Southern Branch News
07 Nov
Constitution approved
Thank you for joining the SGM
Ngā mihi nui to everyone who joined us for yesterday’s Special General Meeting, and to those who sent in their …
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27 Mar
Presidents Update
March 2020
Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. Strange days indeed. I am writing this from my newly …
26 Mar
Be kind - stay calm
Offices are shut and landscape architects are getting used to new ways of working
As the country begins the four-week Covid-19 lockdown, landscape architecture businesses around New Zealand are adapting and responding to this …
24 Mar
Playground reflects its environment
The colourful playground is home to (unofficially) the country’s fastest slide
The playground in Hastings’ Cornwall Park’s been given a state-of-the-art facelift which is proving popular with those who use it. …
22 Mar
NZILA IFLA delegate update
Prepared by: Mike Barthelmeh
The big issue for us all at the moment is the rapid spread internationally of the covid-19 virus, and fallout …
20 Mar
Unique park to rise in Manhattan
The Thomas Heatherwick designed Pier 55 in Manhattan, New York, is back on track to be completed in 2021
After being appointed following a design competition in 2013, the architecture studio envisioned a new pier on Manhattan’s southwest riverside …
20 Mar
Covid-19 - industry update
Prepared by: Brad Coombs
Landscape architects are being urged to keep it “business as usual” as much as possible by New Zealand Institute of …
16 Mar
COVID-19 Message to NZILA Members
Prepared by: Brad Coombs
You will no doubt all be aware of the unprecedented situation that is currently unfolding in New Zealand and around …
11 Mar
Urban design - what will it look like in 500 years?
By Nick Kapica
Year 2519 — navigators and the new artisans. Robots everywhere, advanced alien species live on earth, some humans occupy new …
05 Mar
IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award 2020
Deadline for nominations extended to 10 March
NOMINATIONS DUE: March 10, 2020 The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), which represents the worldwide profession of landscape architecture, …
03 Mar
Child's play - The Imaginarium
By Dr Wendy Hoddinott
Over the summer holidays, a group of children discovered a new kind of freedom – that of designing their own …
27 Feb
President's Update
February 2020
Tēnā koutou ki te whanau,Nga mihi o te ra. No doubt the Christmas break seems like a distant memory now. …
27 Feb
Communal living - Wirihana masterplan
Isthmus
When Te Ākitai Waihoua approached Isthmus to rethink an earlier masterplan for Wirihana, in South Auckland, we immediately saw the …