2014

Knowing All About Landscape Design

By Eliza Mendoza


Landscape design is known to be an art that has existed for about three hundred years already and is still very popular even up until today. This art came into the picture when rich homeowners had a big amount of space wherein they did not know what to do with it. Because of this, artists were brought in and decided to add a little bit of design so that the vacant space will look nice.

The utilization of trees, flowers, shrubs, or other things that would make a garden look nice is a classic move for most architects or designers in this field. Other things that one may add would be some swings or some lamps. Some would go as far as to add fountains and even small ponds or swimming pools that would attract a lot of attention from the visitors.

Sometime during the year 1800, many people were beginning to be aware of this kind of architecture simply because many were already springing up. The parks around the area needed a lot of designing because more and more people were going there. More shrubs, fountains, trees, flowers, benches, and lamps were added to make the park look good.

If one is a creative person who likes to look at scenery and play around with different types, then this will definitely be the ideal job. Today, not only wealthy or rich people may may hire architects in this field simply because almost everybody can afford it these days. One who has even a small garden or yard may add a little bit of spice to it.

The best part about this is that nowadays, the price of this kind of architect is not that expensive as many have found ways to cut costs to get more customers. In fact, one may actually choose his own materials in order to cut down on costs. Of course he may also leave it up to the designer if he would want the end result to be really beautiful and splendid.

Now one of the main concepts of designers in this field is simply balance. One of their main principles when it comes to designing is to simply balance the left and the right side of the area while keeping the dead center free from much decorations. This is the main principle that all designers would follow by because it is the one that will help them know how to make a nice landscape.

Color and texture of each of the decorations are extremely important because there has to be balance of both in the entire area. The color has to be in sync with the entire picture and there should not be any contrasts. Of course this is the same with the texture of decorations that would actually be used.

Now probably the most important principle of landscape design that all designers would have to follow would be the big picture. A designer has to know how to look at the area as a whole and not just concentrate on this part or that part. He has to know how to visualize the land as a whole before going to the smaller details.




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