Hudson Yards, the new city within a city on Manhattan’s west side, is not due for completion until 2026, but is already open to the public as the largest privately-built real estate project in US history.
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London has implemented an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the central city, meaning drivers of older, more polluting vehicles are being charged to enter the congestion zone.
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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 2011 Rugby World Cup was the catalyst for many public realm improvements in Auckland City Centre and along the Waterfront.
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The American Society of Landscape Architects’ Chinatown Green Street demonstration project, in downtown Washington, D.C., is a testing ground for advanced “green,” “complete,” and “smart” street concepts.
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Understanding the principles of partnership, participation and protection in the profession. How can we advocate for the preservation of cultural landscapes by recognising the significance of the past, the present to plan for the future?
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Auckland's urban regeneration is a regular talking point within the landscape architecture profession and we have regularly covered related issues here on LAA. That includes projects from a relatively new player in the industry - Panuku Development Holdings.
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Persistent drought, excessive heat, and very high fire risk are the new normal in California’s scenic hillside communities. Learn how one LA firm is designing beautiful, functional landscapes that can thrive in persistent drought conditions.
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Studio Pacific Architecture have recently completed landscape and building upgrades at Our Lady’s Home of Compassion in Wellington’s Island Bay that have radically transformed the setting for this Chapel, retreat centre, visitor centre, and administration offices.
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Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have unveiled a proposal to create a public park covering a subterranean roadway in Brooklyn, New York.
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Landscape architects Rough & Milne have finished designing the grounds of Lyttelton’s historic Timeball Station - for the second time.
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On the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world.
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LandLAB’s design for a floating social and ecological activation device for Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour has picked up the Merit prize in the World Landscape Architecture awards.
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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MVRDV have broken ground on Taiwan’s Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market - an open-air market topped by a terraced, farmable green roof.
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By the time the battlefields of Belgium fell silent in 1918, the landscapes were unrecognisable. Instead of wheat and potatoes, the land offered up a crop of bodies – in the Ypres area alone, there were nearly 200,000.
Landscape and architecture company Topotek 1 has won an international competition for its design of a new headquarters and conference centre for the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS).
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The president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects believes New Zealand is one of three world hotspots for landscape architecture. James Hayter says Aotearoa joins Chile and the south of Spain, adding there are many lessons the landscape architecture community can learn from the professions here.
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The multi-level landscape spaces designed by Melbourne firm Rush/Wright Associates for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre picked up the garden landscapes prize in the 2018 AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards.
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What was on the mind of landscape architects in 1974? These men were on the NZILA executive.
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