| Architecture used to include all the aspects related | | | | natural resource companies to make decisions |
| designing a building and not much beyond that. The | | | | necessary to carry out the project to its completion. |
| field has grown and expanded so as to be literally a | | | | Once the major decisions such as buildings are out of |
| hundred times more than what it was when it first | | | | the way, the addition of such things as fountains and |
| began. | | | | other decorative items comes into play as well. When |
| Innovations in buildings and the field itself lend it now to | | | | planning a site or building, an architect needs to |
| programs and designing schemes where it once was | | | | consider the nature and purpose of the site he/she will |
| not used for anything other than the building of | | | | plan, and the funding available to him/her to complete |
| structures such as homes and apartments. | | | | the project. |
| Architecture is among one of the most exciting fields | | | | With that in mind, the educational requirements for |
| available for study and when your studies are | | | | each type of architect will be stringent and varied. |
| completed you will be called on to do such incredible | | | | Mathematics will play an important role as well as arts |
| feats as design a zoological park to provide for the | | | | and artistry. Other aspects of learning a solid amount |
| security of the people and animals as well as to afford | | | | of common sense is required of an architect in that he |
| ready viewing of them and offer them their natural | | | | she must also analyze and provide for certain natural |
| habitat in which to live. Another position that is | | | | aspects of their project such as climate, moisture, soil |
| becoming more valued and valuable in today's market | | | | drainage and natural vegetation that exists there. |
| is the position of landscape architect. Everyone loves | | | | Typically companies today pay architects vast sums |
| to visit an enjoyable and attractive area such as a | | | | of money for the design of buildings and complexes. |
| park or playground. College campuses are famous for | | | | Those which work for a single firm and make their |
| their use of landscaping in an effort to provide a warm | | | | home there over a long period of time may expect |
| welcoming atmosphere to their students. | | | | reasonably a six figure salary from about the third |
| Architects design these areas so that they are | | | | year on particularly if they display a high level of |
| functional, beautiful and fully at ease with the natural | | | | competency at their job. |
| environment around them. The landscape architect will | | | | The market for such services in Canada and the |
| plan the exact location of each roadway, walkway | | | | United States is very good and the reasonably good |
| and how the flowers and trees as well as the buildings | | | | architect can expect that his services will be greatly in |
| are arranged within the campus unit as a whole. | | | | demand over the course of his career. Freelance |
| A landscape architect may work for any number of | | | | architects are far more common today than those |
| groups or organizations from developers of real estate | | | | which sign on with a firm, given the higher rate of |
| to municipal areas such as a small town to a larger | | | | flexibility in their jobs and the greater satisfaction at |
| city. Working side by side with the architect, the | | | | being able to choose their own projects. |
| surveyor and engineer together decide the best | | | | It is not uncommon that an architecture firm is |
| arrangement for roads, buildings and pathways in | | | | composed of family members of a limited amount of |
| everything from a campus to a housing community to | | | | members in the firm and new recruiting is not done on |
| an entire city mall or complex. | | | | a regular basis. Most architecture firms are comprised |
| The landscape architect is required today to affiliate | | | | of smaller numbers of architects in a company with |
| and collaborate with many other persons such as | | | | draftsmen and other junior workers and the turnover |
| conservationist, foresters, environmental sciences and | | | | of workers is not great. |