“I see here in Aotearoa an environmental or a landscape awareness that I find enchanting and deeply important.” That was one of 2023 NZILA Firth Conference keynote speaker Kate Orff’s comments as the conference came to an end.
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The second day of the 2023 NZILA Firth Conference gets underway today in Whakatū Nelson after a thought provoking first day on the theme of “Growing Pains.”
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“Inspiring yet challenging” was a common catch cry from delegates as the 2022 NZILA Firth Conference as it came to an end last week.
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The 2022 NZILA Firth Conference is underway, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Institute with the theme “Kia whakatomuri te haere whakamua,” - walking backwards into the future with eyes fixed on the past.
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Professor Kongjian Yu is the founder and principal designer of Turenscape, which Fast Company named one of the 10 Most Innovative Architecture Companies of 2021 for its work in “balancing China’s hyperspeed urbanisation with green sponge cities”. He’ll be presenting virtually at this year’s NZILA Firth Conference. Head to our website for his Q&A.
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New Zealand raised, New York based Landscape Architect Steven Tupu believes many of the discussions being had within the profession here in Aotearoa mirror those happening in the communities he’s working in. Steven was the first presenter on day one of the 2021 NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga yesterday.
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Property and construction professional James Goodhue is to present on Owning our Future at this year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga in May.
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Steven Tupu will share his thoughts on the creative power of collaborative teaming that results in site-specific design strategies for projects with limited resources at next year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga.
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Kirsten Bauer will be speaking on how to “generate spaces of equity and subvert the exclusionary fixity of boundaries” at next year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga in May.
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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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The NZILA’s 2019 conference enters its final day in Christchurch today - with the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards dinner on tonight.
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The 2019 NZILA Firth Conference opened last night in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This year’s theme is DISRUPTION and over the next two days the conference will examine the relationship between design and disruption.
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Acclaimed American landscape architect Walter Hood is to speak on urban disruption at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch in November.
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The countdown to the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference is underway as early bird tickets go on sale today. (May 15)
This year’s event will be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch 6-8 November and this year’s theme is DISRUPTION. This will be discussed in two parts - the disruption of nature and the disruption of people.
One of this year’s international speakers is Julie Bargmann - the founder and principal at D.I.R.T (Dump It Right There) studio in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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NZILA President Brad Coombs has just returned from presenting a paper to the Hengshui Wetland Landscape and Waterfront City High End Academic Exchange, in the Hebei Province, China.
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