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16 Feb
Weekly international landscape, climate and urban design update
Monday 16 February
This is your weekly international snapshot of what’s happening across landscape architecture, climate adaptation and urban design. Drawing on credible …
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29 May
A connection point for power businesses
VXV Plaza
The VXV Plaza in Auckland's Wynyard Quarter is described as being perfectly placed as a connection point for New Zealand's …
28 May
Coast, Country, Neighbourhood, City - a journey of love
Isthmus CEO Ralph Johns
When employees have been at Isthmus for ten years they’re given two weeks study leave to go off and do …
23 May
Post-conference professional pride
Matthew Bradbury - Associate professor, Unitec Architecture Pathway Group
All professional conferences are by definition self-congratulatory but the recent NZILA City/Tāone Conference in Auckland showed landscape architects do have …
22 May
The call of home for new graduate
Jackie Paul
Newly graduated landscape architect Jackie Paul is urban Maori, born and bred in South Auckland, but she calls the Far …
17 May
What is landscape architecture?
"the art and practice of designing the outdoor environment, especially designing parks or gardens to harmonise with buildings and roads,"
A formal definition of landscape architecture is "the art and practice of designing the outdoor environment, especially designing parks or …
16 May
Queenstown's housing shortage - the tussle between supply and design
Ladies Mile development
More housing in the Queenstown Lakes District is desperately needed - there’s no argument about that. Current growth projections suggest …
15 May
A grand design for Paris - with space to breathe
Les Lumières Pleyel
Snøhetta is the lead architect and landscape architect firm behind a new Parisian urban development project designed to re-energise the …
14 May
Meet Auckland's design champion
Ludo Campbell-Reid
Ludo Campbell-Reid is general manager of Auckland Council’s Design Office - a multi-disciplinary department of architects, urban designers, landscape architects, …
11 May
Bringing play back to post quake Christchurch
Margaret Mahy Family playground
When the Margaret Mahy Family playground - Takaro a Poi - opened in 2015, it was packed immediately and the …
10 May
Sweet public development for the Big Apple
Domino Park
A sugar refinery in the Brooklyn suburb of Williamsburg is being turned into a six-acre public park. Due to open …
04 May
NZILA conference poll
Talk of change dominates
Times are changing - that's the overwhelming message from delegates at the 2018 NZILA Firth conference when we asked "what …
01 May
Camp Glenorchy - the world's most sustainable campground?
Aiming for net zero energy usage
What’s been touted as New Zealand’s - and possibly the world’s - most sustainable camping ground has opened for business …