There’s been mixed reaction to the Government announcement of a new walking and cycling bridge over the Waitematā Harbour.
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New Zealand-raised, New York based landscape architect Steven Tupu says he is drawn to projects which attempt to address some of the challenges facing minority communites and populations of colour. Tupu presented on “Landscapes of Equity” at last month’s NZILA Firth Conference.
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Recreation Aotearoa has named the best parks in the country. Five of New Zealand's top parks and open spaces were recognised at the group’s New Zealand Parks Awards ceremony last week.
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New York’s newest park rises out of the Hudson River, a whimsical, playful little islet floating atop concrete tulip pots.
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Frustrated cyclists in two of New Zealand’s biggest cities are upping the ante with authorities over providing adequate cycling lanes.
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On the 113-acre site where the Silver Oak vineyards now stand, Zinfandel vines have grown since the 1880s.
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Landscape architects across the world are mourning the loss of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, who has died in Vancouver aged 99.
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A University of Otago study has found therapeutic landscapes are beneficial for former refugees’ health and wellbeing here - but barriers to the use of these spaces need to be addressed.
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Invercargill City Council has approved the preliminary design for stage one of the Isthmus-devised City Centre Streets project – a key step toward delivery of the city’s vision to be a ‘city with heart’.
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Hanley Chen from Lincoln University has been awarded the 2021 NZILA Vectorworks Landmark Student Scholarship.
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A trans-disciplinary team coordinated by Carlo Ratti Associati has won the Helsinki Energy Challenge with their design for a series of islands, storing thermal energy and acting as a hub for recreational activities.
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Social media can be a wonderful tool for bringing people together in a common cause. It can also be a seedbed and spreader of mis-information on a community-wide scale. Which camp Is the debate around the Erebus Memorial in Auckland in?
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Panuku Development Auckland is adopting its mana whenua gifted name of Eke Panuku.
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Every 24 seconds a person dies in a road traffic crash somewhere in the world. Horrifying statistics which galvanised many governments around the world into signing up to the 2020 Stockholm Declaration.
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A popular California pathway has a new look. SWA Group has completed its upgrade of the North Beach Trail, a popular pathway along two miles of Santa Monica’s coastal promenade.
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Tama Whiting is a Māori designer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington.
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The Climate Change Commission’s draft plan, released in January this year, requires rapid expansion of wind and solar power generation in the coming decade to meet electricity demand as our energy needs increase and decarbonisation requires that electric vehicles become more widely adopted.
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For new NZILA President Henry Crothers, last week’s NZILA Firth Conference hit the mark for many reasons.
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New Zealand raised, New York based Landscape Architect Steven Tupu believes many of the discussions being had within the profession here in Aotearoa mirror those happening in the communities he’s working in. Steven was the first presenter on day one of the 2021 NZILA Firth Conference in Tauranga yesterday.
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Tony Milne says he feels humbled and honoured to have been awarded a Fellowship of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora at last night’s President’s Cocktail Evening in Tauranga.
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