Zhangjiang Art Park in Shanghai was originally two separate sites built in different eras and given completely different landscape styles.
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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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A key piece of Auckland city centre public realm development underway right now is the Downtown Programme, which will be delivered in time for the America’s Cup in 2021. It involves the reset of the larger part of the Quay Street corridor and adjacent Ferry Basin space.
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The statistics don’t lie: the bulk of the those that are designing living and urban spaces in New Zealand cities are men – but the times are changing. Globally, there is a conversation taking place on what cities would look like if equal weighting was given to all of its citizens in the design process. Co-founder of Women in Urbanism, a New Zealand organisation formed to push for more feminist cities, Emma McInnes makes a case for how New Zealand’s cities can be made to be more inclusive through urban design.
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Yagan Square in Perth is getting set to mark its first birthday next month. The 1.1-hectare tourist destination is located at the heart of one of the city’s busiest pedestrian locations, and within a major transit hub.
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Autonomous vehicles are coming to our streets more quickly than we realise, writes landscape architect Ashley Penn, from Jolma Architects in Finland. So, with the rapid acceleration of the autonomous vehicle (AV) market, what are the challenges facing urban designers? And how will AV affect the urban fabric of our cities?
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As we begin the final countdown to Christmas and get set for the long days of a kiwi summer holiday there’s time to reflect on the year that was for the landscape architecture profession.
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A private inner-city laneway recently became a place of transformation, converted into a lively and community focused event space in the heart of Tauranga’s CBD.
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Auckland’s Queen Street, is set to welcome pedestrians as part of the city centre’s transformation
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Keep your work boots and car keys at home, because Nearmap, an Australian company that has just launched in this market, says its new tech will let users access high-res aerial imagery from the office on-demand.
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All around the world cities are reimagining their laneways to transform them from neglected, dark and often rubbish-ridden alleyways, into vibrant, safe and diverse public spaces which add to an area’s character.
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Last month (September 2018) IFLA president James Hayter was in the country - delivering a series of presentations on the redevelopment of past manufacturing and institutional sites in our cities and how this compels us to readjust our understanding of nature, people and culture.
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One of the reasons Cam Perkins says he was attracted to New Zealand was Auckland’s Te Aranga Maori Design Principles. The “recovering” Australian, as he likes to refer to himself, says the whole idea of kaitiakitanga, or guardianship of the land, in the design process was massively appealing.
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