NBBJ has designed Amazon’s new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, with ‘The Helix’, a spiral-shaped glass tower wrapped in trees and walking trails, forming part of a complex of three offices.
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Te Auaunga (2018) stream restoration project included the first public installation of Te Mara Hupara (Traditional Māori Play) in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). The success of that project has led to increased public awareness of Ngā Aro Tākaro (traditional Māori play elements) and interest in bringing these indigenous playspaces to more locations across Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond.
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A modernist vision of simplicity and natural materials, Design Workshop’s landscape architecture of Andesite Ridge Retreat employs a creative combination of engineering, technology, and artistry to capture and manage on-site stormwater.
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The Blanton Museum of Art’s grounds have been redesigned by Snøhetta, with lush landscape and public shade sculptures added to the Moody Patio, creating, “a bold new presence that reflects its artistic direction.
The head of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects says the industry is uniquely placed to help in the battle against climate change.
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Auckland’s newest downtown space: Te Wānanga officially opened on July 2 - sitting on the seaward side of Quay Street at the epicentre of downtown. Auckland Council says the richly meaningful design elements brought to the space by talented mana whenua kaimahitoi (artists) sit alongside preserved pieces of our past, dating back more than a century.
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Two years ago Riverside Park in New York had a problem with invasive weeds in an inaccessible part of the park. The solution? - Goats. And now the animals are back to do their best against the weeds once again.
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Following a recent storm surge in Wellington, some media coverage expressed surprise that 30cm of sea-level rise – an unavoidable amount projected to happen by the middle of this century – would turn a one-in-100-year coastal flood into an annual event.
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An ambitious $62 million artwork is transforming the River Thames in London into a light installation at night, extending from London to Lambeth bridges.
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Just over a year ago LAA featured William Chrisp. He’d just been awarded the 2020 NZILA Vectorworks Student Scholarship and was to complete his masters thesis on how landscape can facilitate a night time experience so that the naturally dark environment can be enjoyed.
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Jakob Sandel Sorrenson is Head of Sustainability at Schønherr in Denmark and is a member of the Danish Association of Landscape Architects' working committee. He was one of the international speakers to beam in via livestream to this year’s NZILA Firth Conference.
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Fairbridge Children's Park in Molong, New South Wales marks the legacy of one of Britain's largest child migration schemes.
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MAD Architects’ kindergarten right next to a senior citizens’ apartment in Beijing’s Chaoyang district has successfully managed to bring the outdoors in while it creates an organic and dynamic learning environment.
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OMA has designed Miami’s first underwater sculpture park and artificial reef, working with a team of marine biologists, researchers, architects and coastal engineers to enhance the coastal resilience of the Miami Beach shoreline.
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Rough and Milne in Christchurch is throwing its weight behind fundraising efforts for Te Marino, the outdoor green space at the heart of the new Christchurch Hospital Waipapa building.
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Architecture studio Nudes, with its’ particular focus on sustainability, has won the design competition for a new educational facility in Pune, India.
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Dr Anita Bakshi says there’s a bit of a myth perpetuated in the United States - and it’s that Native Americans are a people of the past.
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It’s 50 years since New Zealanders launched the “Save Manapouri” environmental campaign, preventing the raising of the levels of lakes Manapouri and Te Anau as part of the construction of the Manapouri Power Project.
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Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong Park and Playground in San Francisco is one of Chinatown’s few historic, significant outdoor spaces.
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The NZILA is welcoming the much anticipated governmental release of the draft of the laws which will replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) - but does have some concerns.
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