LandLAB’s Westhaven Promenade winds it way along the water’s edge from Wynyard Quarter through to Auckland’s Harbour Bridge.
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Former Lincoln University student Matthew Durning has won a prestigious Australian Landscape Architecture Award. His project, Brisbane’s Fish Lane, won the 2018 Landscape Architecture Award for Urban Design, presented by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).
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An Australian town created to support nearby uranium mining could survive planned closure thanks to a masterplan to turn it into a year-round tourism centre.
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The earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 forever changed the landscape of Ōtautahi/Christchurch and its people. Not only was the city plagued by human loss, but the physical void created was reminiscent of a war zone. As the dust settled, it became apparent that there was an opportunity for indigenous values, history, and identity to radically influence the re-design of the city.
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Peter Matthews is the principal landscape architect for Ōtākaro Limited, the company responsible for delivering Crown-led projects in Central Christchurch. Landscape Architecture Aotearoa asked him about his role there.
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International designer Martin Rein-Cano was in Auckland for flying visit this month (October 2018) and he wasn’t afraid to court controversy.
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Since writing earlier in the week about the appearance of Lime’s e-scooters in Auckland and Christchurch this month - there has been a flurry of news stories about the phenomenon and now the government’s had to put out it’s stance.
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It might be two years late and have come at the cost of 18 lives and NZ$30 billion - but this week (23/10/18) the world’s longest sea crossing bridge has opened - linking Hong Kong and Macau to mainland China at the city of Zhuhai
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A masterplan which will create a new skyline and see 269 hectares of reclaimed land next to Colombo’s CBD transformed into an innovative destination for culture, commerce, and tourism in South Asia is set to become a reality.
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Catherine Hamilton is a principal landscape architect at WSP Opus and was the lead designer for the hugely popular Takaro a Poi/Margaret Mahy Family Playground in Christchurch, a key investment in the post-earthquake regeneration of Christchurch.
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A postgraduate landscape architecture student at Victoria University of Wellington has won a major international award for her landscape architecture project to help redevelop Carterton’s Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae.
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Isthmus has revealed a new design for Rotorua’s lakefront that captures the rich history and cultural ties associated with the popular tourism destination.
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Towering over the Auckland isthmus, the maunga (volcanic cones) have been adapted and used over many decades in many different ways, over time shaping people’s connections to them and expectations of them.
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For Canadian landscape architect Jenna Wouters a work exchange programme to New Zealand with WSP has opened up a world of new plant species and landscape environments.
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FESTA - the Festival of Transitional Architecture in Christchurch- celebrates its seventh year this Labour Weekend. To mark the occasion a team of six landscape architects have combined forces to create their own exhibition. It’s the first time that a team consisting solely of landscape architects has been involved in the festival.
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Christchurch-based developer of visual data science software, Seequent, which recently assisted in the Thai cave rescue of 13 young boys by building a 3D model, and global engineering and infrastructure advisory company, Aurecon, have joined forces to work together on the digital engineering of the incoming Auckland City Rail Link project, which is due to be completed by 2024.
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New Zealand’s largest transport construction project, Auckland’s City Rail Link (CRL) has been judged the leader in delivering sustainable infrastructure.
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The Chicago Riverwalk, which has recently been given an Honor Award by the American Society of Landscape Architects, aims to reclaim the Chicago River for the economic, ecological and recreational benefit of the city.
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The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service has released plans for a new Dove Lake viewing shelter at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
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Twenty years ago, the Peacocke family bought a 117-hectare sized piece of land tucked inside the Raglan Harbour, situated five minutes from the local township, and home to a healthy dose of native bush, wildlife, and surrounding beaches. It boasts one of the largest – and most influential – sections in the region, which has turned a large provincial farm, into one of the most significant urban development schemes in Raglan.
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