Hangzhou is one of China’s most important tourist cities. But with a population of seven million people driving nearly three million cars it also had a reputation for being one of the most congested.
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She may sound like a pom but landscape architect Julia Wick was born in Ashburton and grew up on an arable/sheep farm in Hinds, Canterbury. At the age of four her parents took her to the UK for her formative years.
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Construction is soon to begin on MVRDV’s Vanke 3D City in Shenzhen, China. Commissioned by Chinese property developers Vanke as their new headquarters, this skyscraper of the future contrasts dramatically with surrounding buildings.
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A series of specially designed gardens will form the centre piece of a revitalised Downtown Waterfront as part of the city’s 10-year Downtown Programme.
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Work’s due to begin next year on revitalising Ashburton’s central business district.
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If you’re brave enough to risk any Brexit fallout and are looking for some overseas experience Britain might be the place to go.
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A cluster of bright pink see saws have been installed along a piece of the border wall between the US and Mexico.
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Māori design network Ngā Aho says the Ihumātao dispute in South Auckland is not a housing issue, but a land issue and therefore a matter for the Government.
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Hila Oren is the CEO of the Tel Aviv Foundation and founder of Tel Aviv Global. At the age of 25, she was hired by the city’s mayor to come up with a story, or brand, for Tel Aviv.
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Christchurch’s pristine water is world renowned and safe to drink straight from the tap. But will this statement ring true in 50 or 100 years?
Projected to open in 2021, the Lowline will transform an abandoned trolley terminal in Manhattan’s Lower East Side into the world’s first underground park.
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Zhangjiang Art Park in Shanghai was originally two separate sites built in different eras and given completely different landscape styles.
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Isthmus CEO Ralph Johns says the current New Zealand condition is we are increasingly physical and mentally unwell, our communities are disconnected, access to good housing is inequitable and our environment is suffering.
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Making it to 50 is a milestone worth celebrating in anyone’s life. So Lincoln’s School of Landscape Architecture is throwing a birthday bash to mark its own half century this year.
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French landscape architect Catherine Mosbach has completed her whirlwind New Zealand speaking tour exhausted, but with a new appreciation for our food and natural landscape. All up just under 500 people attended her lectures in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch.
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Dr Kristina Hill is an expert on urban and ecological adaptation strategies for coastal flooding and climate change. She’s presenting at the 2019 NZILA Firth Conference in Christchurch in November.
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GVL Gossamer has been selected as one of three prize winners in an international competition for a 19km stretch of waterfront along the Jing River, one of the 8 great rivers of Xi’an, China.
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Renowned and award-winning landscape architect Catherine Mosbach has begun her speaking tour here.
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The Long Bay development involves the urbanisation of a large-scale landholding by a single developer in a sensitive natural environment.
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The alpine retreat of Twizel, in New Zealand’s South Island, is renowned for its breathtaking natural beauty - turquoise lakes, whiter than white snow and golden grass. So, Chris Glasson, from Glasson Huxtable Landscape Architects, knew his design for a four hectare domestic garden across the road from Lake Ruataniwha, had to link seamlessly to its surrounds and enhance what nature had already provided.
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