Pollinator Paths is a movement that aims to connect Auckland's parks and reserves together to make pollination pathways. It’s the brainchild of Andrea Reid, who’s been working on the concept since early 2014.
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I believe we need to stay connected to this world, that gives us so much inspiration, by creating spaces that help us cultivate a healthy mind, writes student Justice Bellamy. And it’s that thought of how to become connected to nature, that helped me develop the concept of my New Zealand Flower and Garden Show entry - The Interbeing. A symbol in the landscape.
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What are some ways we can invite the public into the urban planning process? One Australian start-up hoping to solve this issue is Neighbourlytics, which uses social data to gauge public interaction in public places. Idealog chatted with founder Jessica Christiansen-Franks at the MYOB tech start-up conference in Melbourne.
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Concern over the environmental impact of the landscape architecture profession has led Texas-based Kiwi Landscape Architect Craig Pocock on a long and significant campaign to research and develop the concept of the ‘Carbon Landscape.’
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The Longwood Main Fountain Garden, designed by West 8 Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, has has won an Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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NZILA president Brad Coombs says 2019 is shaping up as an exciting year for both the landscape architecture profession and the institute.
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For NZILA President Brad Coombs 2018 has been notable for the key transport, housing and urban renewal projects which are keeping landscape architects across the country busy.
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Northern Lapland, where Santa Claus holds court, typically receives 20 to 30 centimetres of snow by the end of November. But this year the region experienced its mildest November for 60 years.
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As we begin the final countdown to Christmas and get set for the long days of a kiwi summer holiday there’s time to reflect on the year that was for the landscape architecture profession.
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The Government is today expected to announce a shortlist of designs for the National Erebus Memorial.
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Sydney’s Ian Potter Children’s WILD PLAY Garden has been named a winner in Australia’s 2018 National Landscape Architecture awards
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How do you build cities or even a single house on Mars when you don’t have access to the construction materials we enjoy on Earth? That’s the dilemma NASA put to 18 international design teams in the 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge.
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Auckland Council’s calling for public input into its ambitious Downtown Programme. It says in just three years the city’s waterfront will look dramatically different, more “generous and welcoming”, better connecting people to the Waitematā Harbour, as well as turning the Quay Street area into a more vibrant area for all to enjoy.
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The New South Wales government has unveiled the final design for the Sydney Fish Market’s proposed relocation to Blackwattle Bay.
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This weekend (17-18/11/2018) Te Ara Manawa – Hobsonville/Onekiritea Coastal Walkway will formally open.
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Back in August (2018) we brought you the story of Rangimarie, the planned New Zealand peace garden in the French town of Le Quesnoy, which was being built for the Armistice Day centenary commemorations this weekend. The team behind the project was calling for donations to help make the garden a reality.
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LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade winds it way along the water’s edge from Wynyard Quarter through to Auckland’s Harbour Bridge.
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International designer Martin Rein-Cano was in Auckland for flying visit this month (October 2018) and he wasn’t afraid to court controversy.
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Since writing earlier in the week about the appearance of Lime’s e-scooters in Auckland and Christchurch this month - there has been a flurry of news stories about the phenomenon and now the government’s had to put out it’s stance.
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Catherine Hamilton is a principal landscape architect at WSP Opus and was the lead designer for the hugely popular Takaro a Poi/Margaret Mahy Family Playground in Christchurch, a key investment in the post-earthquake regeneration of Christchurch.
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