26 May

NZILA carbon emissions donation buys native trees

Chair Julia Rambacher says it was delighted to receive the NZILA donation, which has been used to buy 325 Pokaka, Hebe, Kowhai, Toe Toe and Cabbage trees.

A donation by the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects to the Styx-Purakaunui Living Laboratory Trust is being used to …

25 May

Christchurch Coast Pathway - a lesson in tenacity

The Christchurch Coastal Pathway Group has been pushing for a shared cycle/pedestrian route connecting Christchurch’s south-eastern suburbs since 2012.

Christchurch’s Coastal Pathway (Te Ara Ihutai), is inching closer to completion with work just finished on an 800m section of …

25 May

Na Te Tau-a-Nuku-a-Nuku

Ko Amelia Blundell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Pākehā) i tuhi

What happens if we can't mow the lawns? The grass can grow. Some preliminary findings and conclusions from my Master’s …

18 May

Lincoln Prizewinners for the 2019 Year

Congratulations

Due to Covid-19 lockdown the Lincoln University Graduation has been postponed. The Institue would like to acknowledge the following recipients …

15 May

Budget 2020

What's in it for the landscape architecture profession?

The government has decided to invest in green infrastructure and the conservation estate in order to save and then protect …

15 May

Propose your plan for Lentoasemanpuisto!

The purpose of the competition is to find innovative, inspiring, and practically, technically and financially feasible suggestions for the design of Lentoasemanpuisto.

The City of Helsinki welcomes everybody to participate in the open, international ideas competition regarding plans for Lentoasemanpuisto in the …

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 …