Daniel Watt has finished his university studies with a clutch of awards, including a NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Scholarship, and with an ambition to “inspire others to think creatively about resilience in their projects”. His winning Major Design mapped out a new future for Franz Josef township.
Read MoreExpanding an understanding of how diverse women in Aotearoa experience travel around our towns and cities is at the centre of Nicki Williams’ research as a landscape architect turned PhD student.
Read MoreAfter nine decades on the planet, and 60+ years practising as a game-changing landscape architect M. Paul Friedberg (1931-2025) is being remembered with headlines such as ‘Landscape Architect Who Celebrated the City’ in the New York Times. (Photo source: MPFP Legacy).
Read MoreWhat’s not to love about Parks Week, PARK(ing) Day and Parklets? Get some pointers to the ripples of activity flowing from Parks Week, followed by two separate examples of tactical urbanism in Wellington: PARK(ing) Day and Parklets.
Read MoreLandscape 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!
Read MoreBruno 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.
Read MoreSteve Mushin - multi-talented designer, illustrator and inventor - is introducing thousands of children around the world to the words ultrawild and ultrawilding.
Read MoreThrough 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.
Read MoreWe’ve all heard about liveable cities, as well as cyclable, walkable and runnable cities. So why not Swimmable Cities?
Read MoreFinalists 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.
Read MoreCathy 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".
Read MoreThis time last year, student Hannah Merrett-Kaufman could not have foreseen just how far afield her landscape architecture studies would take her.
Read MoreLuoyun ‘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.
Read MoreCyclone Gabrielle sparked Ava Roimata Wright’s journey into her Master of Landscape Architecture research.
Read MoreMartins Creek Estuary, a remnant of coastal wetland on the south side of the Buller River Delta, has been getting reforestation attention from The Restoring and Protecting Flora Project during its final months.
Read MoreThe National Gallery of Australia has announced a shortlist of five finalists for the National Sculpture Garden Design Competition.
Read MorePā Reo, Wraight & Associates, was joint winner of the NZILA Te Karanga O Te Tui Supreme Award — 2024 at the NZILA Resene Awards in May 2024.
Read MoreThe 2024 NZILA NZILA President's cocktail evening held at The Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington.
Read MoreDan Males has been named as a new NZILA Fellow for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the landscape architecture profession.
Read MoreJohn Hudson says he feels very honoured to have been made a life member of NZILA. The announcement was made at the 2024 NZILA President’s Cocktail Evening in Wellington.
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