The need for sustainable architecture through landscape for Nigeria cities is generally
acknowledged by major custodians of the environment in the country as a quick respond to
the challenges faces as a result of global warming and the reason to adapt to the need for
sustainable environment through design is more elucidated due to recent climate and
environmental hazards that occur in major part of the country example the recent flood in
Lagos and windstorm in Jos among others. However major stakeholders of the environment
are often loss when it comes to implementation of these ideals, more often create more
problem in the bid to resolve it. This report defines landscape and landscape element that can
be used to achieve sustainable environment, it further enlighten on the effect of hard
landscape element such as the use of hard landscape element, the advantages and
disadvantages of hard landscape element of the micro climate of Jos Nigeria.