April is World Landscape Architecture Month - thanks in part to New Zealand’s very own Di Menzies. The idea of having an international month honouring the profession came about during her tenure as president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (2006 - 2010).
Read MoreThe United Nations is investigating the concept of floating cities to help tackle global warming.
Read MoreFind out which 2 NZ projects have been shortlisted alongside this one in the conceptual section of the 2019 WLA awards
Read MoreTe Paerangi Ataata - Sky Song has been chosen as the design for New Zealand’s first national memorial to those who died in the Erebus disaster. Designed by Wellington firm Studio Pacific Architecture, it will be installed in Dove-Myer Robinson Park overlooking the Taurarua Judge’s Bay in Parnell, Auckland.
Read MoreA first-of-its-kind play space for Auckland, based on traditional Māori games and play artefacts has just opened. Mara Hupara playground is part of the Te Auaunga Awa/Oakley Creek stream restoration project in Mount Roskill, Auckland.
Read MoreThe inaugural New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora President’s cocktail evening, sponsored by MHL, last week was an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate new fellows, newly registered members and dedicated volunteers. Attendees agreed it was an excellent opportunity to network and catch up with others in the profession, and find out what’s happening outside their patch.
Read MoreTwo new NZILA fellowships have been awarded - Jacky Bowring and Ralph Johns’ fellowships were announced at the NZILA President’s cocktail evening last night.
Read MoreNew York City mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a $10 billion plan to protect lower Manhattan from the growing threat of sea level rise.
Read MoreWOHA have created a one-stop integrated complex for seniors in Singapore, maximising land use by layering different functions into what the architect describes as a ‘club sandwich’ approach.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDesigning the ideal wheeled recreation course can be a nightmare challenge for designers, given the multiple users of these popular recreational facilities, and often exacerbated by the constraints of cost and space.
Read MoreThe deadline for entry into the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2019 is just days away. Entries close at 4pm, Monday 1st April.
Read MoreTe Hauāuru Reserve is an integrated green space that takes its design takes cues from the site’s location within the network of upper Waitematā inlets and streams and the history of the kauri forests that once covered the area.
Read MoreIn 2021 Auckland will host the America’s Cup, the APEC Leaders Meeting, the Women’s Cricket World Cup, the Men’s Softball World Cup and the kapa haka Te Matatini Festival. The economic benefit for the America’s Cup alone is estimated at between $550 million and $1 billion.
Read MoreSkyline Queenstown has received the green light from the Environment Court to proceed with a multi-million dollar redevelopment project. The ambitious project includes an expansion of the upper Gondola complex, a new state-of-the-art gondola system and new lower terminal building on Brecon St. Consent to build a five-storey, 449-space car park near the base terminal has also been approved.
Read MoreSnøhetta has won the Budapest South Gate International Masterplan Design Competition with their creation of an “island” neighbourhood for 12,000 students off the River Danube.
Read MorePāmu stands as one of the old hands in the industry, formerly known as Landcorp, the farming operations company was seeded 130 years ago and has since helped forge New Zealand's $2-billion-dollar agriculture sector. It has produced the majority of New Zealand farms – more than 25,000 – and has transformed our land from forestry into pastoral farming.
Read MoreOlder people’s inability to engage in nature can leave them feeling sad, frustrated and angry, a University of Otago study has found.
Read MoreLandscape assessment is a key aspect of the work of landscape architects, particularly for those whose professional life intersects with our local government planning systems governed by the Resource Management Act 1991.
Read MoreAn independent investigation has been ordered into the SkyPath walk and cycleway across Auckland’s Harbour Bridge. It’s comes amid an escalating row between the SkyPath Trust and the New Zealand Transport Agency.
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