ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book provides enduring lessons, urging designers to find and perfect their designs with vigor. It describes the good design from the perspective of what it looks like, the sensations it produces, and how it guides the built outcome to perform well – serving users with necessary functions amidst gracefulness and beauty. Good design is insightful and serviceable – packaged in discovery, delight, and surprise. The examples of design experimentation and exploration have addressed a realm, one aspect of drawing-base design discovery warranting the designer's full attention. Landscape architecture is a vital force, a service profession, partnering with a host of allied disciplines in this responsibility. The ideas, designs, and spaces built under the leadership of landscape architects are crucial. Landscape architecture is especially revered for its assuring, calming, and spirited approaches to design.
