Analyse and evaluate the theoretical base of modern landscape architecture as well as its interrelation with the modern and the post-modern movement in architecture and the arts: Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra, Mies Van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Louis Kahn, Pikionis and Aris Konstantinidis. Introduce the theoretical background of the design of large urban areas: Thomas Hayton Mawson, Frederic Low Olmstead. Present the most important and representative landscape architects of contemporary landscape architecture and analyse their work. Design principles of abstract art and its application in Landscape Architecture (1930-1950). Search for new forms and design principles in the design of modern landscapes: Gabriel Guevrekian, Fletcher Steele, Christopher Tunnard, and Thomas Church. Search of modern expression in Landscape Architecture during 1950-1960: Daniel Kiley, Garrett Eckbo, and James Rose. Alternative approaches to Modernism in Landscape Architecture: Roberto Burle Marx, Louis Barragan. Ecological approach to the design of Landscape Architecture: Ian McHarg, Lawrence Halprin. Minimalist and post-modern Landscape Architecture: Isamu Noguchi, Hideo Sasaki, Peter Walker, Martha Schwartz. The concept and significance of "place" in Landscape Architecture: Michael Van Valkenburgh, Laurie Olin, Georges Hargreaves. Particular emphasis is given in researching contemporary expressions in Landscape Architecture and new design approaches of 21st century landscapes. The Future of Landscape Architecture in the 21st Century: New trends in landscape design: Ken Smith Workshop, Field Operations, Kathryn Gustafson, Peter Wirtz, Jilles Clement, Fernando Caruncho.
