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Gaining a Spatial Design degree at Massey University set Joe Norman on a path that has seen him land in New York City. It’s a field of study that branches into territory with a strong adjacency to landscape architecture, without being hard-wired to it.
Read MoreRalph Johns celebrates the “elated excitement” that has accompanied the opening of the coastal edge along Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington's great harbour, to the public. This photo, by Manea Sweeney, Pou Arahi of Planning, Engagement and Partnerships at Tonkin & Taylor, shows her son and friend on the opening day “marvelling at the small stuff”.
Read MoreGuest contributor Tony Brophy has found a well of inspiration in Nantes, France. If there was one ‘elephant in the room’ at the IFLA World Congress, held in September, it was what he terms the profession’s prevailing “identity crisis”.
Read MoreIn his lifetime - tragically ended on 23 September 2025 - world-renowned Chinese landscape architect and educator Kongjian Yu exemplified the role that landscape architects can play in climate adaptation. The combination of his many professional works, personal connections, influence and legacy as an originator of the ‘sponge city’ concept will be, and are already, enduring ones.
Read MoreWith Bruno Marques as its serving President and Tuia Pito Ora NZILA President Ralph Johns in attendance, the 61st IFLA World Congress, as so many before it, has a strong and active participation from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Read MoreReady to read: Across its six contributions, the latest edition of the journal Landscape Review draws from diverse voices and modes of scholarship. Its aim, as expressed by guest editor Hannah Hopewell, is to “extend contemporary understandings of the ways collective and relational qualities of landscape and waterscape manifest”.
Read MoreJournal publications come in many shapes and sizes, formats and platforms. This article begins a survey of the landscape of journals published in Aotearoa New Zealand that zone into the realm of landscape architecture. Deep dives will follow!
Read MoreThis talk provides an overview of the state of the landscape architecture profession and introduces the critical role that landscape architects play in advancing the profession by demanding the highest standards of education, training, research and professional practice
Read More"Landscape architecture is an art form that, if anything, can tell about the relationship between nature, society and man. It can help give us the good life that contains both meaning, well-being, experience and realization."
Read MoreManpreet Kaur has brought her landscape architecture skills to Aoteaora. Find out what she’s doing at Boffa Miskell over on our website.
Read MoreA Dunedin memorial dedicated to all Aotearoa New Zealand’s conscientious objectors and designed by Queenstown’s Baxter Design Group was officially opened late last year.
Read MoreApril is World Landscape Architecture month. Aotearoa’s Dr Diane Menzies played a key role in developing the initiative.
Read MoreJust as the NZILA is celebrating 50 years this year so to is Boffa Miskell. Don Miskell and Frank Boffa reflect on the early days of the business, its growth and evolution, and the shared values that have been the foundation of the company.
A modernist vision of simplicity and natural materials, Design Workshop’s landscape architecture of Andesite Ridge Retreat employs a creative combination of engineering, technology, and artistry to capture and manage on-site stormwater.
Read MoreTama Whiting is a Māori designer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington.
Read MoreFor new NZILA President Henry Crothers, last week’s NZILA Firth Conference hit the mark for many reasons.
Read MoreApril is World Landscape Architecture Month. The initiative (WLAM) was established by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and is designed to celebrate landscape architect-designed public and private spaces.
Read MoreWork mapping Māori pā sites along the Waikato River during her He Maunga, He Tangata Māori design internship made Ahlia-Mei Ta’ala realise her future really did lie in landscape architecture.
Read MoreLandscape architecture brings together science and design. It’s a unique discipline that investigates and creates better design solutions for outdoor spaces while addressing important contemporary challenges like climate change, urbanisation, and sustainability.
Read MoreRetiring landscape architect, Dr Peter Sergel, sees his work life’s project - Hamilton Gardens - as a type of museum which tells the story of gardens throughout the ages of man; from late Bronze age to today.
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