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landscaped, ppl. a.|ˈlændskeɪpt|
[f. prec.]
Laid out as a landscape; embellished by landscaping. Also transf., of an office.
1927Brit. Weekly 15 Dec. 283/2 Even factories..frequently have lovely landscaped grounds. 1957V. Nabokov Pnin 9 An artificial lake in the middle of a landscaped campus. 1959A. Harrington Life in ‘Crystal Palace’ (1960) viii. 112 Our landscaped grounds..will flower. 1968Guardian 17 June 8/3 The open ‘landscaped’ office, or burolandschaft as it is called by its German inventors. 1968Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 29 Nov. 56/2 The American reaction now is for open-plan ‘landscaped’ offices where all workers, regardless of status, are visually connected in one low horizontal block. 1970Times 9 Feb. 13/2 It will be an eight-storey block with about 60,000 sq. ft. in a landscaped site. 1974Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 8 Mar. 18/2 The initial impression one gets of a landscaped office is often one of irregularity and informality. |