Opinion — LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AOTEAROA

Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen

For a narrow archipelago, surrounded by much larger countries, the Danes show a quiet confidence in their non-hierarchical work culture and can-do approach to finding solutions.

Opinion, DenmarkGarth FalconerFebruary 27, 2024co design, community engagement, user-driven, simple

Entertaining Magnificence - Vaux le Vicomte

It’s a multi-layered wonder-filled story that has entranced me and brought me back after 34 years to a Chateau and grounds 55km southeast of Paris called Vaux le Vicomte.

OpinionGarth FalconerDecember 19, 2023France, Vaux le Vicomte

What role do urban forests play in building resilience in a treeless biome?

Tamsin Faragher was recently invited to deliver a keynote address at the World Urban Forest Forum held in Washington D.C, USA. Initial puzzlement at why Cape Town would be invited – a treeless biome – turned to curiosity.

OpinionTamsin FaragherNovember 27, 2023Cape Town, World Urban Forest Forum

Garth Falconer - Report on the 75th IFLA Congress Stockholm and Nairobi

In this article, Garth Falconer shares his experience of the 75th IFLA Congress from his recent visit to Stockholm.

Everyday life: a lens to better shape urban form

Imagine a city seriously capable of looking after its inhabitants. One that allows them to build meaningful relationships and care for each other.

OpinionBelen IturraldeOctober 12, 2023urban planning, community planning, Future Communities

Place. Making.

Places already exist. They have their own qualities, no two the same. We live, work and play within them, and they’re a product of the layering up of land, people and culture.

Opinion, PlacemakingNik KnealeSeptember 27, 2023Isthmus, Nik Kneale, Invercargill, Christchurch, Place Making

Carey Duncan: Book review of An Essay on the Meanings of Place

Carey Duncan is a landscape architect and urban planner working out of Rabat, Morocco. She recently reviewed the book “An Essay on the Meanings of Place”, by John Dioxn Hunt. Read her article here.

Meanings of Place, OpinionCarey DuncanAugust 15, 2023genuis loci

An everchanging social and regulatory environment

Our profession is uniquely equipped to utilise design to enable cultural considerations, facilitate access and mobility, and foster gender inclusivity. These are measurable equity outcomes

Opinion, Social Environment, Regulatory EnvironmentNZILA AdminJuly 21, 2023

Adaptive regeneration on the East Coast

On the East Coast there is important and urgent work going on to respond and recover from flooding and the devastation caused by cyclones. Isthmus Principal Landscape Architect Lisa Rimmer lives in Tairāwhiti and has been thinking about how we could move beyond recovery to adaptive regeneration.

Isthmus, OpinionLisa RimmerJune 6, 2023Cyclone Gabrielle

Auckland's Green Infrastructure

Auckland can be proud of efforts towards investing in green infrastructure, says Boffa Miskell landscape architect Mark Lewis who also says Resource Management reform should seek to support further implementation of blue-green networks.

Boffa Miskell, OpinionMark LewisMarch 17, 2023Green Infrastructure

Cyclone Gabrielle: Shannon Bray writes from Hawkes Bay

Climate Changed - Landscape architect Shannon Bray writes from cyclone ravaged Hawke’s Bay.

Climate Change, OpinionShannon BrayFebruary 17, 2023Cyclone Gabrielle

Northcote’s landscape infrastructure in action

Traditional stormwater infrastructure—often found underground or at the periphery of urban centres—remains largely invisible until the moment it fails, writes Isthmus Senior Landscape Architect Zach Barker.

Isthmus, OpinionZach BarkerFebruary 13, 2023Auckland Infrastructure

2022 NZILA Firth Conference: Climate reflections

“My funky concrete seat walls are cooking the planet.” I love this. They are not my words, they are the words of Martin O’Dea. Words that came from last month’s 2022 NZILA Firth Conference. I love this, because these words drive a stake deep into the heart of the habitual norms of landscape architecture. And I too, am guilty.

NZILA Conference, OpinionRichard NevilleNovember 16, 2022Carbon Landscape

How decolonising Auckland will lead to a better city for all

Auckland is now slowly decolonising to truly reflect the diversity of residents, to become the memorable city of Tamaki Makaurau.

OpinionDr Diane MenziesSeptember 22, 2022Decolonisation

Turning the pandemic into Auckland's silver bullet

When it comes to Downtown Auckland’s future, we have to ask ourselves have we got what it takes to make a great city by conscious design asks Garth Falconer of Reset Urban Design.

Opinion, Urban PlanningGarth FalconerAugust 9, 2022Tamaki Makaurau Auckland

An Upward Trajectory

Isthmus Principal Nik Kneale has spent the last decade or so helping shape Ōtautahi’s future in the wake of the Canterbury Earthquakes. He reflects on the importance of acknowledging memory and connection to place in shaping a boldly aspirational future for the river, the land and the city.

OpinionNik KnealeAugust 3, 2022Ōtautahi Christchurch

Climate change and the garden city movement

The environmental impact of climate change on the world’s cities will be an enormous challenge to landscape architects.

Opinion, Urban DesignMatthew BradburyJune 2, 2022climate change

Leftfield Bridge - a proposal borne from frustration

With protracted discussion and debate around a second harbour crossing for Tāmaki Makaurau – a team from Reset Urban has set about coming up with its own solution.

Transport, OpinionClaire WatsonMay 30, 2022Waitematā Harbour