In the wake of the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle and the increasing impact of climate change, there is a call to ensure a Māori world view is incorporated into risk assessment frameworks and decision-making processes.
Wellington City Council, long time advocates for public life, have recently released the 2021 Public Space Public Life Survey (PSPL) of Wellington’s city centre.
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Safdie Architects have collaborated with PWP Landscape Architects to design ORCA Toronto, a mixed-use, “vibrant park-oriented community” for the city.
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How do you transform a 150-year-old site with a controversial, violent history into a contemporary, family friendly precinct?
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Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong Park and Playground in San Francisco is one of Chinatown’s few historic, significant outdoor spaces.
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A Victoria University Landscape Archictecture PhD student is working to understand how different ethnic groups see community through their participation in planning processes.
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Humans crave interaction and belonging — yet many of the built environments we’ve created are failing to meet these needs, writes infrastructure consultancy, WSP.
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Keep New Zealand Beautiful has announced the finalists for this year’s Beautiful Awards.
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Interventions that attract attention and reveal what might live there are connecting people to place at Hobsonville Point—a medium-density suburb designed with the infrastructure necessary to generate a socially successful and sustainable community.
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OMA have designed a 9,000 square-metre countryside complex to meet the needs of the Wollert community in Victoria, Australia.
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Two Panuku neighbourhoods have achieved a Green Star - Communities rating for exceptional masterplanning, a first in New Zealand.
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‘Our Space’, signals the creation of a new meeting place for the community of Te Awamutu. Anchored by a recreation events centre and new library, Waipa District Council has provided a destination playground that supplements these facilities appealing to diverse age groups.
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Planting native trees is one of the most popular conservation activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Everywhere we are seeking to bring back our forests.
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When Greymouth’s new Town Square and Tainui Street Shared Space opened just before Christmas two years ago there was a carnival-like atmosphere.
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An extensive refurbishment of Rangiora’s RSA has helped boost the club’s membership, attracting younger patrons along the way, says it’s building committee chairman, Ross Ditmer.
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‘Where do we dance?’ is a research project led by Dr Rebecca Kiddle along with Dr Wokje Abrahamse from Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington.
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The Lyttelton Fire Station is a gem in the rebuild of post-earthquake Christchurch. As the first volunteer fire station to be rebuilt after the 2011 earthquakes, the design celebrates the vol- unteers, shows off the fantastic setting of Lyttelton, the port and the harbour.
Junior and senior children at Omokoroa Point primary-intermediate school in the Bay of Plenty have been encouraged to have a crack at playground design, ahead of construction of their new neighbourhood play area in Western Avenue.
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Giving iconic holiday destination Whitianga a long-awaited upgrade was a community effort and a shared success, writes Boffa Miskell’s Kathleen Kinney.
Isthmus CEO Ralph Johns says the current New Zealand condition is we are increasingly physical and mentally unwell, our communities are disconnected, access to good housing is inequitable and our environment is suffering.
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