Henry Vincent Hubbard (August 22, 1875 – October 6, 1947) was an American landscape architect and planner, famous for his unique teaching styles at Harvard University, and his many publications.

Since there was no instruction in this field, he returned to Harvard to study under Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. where he received a Master of Arts in 1900 and a Bachelor of Science in landscape architecture in 1901.

[1] During his thirty-three years of teaching, he focused on developing the profession of landscape architecture along with regional and city planning.

Co-authored by Theodora Kimball (his wife and colleague), this book became the standard text for landscape architecture for many years.

In his book, Hubbard divides the history of landscape architecture into humanized (formal) and naturalized (informal) styles.

Many landscape designers started to view this approach as confining and sometimes oblivious to the conditions of society and spatial context.

He spent twenty years as a planning consultant for the National Park Service, the Federal Housing Authority, and several cities.

In addition to that, the authors generalized about three factors of development of individual styles which are their surroundings, designers’ characters and usages.

The Moorish style in Spain—the gardens are filled with fruit trees, flowers and water features and encircled by buildings which protect people from outside.

The style of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque villas— the villas were designed for aristocrats and built on the hills with great view.

The ornate decorations, symmetry and complicated geometric figures are the main elements of the Le Nôtre's style.