An SWA Group/Perkins Eastman’s Bayfront Redevelopment Open Space Master Plan has been approved for construction which will provide a much needed upgrade for the formerly contaminated, 40-hectare site on Jersey City’s Hackensack River.
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Four finalists have been found for this year’s Nohonga Design Challenge. It is the second time the challenge has been run by Brick Bay, the Auckland Branch of the Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects, Britomart and Resene.
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London’s bold Marble Arch Mound was constructed amid much fanfare to help lure visitors back to the West End post Covid-19. Unfortunately the experience didn’t come anywhere near expectations.
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Professor Kongjian Yu is the founder and principal designer of Turenscape, which Fast Company named one of the 10 Most Innovative Architecture Companies of 2021 for its work in “balancing China’s hyperspeed urbanisation with green sponge cities”. He’ll be presenting virtually at this year’s NZILA Firth Conference. Head to our website for his Q&A.
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Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects wants to ensure the profession continues to engage with, and work to understand further the Māori world view and sees the upcoming Matariki celebration as an ideal opportunity to continue this mahi with webinar on June 14.
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Hassell’s proposal for the two-mile corridor of Colma Creek in South San Francisco won a 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architecture award in the international category.
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The environmental impact of climate change on the world’s cities will be an enormous challenge to landscape architects.
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DSDHA has served as the architects, urban designers and landscape architects for the public realm framework of Exchange Square, a new public park for London suspended above the tracks of Liverpool Street Station.
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The Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 judging panel has just wrapped up a comprehensive road trip, visiting all projects shortlisted for this year's awards.
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With protracted discussion and debate around a second harbour crossing for Tāmaki Makaurau – a team from Reset Urban has set about coming up with its own solution.
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Construction has begun on Zaha Hadid Architects’ Masaryčka, a project that replaces an existing carpark to offer access to new public spaces, all within a major transport hub in Prague.
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Te Whare Mara is an innovative residential project in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington by the Local Landscape Collective’s Mark Newdick and named for the property’s view of the Botanic Gardens and the design’s emphasis on indigenous flora and landform.
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Space enthusiasts in Hanoi have a new universe to explore. And they don’t have to leave earth, or even Vietnam to do it. Astronomy Park surrounds Bah Hop Thuy Lake, an abandoned detention basin in Ha Dong.
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Taupō is one of the North Island’s most-visited destinations for New Zealanders and international tourists. Playing host to dozens of events each year, and with a relatively small local population compared to the influx of visitors, ad hoc development of the town centre focussed around providing accommodation, and lacked a cohesive plan.
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Today is World Bee Day and building a better future for bees is the focus of this year’s awareness day.
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Visitors to Hamilton Gardens can now get the idea of one of the earliest garden types in the world with the new Ancient Egyptian Garden which opened this month.
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Wellington City Council, long time advocates for public life, have recently released the 2021 Public Space Public Life Survey (PSPL) of Wellington’s city centre.
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The highly anticipated Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) just announced by the New Zealand Government has been welcomed by the Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects.
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Brad Coombs takes on the 2022 Tour Aotearoa Brevet (TA), a cycling odyssey from Cape Reinga to Bluff to remind himself how invigorating challenges can be.
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UDLA’s landscape design for the University of Western Australia’s School of Indigenous Studies in Crawley, Perth, has won a 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Award for Health and Education Landscapes.
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