One of the world’s most famous streets, the Champs-Elysees in Paris, is to be transformed into an “extraordinary garden”.
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Italian architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri has developed an architectural and communicative concept for the country’s anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign, all free of charge.
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To say 2020 was a challenging year, full of unexpected ups and downs, is an understatement. COVID-19 and lockdowns forced us to adapt to new ways of working and pushed many of us to quickly upskill in technology to make remote connection and collaboration easier.
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Auckland has its first ‘Rainbow Crossing’. And fittingly it’s on the colourful, bohemian strip that is home to the Rainbow community - Karangahape Road (K Rd).
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The toll of the February 22 2011 quakes on the city and its’ inhabitants is ongoing and well documented but as the 10th anniversary is about to be commemorated, there is much to celebrate in the city.
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The devil may well be in the detail but on the face of it the Government plans for reformation of the Resource Management Act look promising says independent researcher, Dr Diane Menzies.
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Heatherwick Studio’s new 20-storey apartment building in Singapore’s Newton district, inspired by Lee Kuan Yew’s ‘city in a garden’ vision, builds upon the lush tropical setting of the area.
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Wairarapa Moana Wetlands has been a taonga (treasure) for hundreds of years, acknowledged by local Māori as a place of tremendous cultural and spiritual value.
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Claudia Boyo is a landscape architect at Resilio Studio in Auckland. She’s a masters graduate from Victoria University in Wellington.
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Dr Natalie Allen is an urban strategist and director at The Urban Advisory. Working with central and local government, developer and community clients she specialises in the design and delivery of urban regeneration and renewal programmes, integrated mixed-use neighbourhoods, and community-led development projects.
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The Ngā Ūranga ki Pito-One (Ngauranga to Petone) section of Te Ara Tupua - the shared path connecting Wellington and Lower Hutt is one step closer thanks to Covid-19.
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Despite the first course of landscape architecture being offered in New Zealand more than 50 years ago, many outside the profession don’t know what it is about or the breadth of roles it covers.
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The Foster + Partners designed Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre Cairo will offer free treatment to vulnerable Egyptians, alongside views of the Pyramids of Giza and a newly built organic landscape.
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Work mapping Māori pā sites along the Waikato River during her He Maunga, He Tangata Māori design internship made Ahlia-Mei Ta’ala realise her future really did lie in landscape architecture.
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Bill Hammond, one of the country’s most influential artists, has died aged 73. The Christchurch-born and Lyttelton-based artist was noted for the environmental and socially-aware themes of his work.
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From today (Monday February 1) New Zealanders can have their say on the long awaited draft package of advice to the government from the Climate Change Commission.
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The volcanic scoria cone of Maungawhau/Mount Eden is waahi tapu—a sacred place of immense historical, cultural and spiritual significance to the Mana Whenua iwi/hapū of Tāmaki Makaurau.
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In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Austrian-based Studio Precht has designed a maze-like park divided by tall hedges, allowing city-dwellers to enjoy nature while maintaining a safe distance from others.
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Property and construction professional James Goodhue is to present on Owning our Future at this year’s NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga in May.
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“Those won’t survive you know” was the frequently heard comment that started it all. Like many corporates, 2020 was a year for some necessary cost cutting for our company (Design, Engineering and Environmental Services consultancy WSP) and that included hiring indoor plants.
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