A vertical landscaped hotel by Sheppard Robson is coming to the Holborn Viaduct, “setting the standard for urban greening in London.”
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The 50 finalists for best international landscape photo have been selected from Agora’s #Landscape2019 photo competition.
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LandLAB’s Viaduct Harbour seating prototypes project was initiated to find furniture which would add to the character and functionality of the Viaduct Promenade.
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The biggest challenge facing landscape architects, designers and planners in the 21st century is how to integrate community voice and lived experience into planning processes with vulnerable populations who have been locked out of conversations around sustainability, smart and shareable cities and social justice. That’s what sociologist Dr Antwi Akom told this year’s NZILA Firth conference in Christchurch.
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The redevelopment of a waterfront site on Marine Parade in Napier has given new life to the area by connecting the city to its coastline and replacing a waterfront carpark with a significant public space that reflects the natural and cultural landscape of the bay.
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On the eve of a year in which nations are due to strengthen their Paris climate pledges, a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6 per cent each year between 2020 and 2030, the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.
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If anyone in the audience for Dr Kristina Hill’s NZILA Firth conference presentation was house hunting they’d be heading for the hills, not the coastline. An associate professor at University of California, Berkeley, Dr Hill provides design expertise and strategic advice to clients looking to adapt to challenges associated with climate change.
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Auckland Council has filed its first charges for breaches of the Public Safety and Nuisance Bylaw in relation to Kauri dieback.
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This year turned out to be a double winner for the teams behind Te Papa Ōtākaro Avon River Park e Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Park (ARP) and City Promenade in Otautahi at the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture awards.
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Barry Curtis Park Plaza by Isthmus has been named winner of the Institutional category of the Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2019.
When the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects was looking for a Te Reo Māori name it knew it didn’t want a literal translation.
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A naturalistic garden conceptualised a decade ago for Sir Michael and Christine, Lady Hill near Arrowtown has won the Residential Single Dwelling Category at the 2019 Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture awards.
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Boffa Miskell’s Waterview connection project was a worthy winner in the Infrastructure Category in this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards, according to the judges.
Isthmus and Hutt City Council have pulled off a vision for a vibrant urban park which has seen them win the Parks Category at this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards. Riddiford Gardens and Civic Park Park in Lower Hutt has been reimagined as a place to celebrate the heritage and contemporary culture of the community.
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Legendary English broadcaster, writer, and naturalist Sir David Attenborough is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Landscape Institute Medal.
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4Sight Consulting Limited took away the 2019 Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Award for Landscape Publication for it’s Whāngārei Living Roof Guide.
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Beca Ltd’s work on the Vanuatu Infrastructure Tourism Project won the Community Design category in this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards.
The judges in this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture awards say the winner in the Student Category really stood out from the other excellent entries from students.
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Australia is at the beginning of what promises to be a “catastrophic” fire season with no “meaningful reprieve” in sight, according to NSW’s Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
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Work on Auckland’s Ferry Basin won Isthmus the Unbuilt Visionary category in this year’s Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards.
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