‘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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American landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson has been selected as the winner of this year’s Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award.
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A move from Christchurch to a hobby farm in Kaeo in the Far North, led Paul Quinlan to discover his real passion inside the field of landscape architecture.
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Ng Sek San has been described as a non-conformist, a maverick who believes in simple, affordable and local solutions. The NZ trained, Malaysian-based landscape architect will be here in November for the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch.
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The pull of family brought Sarah Wolfe back to New Zealand. After 10 years travelling and working as a landscape architect abroad she wanted to reconnect with her parents and put some roots down on home soil.
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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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Work/life balance is seen as an oxymoron by many New Zealanders, who struggle to happily meet the demands of their paid labour with family responsibilities or leisure activities.
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She may sound like a pom but landscape architect Julia Wick was born in Ashburton and grew up on an arable/sheep farm in Hinds, Canterbury. At the age of four her parents took her to the UK for her formative years.
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French landscape architect Catherine Mosbach has completed her whirlwind New Zealand speaking tour exhausted, but with a new appreciation for our food and natural landscape. All up just under 500 people attended her lectures in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch.
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Dr Kristina Hill is an expert on urban and ecological adaptation strategies for coastal flooding and climate change. She’s presenting at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch in November.
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Renowned and award-winning landscape architect Catherine Mosbach has begun her speaking tour here.
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Antwi Akom is the Co-Founder and CEO of Streetwyze. Antwi’s presenting at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference.
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Ralph Johns - writer, deep thinker, urban designer, cyclist, landscape architect. We profile the Isthmus CEO who was recently made a fellow of the NZILA.
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Through Edible Garden City, Bjorn Low has been leading a grow-your-own-food movement to change the Singaporean mindset around farming. He will be presenting at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference.
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Jacky Bowring is a freshly minted NZILA fellow, and Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University. She specialises in emotions and landscapes. Some of her recent work includes helping to design the memorial landscape for the Pike River Mine tragedy on the West Coast of the South Island.
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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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The generosity of “young” landscape architect, Jeremy Parlane, has helped an Auckland couple realise their dream of transforming a dairy farm into native forest for the public.
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Renowned landscape architect Thomas Woltz was finishing his masters in architecture when he realised the power the landscape architect had to become an agent of change to improve large scale ecologies. He now holds a masters degree in landscape architecture as well.
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Annabel Menzies-Joyce may be the qualified landscape architect in her house but it’s her husband who’s in charge of their native regeneration project. Retired psychiatrist Peter Joyce describes himself as chief gardener (he means only) at their property, Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden, 18 km south west of Christchurch.
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Landscape architect Steve Dunn has been recognised for 40 years at Boffa Miskell. As the company's longest-serving employee and a member of the Wellington office, Steve provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise to projects of all scales – from residential sites to large scale commercial and public works.
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