We’re about halfway through the lockdown. Looking at the numbers it seems like Aotearoa is responding well so far. Two weeks ago I was really worried. I was processing the news of a major intervention to how I was used to working and living writes NZILA Tuia Pito Ora president Brad Coombs.
Read MoreA development in Queens, New York, is planning to add almost 46 hectares new public space by placing flexible decking across the top of the Sunnyside Yard project.
Read MoreIn modern cities, our public spaces represent our shared values. They are our common assets, owned, maintained and used by all members of our society. The outbreak of coronavirus and its immediate impacts, such as social distancing, have raised many questions about the role of public space in such times.
Read MoreFor the last few months, Xteriorscapes Landscape Architects have enjoyed the shift to a new, spacious office. The team of five landscape architects were just getting used to spreading themselves out comfortably when the COVID-19 lockdown came into force.
Read MoreHerzog & de Meuron’s winning design for the Grand Canal Museum Complex in Hangzhou, China, will provide a linear exhibition complex beside the country’s most famous artificial river.
Read MoreSupport is being sought from the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects to help save 46 mature native trees which campaigners fear will be chopped down by developers.
Read MoreIsthmus has 80 staff members. Pre lockdown they were working from two studios, 60 in Auckland, 20 in Wellington. A handful of staff were already working remotely in Tauranga, Taranaki, and Christchurch.
Read MorePapua New Guinea is a country of diverse tribal culture. Around 80 percent of its residents live in rural areas with no or few modern conveniences. More than 700 native tongues are spoken.
Read MoreNZILA Tuia Pito Ora is very mindful that the restrictions that have been put in place by the government are about saving lives in Aotearoa, writes president Brad Coombs. Being kind to each other by observing the movement restrictions, in particular, is the best way that we can look after our families, friends and the communities that we live and work in.
Read MoreAs the country begins the four-week Covid-19 lockdown, landscape architecture businesses around New Zealand are adapting and responding to this unprecedented event. Offices are shut and landscape architects are getting used to new ways of working.
Read MoreNew Zealand’s to get a new town at Drury, 37 kilometres south of Auckland.
Read MoreAs Auckland, the City of Sails, makes its move towards becoming Tāmaki Makaurau, what could and what should a uniquely modern Māori and Polynesian city on the edge of the world look like?
Read MoreThe playground in Hastings’ Cornwall Park’s been given a state-of-the-art facelift that’s proving popular with those who use it.
Read MoreThe Thomas Heatherwick designed Pier 55 in Manhattan, New York, is back on track to be completed in 2021. After being appointed following a design competition in 2013, the architecture studio envisioned a new pier on Manhattan’s southwest riverside that resembles a leaf floating in the water.
Read MoreLandscape architects are being urged to keep it “business as usual” as much as possible by New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture’s Tuia Pito Ora president, Brad Coombs.
Read MoreBug or insect hotels are becoming increasingly popular. Apart from adding sculptural interest to a park or back yard, they also offset the increasing loss of natural habitats in urban areas and offer an opportunity to educate children about how balanced ecosystems work.
Read MoreAs the country, and the world, works to come to grips with the unprecedented situation currently unfolding in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic - the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora has acknowledged the challenging times we are facing.
Read MoreNiue has become the first country in the world to become an International Dark Sky Place. This gives it formal protection for its sky, land and sea.
Read MoreAustralia’s multi-award winning Bendigo Hospital is the largest hospital in Victoria, delivering world-class healthcare facilities across a 13-hectare precinct.
Read MoreYear 2519 — navigators and the new artisans. Robots everywhere, advanced alien species live on earth, some humans occupy new colonies in space.
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