Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tūāhuririri and Matapopore gifted the name “He Puna Taimoana” to New Brighton’s hot pools. Translated it means “coastal pools” or “seaside pools”, reflecting their location in the Christchurch suburb.
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We continue our Project Profile series with an update on the LandLab “The Lookout” project which is due for completion in November.
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A public art installation, Rainbow Machine, commissioned by Auckland Council has been awarded the prestigious Good Design Australia Gold Award.
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An additional $10.1 million funding for the Innovating Streets for People pilot has been announced to make towns and cities more people friendly.
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Sydney Park Bike Track has won Gold at the 2020 Sydney DrivenxDesign Awards – delivering Sydney Park landscape architects Turf Design Studio + Environmental Partnership and the City of Sydney, their second major award for the former rubbish dump in recent weeks.
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Peta-Maree Ashford is one of four directors at Emerge Associates, a landscape architectural consultancy firm primarily operating out of Perth, Western Australia.
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In something of a symbol of the city’s ongoing post-quake battles, Te Raekura Redcliffs School’s new life on a new site has proved the power of community and commitment.
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In the heart of Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen, !melk have redesigned Hudson River Park’s northernmost pier, offering a respite from the city and nearby West Side Highway.
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COVID-19 might stop international travel but it doesn’t have to stop you enjoying international events - albeit from the comfort of your chair.
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A “no mow” pilot programme is being trialled at Auckland’s Grey Lynn Park to improve biodiversity outcomes.
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Many months ago LAA asked distinguished landscape architect Frank Boffa to name a project he was particularly proud of. Turns out it is his own garden.
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Just three years after graduating from Unitec in Auckland landscape architect Jackie Paul is off to one of the world’s leading universities to continue her study. Paul leaves in two weeks for Cambridge University in the UK to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Planning, Growth and Regeneration.
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Latin American Architecture firm Gómez Platero has released its’ design for a memorial to honour the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Manukau city is a young, fast growing settlement 23 kilometres south of Auckland’s city centre. The community has a large Pasifika population, and is home to Auckland Botanic Gardens (ABG), which plays a key role as a cultural institution educating residents and students about the South Pacific bioregion.
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SWA/Balsley and 5+design have won an international competition to create a park at the front door of Moscow’s historic train station.
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At the doorstep to one of China’s largest cities, the new Xichong Coastal Reserve enhances the natural seaside getaway experience, protects local ecosystems and communities, whilst supporting a new ecological tourism industry for a burgeoning Chinese middle class.
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Wellington has moved a step closer to realising it’s vision of becoming a te reo Māori capital city by 2040 after city councillors formally endorsed Paekākā as the te reo Māori name for the landscape area including Wellington Botanic Garden, Anderson Park, the top of the Cable Car, and Bolton Street Cemetery.
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Bjarke Ingels Group has designed the world’s most sustainable furniture factory for the heart of the Norwegian forest.
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Bangkok has a new landmark - a “sky park” - which straddles the mighty Chao Phraya River.
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Linnea Jacobsen is a Danish landscape architect who had always had a hankering to visit New Zealand.
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