In celebration of Diwali, landmarks across Tāmaki Makaurau are being bathed in light during Auckland Diwali Festival, including Rangoli-inspired lighting on Te Ara I Whiti – The Lightpath and a special light and sound projection on Papatoetoe Town Hall.
Read MoreIf very small urban plantings are unlikely to provide important habitat, why plant natives at all? Boffa Miskell’s Christchurch-based botanist Dr Jaz Morris explores some broad questions of ecological pedantry in small-scale plantings in the urban environment.
Read MoreTakutai Square in Auckland’s Britomart precinct is now the temporary home to the finalists in the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora/Brick Bay Nohonga design challenge.
Read MoreB+H Architects, in collaboration with the East China Architectural Design and Research Institute, have won the Shenzhen municipal government’s international competition to design the Shenzhen Children’s Hospital and Science and Education Building.
Read MoreThe Kimi Ora Project was identified as a key priority for the ongoing success and enrichment of students and provided the opportunity to create strong links to the broader community of Flaxmere.
Read MoreCarlo Ratti Associatti, in collaboration with Ernst & Young, have masterplanned a new district for Brasilia on behalf of TerraCap, Brazil’s largest real estate company.
Read MoreHumans crave interaction and belonging — yet many of the built environments we’ve created are failing to meet these needs, writes infrastructure consultancy, WSP.
Read MoreLake Rotorua is a taonga - a highly prized natural resource - for those that live on its shores, the city that has grown along its edge, and the nation treasures it as a destination.
Read MoreThe brick walls of your house could one day charge your computer or television. Researchers at Washington University in St Louis have developed a method of converting red bricks into battery-like devices known as supercapacitors.
Read MoreCanopy boss Luke Porter’s very excited about his team’s Silvan Forest project in Richmond. He’s a keen mountain biker but that’s not the only reason the project is lighting his fire.
Read MoreThanks to spectacular landscapes and the expertise of Kiwi film-makers and crew, New Zealand has developed a multi-billion dollar film production industry. But much of the revenue has been concentrated in Auckland and "Welly-wood."
A green space near a primary subway line in Beijing has been designed to offer nearby shopping mall users an all day experience.
Read MoreCanadian landscape architect and academic Beverly Sandalack has received this year's IFLA President’s Award.
Read MoreMVRDV’s Timber Headquarters would have been the world’s largest timber building.
Read MoreA controversial new 12 metre 3D sculpture now welcomes visitors at the southern gateway to Rotorua.
Read MoreDesign studio Jasmax has won the Cultural Celebration category at the Diversity Works NZ Awards.
Read More“It looks like security measures for terror.” That’s the scathing verdict of Bill McKay on Auckland’s Queen Street.
Read MoreHamilton has around 23 families a week moving to the city, making its growth rate 30% more than the average New Zealand city. And that makes the need to open up new land for housing, pressing.
New research out of Otago University suggests preschoolers are some of the most intuitive city planners, yet their voices are largely disregarded in city design.
Read MoreLandscape architect Lisa Dunshea is the new head of the restructured Auckland Design Office. But she won’t hold the same power or enjoy the same freedom as her predecessor Ludo Campbell-Reid, who resigned a year ago.
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