The Asia Pacific Region of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) is calling for co-operation within the landscape architecture profession to help rebuild post-Covid-19.
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New tools being developed to help boost Aotearoa’s Predator Free 2050 effort have been unveiled by Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and Under Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau.
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In a new, occasional series, we are looking at projects before, during and after construction. For our first, we spoke to LandLAB’s Henry Crothers and Sam Gould about “The Lookout” - which is part of a suite of projects which make up the Auckland Viaduct Harbour Masterplan.
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Boffa Miskell’s John Potter has been made a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora.
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Di Lucas knows what she likes. And she definitely knows what she doesn’t like.
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Radiocarbon dating has estimated that fragments of a tree recovered from a City Rail Link construction site in Auckland are 28,000 years old and date back to a time when long extinct woolly mammoths and sabre tooth tigers still roamed the planet.
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The five groups of finalists in the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora/Brick Bay Nohonga design challenge are now in the process of bringing their designs to life.
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Berlin inventors Martin Binder and Claudio Rimmele have used the Covid-19 pandemic as a creative challenge in which to create, “an infection-free playground inspired by nature.”
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One of the founding fathers of modern landscape architecture in New Zealand,Frank Boffa, says his interest in the discipline evolved through an interest in horticulture.
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Ambitious plans for Dunedin’s waterfront have been mothballed because of COVID-19. But the vision for the project remains, mayor Aaron Hawkins says. “This is a delay, not a death knell.”
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The Australia Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) is calling for the official inquiry into last summer’s devastating bushfires to investigate how traditional land and fire management practices of Indigenous Australians could improve the country’s resilience to fire.
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As the winter solstice edges closer and days shorten, Auckland's 'light art' is stepping up. Aucklanders can enjoy many notable public artworks lighting our streets and parks at night. They come into their own once the sun has set.
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The Parliamentary Play Space is a government-initiated project aimed at increasing the accessibility and interest of Parliament to children and young families, making it more friendly, open, and welcoming.
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The NZILA Tuia Pito Ora head says the fast track consenting of some ‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for the landscape architecture profession but warns some projects will not be eligible for quick processing.
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Few landscape architects have been in the job as long as Dennis Scott. The founder of DJ Scott and Associates has been in the business for around five decades now..
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New Zealand landscape architects are being encouraged to take part in an international campaign to celebrate the profession. April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM) and this year the association which established it, the American Society of Landscape Architects or ASLA, is celebrating with a ‘Life Grows Here’ campaign.
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The playground in Hastings’ Cornwall Park’s been given a state-of-the-art facelift that’s proving popular with those who use it.
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Landscape architects are being urged to keep it “business as usual” as much as possible by New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture’s Tuia Pito Ora president, Brad Coombs.
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French landscape architect Catherine Mosbach is internationally celebrated for her environmentally and socially responsible approach to landscape design. Founder of the Paris based office Mosbach Paysagistes, her designs reveal hidden layers in the landscape, and can be up to ten years in the making.
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Bjorn Low is leading an urban agriculture movement in SIngapore and spoke at the NZILA Firth Conference late last year about the emergence of “food deserts” in cities and how he is working to reverse the trend.
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