The New South Wales government has unveiled the final design for the Sydney Fish Market’s proposed relocation to Blackwattle Bay.
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This weekend (17-18/11/2018) Te Ara Manawa – Hobsonville/Onekiritea Coastal Walkway will formally open.
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Community consultation has been key to the success of the redevelopment of the Havelock North Domain, according to the Hastings District Council.
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St Andrew’s College in Strowan, Christchurch, has been awarded a Learning Environment NZ 2018 accolade for Excellence in Educational Facilities – Landscape/Outdoor Learning.
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Inspired by the mangrove seed, Sylvia Park Plaza’s Pod is a flexible multi-purpose sculptural structure, which serves both to shelter adjoining and provide a performance space.
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Back in August (2018) we brought you the story of Rangimarie, the planned New Zealand peace garden in the French town of Le Quesnoy, which was being built for the Armistice Day centenary commemorations this weekend. The team behind the project was calling for donations to help make the garden a reality.
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New York’s Transportation Alternatives’ mission is to reclaim the city’s streets from cars for people. The non-profit organisation advocates for safe public spaces where walking and biking or public transport are the main modes of travel, and there’s less reliance on private cars.
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This weekend (11 November 2018) we mark the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Armistice and the end of World War One. One of the key memorials is a moving installation at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. There stands a field of 18,277 white crosses named for each New Zealander who died in the war.
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All around the world cities are reimagining their laneways to transform them from neglected, dark and often rubbish-ridden alleyways, into vibrant, safe and diverse public spaces which add to an area’s character.
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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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