12 May

Parliament's play space

By Studio Pacific Architecture

“Children learn through play, but adults play through art…we don’t stop playing.” – Brian Eno The Parliamentary Play Space is …

06 May

Fast tracking of 'shovel ready' projects good for LAs and the economy

‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for the landscape architecture profession

The NZILA Tuia Pito Ora head says the fast track consenting of some ‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for …

05 May

Landscape Architecture Criticism

Dr Jacky Bowring, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, has written the world’s first book on the critique of landscape architecture.

Due to be published by Routledge in the next few weeks the work, aptly named Landscape Architecture Criticism, delves into …

30 Apr

April 2020 Presidents Update

Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. Last time I provided my monthly Presidents’ update I had …

30 Apr

LAA Profile: Dennis Scott

“I went to Auckland University to essentially become a planner but I soon found out that planners didn’t really design towns and open spaces.”

Few landscape architects have been in the job as long as Dennis Scott. The founder of DJ Scott and Associates …

28 Apr

In memory of Sgt. Brendan T. Wilkins

The lazy squawk of the chickens, and the distant buzz of farm machinery, signifying the working Italian countryside.

This is a time to reflect. For me, April last year was frenetically navigating a shrill car through the roaring …

27 Apr

Rough & Milne - Flashback 2018 (Music Video)

I now had the ‘time’ and ‘hardware grunt’ to knit together my earliest GoPro footage and make a music video!

With the modest home computer stored away in the closet, and the hefty work machine and double screens, now shrouding …

22 Apr

A time to think of Papatūānuku

Na Te Tau-a-Nuku-a-Nuku

Ko Dr Diane Menzies (Ngāti Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga o Mahāki) i tuhi As Aotearoa New Zealand moves to Level 3 …

21 Apr

What will level 3 mean for landscape architects?

“Our priority is looking after the health of our members, but if people can get back to project sites safely, then the move to Alert Level 3 next week allows that to happen,”

New Zealand will move to Covid-19 alert level 3 next week and for the head of NZILA Tuia Pito Ora, …

15 Apr

Government to fund temporary cycleways

When people begin to return to city centres following the lockdown we want them to have enough space to maintain physical distance

The Government will provide extra funding to help councils expand footpaths and roll out temporary cycleways to help people keep …

14 Apr

Lockdown learning

A new way for landscape architecture students

Students around New Zealand are having to change the way they learn while in COVID-19 lockdown, including the 120 studying …

09 Apr

Living with the lockdown - finding the positives

We’re about halfway through the lockdown. Looking at the numbers it seems like Aotearoa is responding well so far, writes Brad Coombs, the NZILA Tuia Pito Ora president.

Two weeks ago I was really worried. I was processing the news of a major intervention to how I was …