NZILA president Brad Coombs says 2019 is shaping up as an exciting year for both the landscape architecture profession and the institute.
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New Zealanders are very attached to their own patches of lawn, the monotonous whirring of mowers a soundtrack to our weekends and long summer evenings, accompanied by petrol fumes and the smell of freshly cut grass. But is it time to get rid of traditional lawns for the environments sake? A pair of urban ecologists - one from Australia, the other from Sweden, certainly think it might be.
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It’s well known that vegetables are good for people, but they could also be the key to making stronger, greener buildings, according to engineers at Lancaster University in England.
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However you’ve spent the break - seaside, mountaintop, camping, glamping, baching, overseas or a staycation, for most of us it’s time (or will be soon) to knuckle down and get back to work.
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As we all (well nearly all) get set to down tools for the year, the team at Landscape Architecture Aotearoa wants to take this time to wish you and your families a wonderful festive season and happy holidays.
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For NZILA President Brad Coombs 2018 has been notable for the key transport, housing and urban renewal projects which are keeping landscape architects across the country busy.
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Northern Lapland, where Santa Claus holds court, typically receives 20 to 30 centimetres of snow by the end of November. But this year the region experienced its mildest November for 60 years.
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As we begin the final countdown to Christmas and get set for the long days of a kiwi summer holiday there’s time to reflect on the year that was for the landscape architecture profession.
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There’s no snow or Santa in artist Charlotte Graham’s stunning Christmas installation at Auckland’s Britomart precinct. The brief was to reflect a southern hemisphere summer festive season and the result is an evocative ground-based piece winding its way through the nine Britomart blocks.
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The Government is today expected to announce a shortlist of designs for the National Erebus Memorial.
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For one night over Labour Weekend, Mollet Street, a new linear park and laneway area in central Christchurch and the surrounding sites, became a hub of activity. Temporary architectural installations and lighting, food, dancing and a variety of different activities brought the space vividly to life.
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Sydney’s Ian Potter Children’s WILD PLAY Garden has been named a winner in Australia’s 2018 National Landscape Architecture awards
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Onehunga Wharf has been bought by Auckland Council as it promises to redevelop it in a way that rivals the city’s Wynyard Quarter.
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Landscape architects dwg. have won the 2018 Texas ASLA Merit Award for “Fareground at One Eleven Congress” in Austin.
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As urban populations swell, cities face a fundamental question: should they go up - or go out? Which is the best way to manage growth? And can you increase density without compromising social or environmental outcomes?
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Wellington’s proud of its reputation for embracing diversity. And it’s gone all out to prove it’s “walking the talk” by installing a Rainbow Crossing in the central city.
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The story of Lyttelton township and harbour goes back hundreds of years. Whakaraupō – Lyttelton Harbour is recognised as having a rich history of Ngāi Tahu land use and occupancy, and Lyttelton Port is the site where the first European settlers arrived in Canterbury.
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As a designer it is hard to admit that design is not always the best solution for a degraded public space. The process of design is rewarding both professionally and personally, as designers we like to be seen as the creative solution-provider, especially if it publishable or award winning work. “Brilliant designer saves a community with imaginative new rethink of an old tired space,” is always rewarding reading.
The Waterview Connection was recently awarded a Purple Pin at the 2018 Best Design Awards, with judges saying the project set a new standard of aspiration for future infrastructure projects in the transport sector.
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A private inner-city laneway recently became a place of transformation, converted into a lively and community focused event space in the heart of Tauranga’s CBD.
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