Boyden Evans was an early pioneer in landscape and visual assessments, and is nationally recognised for his work in the sustainable energy sector, particularly wind farms. An NZILA fellow, he’s recently marked 35 years at Boffa Miskell where he’s based in their Wellington office.
Read MoreKoper Central Park, Slovenia’s award-winning Enota development, fuses a city beach and city park to encourage visitors to use the space in a variety of ways.
Read MoreAs Auckland continues to grapple with the idea of a pedestrian/cycleway across its harbour bridge Sydney has announced a major cycling addition to its own iconic bridge.
Read MoreApril is World Landscape Architecture month. Aotearoa’s Dr Diane Menzies played a key role in developing the initiative.
Read MoreA new pocket park in Salem, Indiana, celebrates pioneering women from the town with a large mural framing one side of it.
Read MoreWork is about to begin on a $6.5 million, Wraight Athfield Landscape + Architecture-designed playground in Manukau, part of Eke Panuku’s Transform Manukau project.
Read MoreBarrocal Park, the 40-hectare destination by Topiaris in Castelo Branco, Portugal, has won a range of awards including Best Ecological Structure 2021 from the International Ecotourism Society, and first prize in the 2020 Wan Awards Urban Landscape Category.
Read MoreThis year Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects is celebrating 50 years since its inception and Landscape Architecture Aotearoa is today beginning its countdown to the commemorations.
Read MoreHassell’s recently completed Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) won two 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards, both the National and Queensland Award for Health and Education Landscape.
Read MoreLandscape architects offering forestry advice as part of their main business need to register with the Ministry for Primary Industries within the next 17 months.
Read MoreThe first phase of ‘The Underline’ in Miami, a stretch known as Brickell Backyard, opened to the public in February after seven years of planning and construction.
Read MoreOne of Australia’s most significant pieces of infrastructure - the Sydney Harbour Bridge - has turned 90.
Read MoreWest Harbour School Principal Vicki Hitchcock is hugely proud of her decile two school in West Auckland but the main entrance to the school had been bugging her for years.
Read MoreActive-mode projects aimed at reducing transport emissions and improving road safety are being rolled out across the Auckland region, as part of the council’s Ngā Tiriti Ngangahau - The Vibrant Streets Programme.
Read MoreWunggurrwil Dhurrung in Victoria, Australia, and designed by REALM Studios, won awards for cultural heritage in the 2021 AILA Victoria and National Landscape Architecture Awards.
Read MoreYou’ll find a lot of Nike trainers at Rolleston School (Te Ahi Kaikōmako), particularly on the basketball court. Designed by Christchurch landscape architects Morgan + Pollard, the colourful court’s multi-sport surface is made of more than 8,000 recycled shoes known as Playtop with Nike Grind.
Read MoreAitutaki is an idyllic destination for honeymooners, sitting 200km north of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands it’s famed for its picturesque lagoon but there are problems in paradise.
Read MoreArmenia’s Gagarin Valley is to be transformed into a “garden of eden”, a future-proofed landscape that’ll welcome a new generation of residents, according to Dutch firm MVRDV.
Read MoreThe Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 shortlist is out and judging panel chair Dr Jacky Bowring says she was ‘uplifted’ by the standard of entries this year.
Read MoreJust as the NZILA is celebrating 50 years this year so to is Boffa Miskell. Don Miskell and Frank Boffa reflect on the early days of the business, its growth and evolution, and the shared values that have been the foundation of the company.
