For the past 30 years or so Jeff Hou says his career has focussed on the theories and practice of community design. Professor Hou livestreamed into the 2021 NZILA Firth conference in Tauranga earlier this year to present on Spatial Justice: Placemaking Without Borders.
Read MoreJakob Sandel Sorrenson is Head of Sustainability at Schønherr in Denmark and is a member of the Danish Association of Landscape Architects' working committee. He was one of the international speakers to beam in via livestream to this year’s NZILA Firth Conference.
Read MoreDr Anita Bakshi says there’s a bit of a myth perpetuated in the United States - and it’s that Native Americans are a people of the past.
Read MoreGreen MP Eugenie Sage says landscape architects are “integrators” with a unique ability to interpret multiple sources of information and apply it to design for best outcomes in urban environments.
Read MoreFor new NZILA President Henry Crothers, last week’s NZILA Firth Conference hit the mark for many reasons.
Read MoreNew Zealand raised, New York based Landscape Architect Steven Tupu believes many of the discussions being had within the profession here in Aotearoa mirror those happening in the communities he’s working in. Steven was the first presenter on day one of the 2021 NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga yesterday.
Read MoreNicki Williams will present her research on gender sensitive design at this year’s @firthindustries @nzila_national #conference - see her #Q&A - over on our website
Read MoreDr Natalie Allen is an urban strategist and director at The Urban Advisory. Working with central and local government, developer and community clients she specialises in the design and delivery of urban regeneration and renewal programmes, integrated mixed-use neighbourhoods, and community-led development projects.
Read MoreProperty and construction professional James Goodhue is to present on Owning our Future at this year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga in May.
Read MoreSteven Tupu will share his thoughts on the creative power of collaborative teaming that results in site-specific design strategies for projects with limited resources at next year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga.
Read MoreKirsten Bauer will be speaking on how to “generate spaces of equity and subvert the exclusionary fixity of boundaries” at next year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga in May.
Read MoreIt goes without saying that much has been lost and missed this year due to Covid-19 and the NZILA Tuio Pito Ora 2020 conference was just one of the events cancelled. But planning is in full swing for next year with the 2021 NZILA Firth Conference to be held in Tauranga on the 6th and 7th of May.
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