09 Feb

The green heart at the centre of an ambitious project

Marina One in Singapore’s Marina Bay district

Big issues like climate change and and increasing global population are at the design heart of an ambitious project by …

08 Feb

Press Release - Report on the effectiveness of the NZ Coastal Policy Statement

Department of Conservation

In November 2016 the Department of Conservation held a series of sector workshops as part of its review of the …

05 Feb

Weaving a story of possibility for what can be achieved

Grant Bailey speaks about Kopupaka Reserve

After a weekend where we heard 90 percent of New Zealand's wetlands have now been destroyed it's gratifying to showcase …

02 Feb

A parking development to keep an eye on

Parking's an issue we grapple with in NZ

Work's begun in Melbourne on an ambitious carpark development which city planners here in New Zealand might want to watch …

31 Jan

Who Got That Job?

Canopy warmly welcomed Ursula Bowman into their Nelson office last year as a landscape architect packed with design talent and …

30 Jan

The kiwi landscape architect working to save the Australian bush

Simon Smale

A radio documentary about Australia’s Gondwana Link project in the country’s southwest led Kiwi landscape architect Simon Smale on a …

26 Jan

Cleaning up the Karamu Catchment

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council “hot spot” priority

Hawke’s Bay’s Karamu Catchment has a dirty reputation when it comes to water quality. In 2016 it hit the headlines …

26 Jan

2018 - It's all about the money

Article by Shannon Bray, President NZILA

The challenge for landscape architects in New Zealand in 2018 will be funding, says New Zealand Institute of Architecture president, …

25 Jan

Paint by drone

Drawing on urban facades using drones

An innovation which may have application for landscape architects in the future is gaining traction in Europe and America. Italian …

24 Jan

2018 NZILA Firth Conference - International Speaker profile

Bart Brands

Founder and Director, Karres+Brands, Netherlands NZILA are delighted to have Bart Brands from the Netherlands who will open the Friday …

22 Jan

In case of nuclear holocaust - NZ's national arboretum, Eastwoodhill

Thomas Woltz speaks about Eastwoodhill

Eastwoodhill Arboretum was the life work of William Douglas Cook, a farmer who bought the original piece of land in …

22 Jan

2018 NZILA Firth Conference - International Speaker profile

Ryan Gravel

Founding Principal at Sixpitch,Urban Planner, Designer, and Author, Atlanta, USA. The Institute is excited to announce that Ryan Gravel will …