Perth landscape architect Peta-Maree Ashford has her cricket-loving son to thank for the design concept for Pegasus Park.
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A Victoria University Landscape Archictecture PhD student is working to understand how different ethnic groups see community through their participation in planning processes.
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It goes without saying that much has been lost and missed this year due to Covid-19 and the NZILA Tuio Pito Ora 2020 conference was just one of the events cancelled. But planning is in full swing for next year with the 2021 NZILA Firth Conference to be held in Tauranga on the 6th and 7th of May.
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A Cambridge community board member who’s pushing for councils around the country to plant vegetable patches in public parks has hit an early road bump with her own project.
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The first, immersive meeting with the Miriwoong people in the geographically isolated town of Kununurra, Western Australia proved to be the most important aspect of an award-winning primary school masterplan project, says design consultancy Ecoscape.
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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.
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If 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.
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Takutai 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.
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B+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.
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The 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.
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Carlo Ratti Associatti, in collaboration with Ernst & Young, have masterplanned a new district for Brasilia on behalf of TerraCap, Brazil’s largest real estate company.
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Humans crave interaction and belonging — yet many of the built environments we’ve created are failing to meet these needs, writes infrastructure consultancy, WSP.
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Lake 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.
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The 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.
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Canopy 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.
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Thanks 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.
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Canadian landscape architect and academic Beverly Sandalack has received this year's IFLA President’s Award.
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MVRDV’s Timber Headquarters would have been the world’s largest timber building.
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A controversial new 12 metre 3D sculpture now welcomes visitors at the southern gateway to Rotorua.
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