The 2023 World Landscape Architecture Awards shortlist has been released. The awards celebrate the best in landscape architecture from around the world. These prestigious international awards attract the most innovative and creative design firms and this year was no exception. The jurors have reviewed over 250 entries in over nine categories and selected the following shortlist for 2023.
Read MoreConstruction of Te Hā Noa’s eastern section, spanning Elliott Street to Kitchener Street in central Auckland has begun.Jasmax is the landscape architecture team behind the new Victoria Street Linear Park that will renew the street stretching from Victoria Park to Albert Park, showcasing the cultural heritage and identity of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Read MoreMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates’ design for Waterloo Greenway is already well underway, with a 2026 completion goal and some sections already open to the public.
Read MoreBack in 2018, Precinct Properties tasked LandLAB with designing an innovative public space to complement the array of shopping options in Auckland’s Te Toki i te Rangi (Commercial Bay).
Read MoreHeatherwick Studio’s kinetic glasshouse sculpture, Glasshouse, is designed as a focal point for the Silk Route Garden, a new outdoor space in the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens in West Sussex, England.
Read MoreTe Wao Nui Wellington Children's Hospital has an exciting new rooftop Playscape, designed by Local Landscape Architecture Collective.
Read MoreLandscape architecture and planning firm GCH have redesigned the largest park in Tehaleh, Pierce County, Washington, offering an eight hectare amenity accessible by foot, bike, car and shuttle.
Read MoreIn Mount Maunganui, Tauranga City Council sought a 'feature' solution to move people along the coastal margin for the 3.5km from the War Memorial opposite Pacific Avenue to Ocean Beach Road roundabout, with minimal impact on the natural environment, writes Kathleen Kinney of Boffa Miskell.
Read MoreASPECT Studios’ design for the Central Courtyard Precinct at Macquarie University provides a new green heart for the Sydney School.
Read MoreHidden waterways and sites of historic cultural significance are being revealed throughout Pōneke Wellington as part of the city’s bike network.
Read MoreLandscape architect Kate Orff has been named in Time Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people for 2023.
Read MoreKeflavík Airport in Iceland has revealed a comprehensive K64 masterplan which aims to invigorate and reimagine the area surrounding its airfield, from carefully planned communities to afforested protected parklands. The masterplan has been developed by a multidisciplinary team led by KCAP, including WSP, FELIXX, MIC-HUB, VSO Consulting, Buck Consultants International, Buro Happold, Base Design, Maurits Schaafsma, and Kanon Arkitektar.
Read MoreBoffa Miskell’s Whānau Ātea, a destination recreation space for Māngere and the wider region of Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa, is providing a 21st Century vision of a Papa Tākaro (playground).
Read MoreArtist Mike Hewson has created a sculptural playground for Melbourne’s Southbank, appealing to all ages and encouraging visitors to interact with the project in any way they see fit.
Read MoreLandscape architect Liz Gavin is based in Boffa Miskell’s Nelson office and was impacted by the flooding of August 2022. She summarises key accepted nature-based solutions for soil retention and reducing sedimentation load in rivers through planting.
Read MoreEntries are open for the Rosa Barba Casanovas International Landscape Architecture Prize, one of the most prestigious landscape architecture awards.
Read MoreThe President of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Peta-Maree Ashford says she is focused on elevating the voice and impact of the profession.
Read MoreThe ICOMOS triennial global General Assembly is to be held for the first time in our own “backyard” – Sydney, Australia. Landscape architects have a close connection with ICOMOS, the International Committee on Monuments and Sites through the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes.
Read MoreLandscape architects are closely involved with the New Zealand Gardens Trust as part of its work promoting the best gardens in the country.
Read MoreThe latest report from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is unusually direct in its message, writes Dr Simon Swaffield from the NZILA Climate Action Group.
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