Garth Falconer reflects on a visit to Becroft House in Takapuna as an “opportunity to experience how wonderful and complete residential life could be through the lens of 50 and 60 years ago”. A seminal landscape intact for the last time.
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Helen Kerr, principal landscape architect and urban designer at Isthmus, shared comparative stories about three Aotearoa towns at the 2024 World Green Infrastructure Congress earlier this year.
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The cumulative impact of logging, even when certified, raises significant concerns about the long-term sustainability of the Amazon Rainforest. Martin Thompson, of LMA Timber, offers his viewpoint on certification systems.
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Landscape architects seeking insights into Auckland’s vulnerability to flooding, and city-improving responses, recently found a new way to gain firsthand inspiration: They hopped on a bus for the Sponge Project Tour!
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What better way to join in celebrating Play Week Aotearoa 2024 than the story of the transformation of the Kaipātiki reserve? Hono mai rā koe ki Te Wiki Tākaro ka kite ai koe i ō tamariki e puāwai ana.
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Debbie Tikao, President of the NZ Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora, brought home the fruit of many global conversations held at the 60th IFLA World Congress held in Istanbul in September.
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Bruno Marques' term as IFLA President will be continuing through to 2026. After returning to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington from the 60th IFLA World Congress held in Istanbul, Bruno reflects on his time in the role since 2022 and shares some of his thoughts and aspirations.
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As well as being a platform for a major Government announcement on the future of the Resource Management Act, the 2024 RMLA conference - Interwoven Futures - saw five notable awards presented.
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Steve Mushin - multi-talented designer, illustrator and inventor - is introducing thousands of children around the world to the words ultrawild and ultrawilding.
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Through a selection of three of her personal ‘mantras’, Haylea Muir - Principal, Landscape Architecture at Isthmus - makes a compelling case that designing for kids is an "open gateway" for connecting land, people and culture.
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In a first instalment for the LAA Book Corner we feature a book review of Wellingtonian Steve Mushin's ULTRAWILD. It's an award-winner that draws you into a jungle of thought provoking ideas for the planet-saving power of rewilding, sufficient to satiate the inquisitiveness and wild imaginations of children and adults alike.
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Heather Wilkins, WSP Principal Landscape Architect, reflects on her involvement in the research report Sponge Cities: Can they help us survive more intense rainfall? and describes it as an "affirming experience". Sponge Cities won the Research and Communication category of the 2024 Resene NZILA Awards.
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We’ve all heard about liveable cities, as well as cyclable, walkable and runnable cities. So why not Swimmable Cities?
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Finalists from the Te Nohonga Toru design challenge have now been constructed and are on show at Takutai Square, Britomart until the first week of October.
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From 3-5 September, 600+ delegates will gather for the World Green Infrastructure Congress in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. WGIC2024 is being hosted by the University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau in collaboration with Design for Nature and the World Green Infrastructure Network. LAA has compiled a ready reference to the 100+ speakers.
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Cathy Challinor, a Kaihoahoa Whenua at Boffa Miskell, shares her thoughts on deeper understandings of memorialisation, and a growing awareness of "the complexity of the symbolism that memorials contain or omit".
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This time last year, student Hannah Merrett-Kaufman could not have foreseen just how far afield her landscape architecture studies would take her.
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Luoyun ‘Fish’ Lee, a senior landscape architect at Bespoke, shares her experience on the Te Kapua Playground project in Tūrangi - a co-recipient of Te Karanga o te Tui Award at the 2024 Resene NZILA Awards.
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Organisers of the Paris Olympics have certainly lived up to their 2024 motto of Games Wide Open (Ouvrons grand les Jeux) and it’s not all about the sport.
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A new industry-led initiative that aims to reduce the environmental impact of Aotearoa New Zealand’s buildings, which contribute up to 20 per cent of the national carbon footprint, was announced yesterday at Parliament.
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