Casanova + Hernandez have enlivened a waterfront plaza for the Albanian village of Shiroka by laying granite stone in a traditional carpet pattern, giving a, “unique and domestic identity to the public space.”
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Preserving the natural beauty of the night sky in a tourist mecca like Queenstown is a very fine balance.
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In September 2020 I moved from Aotearoa to the United Kingdom during the pandemic.
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NZILA Advocacy Panel members says this latest lockdown has once again highlighted the power of landscape.
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Wellington City Council photographers Neil Price and Nadine McGrath have been capturing the capital under lockdown.
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Construction of an urban “valley” bringing much needed greening to Amsterdam’s Zuidas Business District is well underway.
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Locals and visitors to Rotorua are making the most of the new lakefront boardwalk and terracing - lockdown allowing - following it’s official opening.
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The NZILA President says the predictable lockdown extension means the Institute team is working to increase online opportunities for members.
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If we look at the history of the landscape of Aotearoa through the lens of a Māori perspective, there are spiritual connections, beliefs and traditions that make up the framework with which Māori live by and have been accustomed to for hundreds of years.
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NZILA president Henry Crothers says the industry is in good shape to weather and work well during this latest lockdown, and admits it has come at an extremely busy time for the profession.
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The moral and business case for diversity and inclusion is stronger than ever, with research proving the positive effect on employee wellbeing, creativity and innovation; all these things lead to better design.
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ASPECT Studios have completed the first phase of their HyperLane project in Chengdu, China.
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Jessica Tregidga is in her first year of a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, with a prior Diploma in Architectural Technology. She’s doing ‘The Landscapes of Aotearoa’ course at Unitec, which looks into how the past is influencing the present, and how we can provide for the future landscapes of Aotearoa.
The NZILA is welcoming the Sixth Assessment report by the IPCC despite the stark picture it paints in terms of the present threat of climate change.
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Leona deRidder has her own business, Design by Leona, which was born out of a need for a family friendly practice. She was guided in her early years by Di Lucas whilst studying a BLA at Lincoln University, and stayed with her after graduating, before returning to Lincoln to join the MLA programme in 2004.
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What precisely does the word environment mean? The NZILA believes it needs to be clearly defined in the proposed Natural and Built Environment Bill if the new legislation is to be successful.
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For the past 30 years or so Jeff Hou says his career has focussed on the theories and practice of community design. Professor Hou livestreamed into the 2021 NZILA Firth conference in Tauranga earlier this year to present on Spatial Justice: Placemaking Without Borders.
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London’s new Sky Pool has been causing a splash. The 25 metre pool is a world first - forming a bridge between the two towers which make up the new Embassy Gardens apartment complex.
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When you talk about New Zealand with a person like myself who was born overseas, the first impression they will have will be the rolling green hills, blue rivers, majestic mountains, diversity of landscape from one island to another, Maori culture, and history. Those are the things that are always symbolic for New Zealand, and marketing of New Zealand overseas reflects this as the "Brand of New Zealand".
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While the newly unveiled statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, has had mixed reviews there’s been nothing but praise for the work of landscape architect Pip Morrison for his work on the sunken garden it sits in.
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