The Australian Urban Design Awards, announced in Sydney earlier this year, are co-convened by the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) and the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA). AILA Chapters will be concluding their ‘Awards season’ this week and LAA will be compiling a compendium of the winners.
Read MoreHelen Kerr, principal landscape architect and urban designer at Isthmus, shared comparative stories about three Aotearoa towns at the 2024 World Green Infrastructure Congress earlier this year.
Read MoreZaha Hadid Architects have masterplanned a dynamic mixed-use development for Budapest’s 14th district.
Read MoreMost people might not usually think of public space as being gendered, but this is how scholars of the built environment increasingly talk about it.
Read MoreLondon’s bold Marble Arch Mound was constructed amid much fanfare to help lure visitors back to the West End post Covid-19. Unfortunately the experience didn’t come anywhere near expectations.
Read MoreThe environmental impact of climate change on the world’s cities will be an enormous challenge to landscape architects.
Read MoreTaupō is one of the North Island’s most-visited destinations for New Zealanders and international tourists. Playing host to dozens of events each year, and with a relatively small local population compared to the influx of visitors, ad hoc development of the town centre focussed around providing accommodation, and lacked a cohesive plan.
Read MoreNick Rae is the director of Transurban in Auckland, a firm started by his father Barry in the 1980s in Hamilton. Read his profile on our website.
Read MoreAs councils and central government consider what cities of the future will look like, a new tool has been developed to map how various features of where we live influence public health.
Read MoreSydney-based landscape architecture and urban design practice Turf Design Studio has been selected as the Landscape Architecture Firm of the Year 2021 by the Architecture MasterPrize jury.
Read MoreUnlike the hustle and bustle of contemporary Shanghai, the centuries-old back street communities of the city reflect a slower pace of life.
Read MoreThe site of award winning Gosford Leagues Club Park in New South Wales is a significant one for local aboriginal clan Darkinjung.
Read MoreAuckland Council and Auckland Transport, in collaboration with mana whenua, have reimagined, redesigned and rebuilt Auckland’s waterfront.
Read MoreWellington may be moving too fast in it’s bid to rid the central city of private vehicles by 2024, according to landscape architect Garth Falconer.
Read MoreInvercargill City Council has approved the preliminary design for stage one of the Isthmus-devised City Centre Streets project – a key step toward delivery of the city’s vision to be a ‘city with heart’.
Read MoreIt’s been a long time coming, but the rapidly growing area of Ormiston in south east Auckland now has a brand new town centre.
Read MoreLisa Dunshea was appointed the manager of Auckland Council’s Urban Design Unit, Plans and Places last year.
Read MoreSeemingly floating above the Downtown Ferry Basin, Te Wānanga, the new downtown public space is an impressive feat of engineering.
Read MoreA green space near a primary subway line in Beijing has been designed to offer nearby shopping mall users an all day experience.
Read MoreHamilton has around 23 families a week moving to the city, making its growth rate 30% more than the average New Zealand city. And that makes the need to open up new land for housing, pressing.
