Journal of Landscape Architecture

Lavish framework of architecturally superior buildings with functional and aesthetically planned outdoor areas form an integral part of the planning of most of the hotels of medium to large scale. Whether it is Cidade de Goa built in 1978-82, where the unique building vocabulary has merged with the natural surrounding or Agra’s Mughal Sheraton, the recipient of the first Aga Khan Award for Excellence in Architecture and Landscape in 1980, where the low height hotel building is arranged around courtyards, landscape has always remained one of the main elements of design that has created the overall ambience of the place.
In February, the country hosted its first IFLA Eastern Region Conference in Mumbai.Such interactive sessions with fellow professionals from within and outside the country shall certainly be very beneficial in growth in the country. Certainly a positive trend…