Despite the first course of landscape architecture being offered in New Zealand more than 50 years ago, many outside the profession don’t know what it is about or the breadth of roles it covers.
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What do a pub, a library and a garden have in common? For Richard Neville of Neville Design Studio - the answer was clear - they all tell stories and it was that concept he applied to Galbraith’s Folly.
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What has COVID-19 told us about the way we’re living and how we need to change? LAA asked landscape architects how the global pandemic has influenced the way they think about the profession going forward.
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As the work year draws to a close, so much is being reviewed and recapped about the extraordinary (and not in a good way) year we have just weathered.
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Tāmaki Makaurau on Friday celebrated the opening of Te Komititanga - a striking new people-friendly square – in the heart of the city’s downtown.
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One key thing has changed since we last profiled progress on the latest LandLAB project in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour - the name.
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Te Ara Tupua is the highly anticipated harbour-side walking and cycling link between Wellington and Lower Hutt.
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ON-A Architecture, a studio specialising in renaturation and bioconstruction, has released a proposal which would convert a the world famous FC Barcelona stadium into a 26-hectare green space.
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Cloud Valley is Bjarke Ingels Group’s commission for Terminus Group, a city which will be entirely operated by an artificial intelligence system.
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Perth landscape architect Peta-Maree Ashford has her cricket-loving son to thank for the design concept for Pegasus Park.
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In celebration of Diwali, landmarks across Tāmaki Makaurau are being bathed in light during Auckland Diwali Festival, including Rangoli-inspired lighting on Te Ara I Whiti – The Lightpath and a special light and sound projection on Papatoetoe Town Hall.
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Takutai Square in Auckland’s Britomart precinct is now the temporary home to the finalists in the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora/Brick Bay Nohonga design challenge.
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Canopy boss Luke Porter’s very excited about his team’s Silvan Forest project in Richmond. He’s a keen mountain biker but that’s not the only reason the project is lighting his fire.
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We continue our Project Profile series with an update on the LandLab “The Lookout” project which is due for completion in November.
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In something of a symbol of the city’s ongoing post-quake battles, Te Raekura Redcliffs School’s new life on a new site has proved the power of community and commitment.
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Many months ago LAA asked distinguished landscape architect Frank Boffa to name a project he was particularly proud of. Turns out it is his own garden.
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Latin American Architecture firm Gómez Platero has released its’ design for a memorial to honour the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Bjarke Ingels Group has designed the world’s most sustainable furniture factory for the heart of the Norwegian forest.
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We’re incredibly sad to share the loss of one of our industry’s shining lights. Megan Wraight died yesterday after a long battle with cancer.
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As a child Mark Brown liked being outside playing sport and building things: construction was in his family’s blood. At school he loved technical drawing and art design subjects. And that’s how he arrived at landscape architecture.
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