Public space is a city’s literal common ground - the spaces where people come together as friends, neighbours and citizens.
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The Australia Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) is calling for the official inquiry into last summer’s devastating bushfires to investigate how traditional land and fire management practices of Indigenous Australians could improve the country’s resilience to fire.
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Gabriella Durcan has taken the plunge and recently set up her own landscape architecture business in Queenstown.
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Place Laboratory has created a new gateway linking the Perth CBD, Perth Zoo and greater South Perth area which fulfils “the city’s vision for the creation of a revitalised foreshore with high quality spaces to host civic and ceremonial events.”
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As the winter solstice edges closer and days shorten, Auckland's 'light art' is stepping up. Aucklanders can enjoy many notable public artworks lighting our streets and parks at night. They come into their own once the sun has set.
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A special crane’s been used to hoist 75 large birch trees 35 metres into the air and on to the roof garden of Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
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A donation by the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects to the Styx-Purakaunui Living Laboratory Trust is being used to buy native trees.
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Christchurch’s Coastal Pathway (Te Ara Ihutai), is inching closer to completion with work just finished on an 800m section of pathway, including a boardwalk, extending from Rapanui / Shag Rock to the Sumner Surf Lifesaving Club.
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It was the last weekend of my break in Orlando and my sister-in-law suggested a trip to a local university. She mentioned that there were a few buildings there designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, which sounded interesting to explore.
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Surrounded by the ‘Xixian International New Area’ development zone, Feng River Park is an 880,000sqm stretch of remediated public parkland along the western bank of the Feng River, Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, central China.
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As restaurants around the world battle with ensuring their businesses are both economically viable and comply with social distancing, one in Amsterdam has come up with a novel idea to make it work.
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As New Zealand celebrates the freedom that comes with COVID-19 level 2 we’re still being reminded to keep our distance from strangers.
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The government has decided to invest in green infrastructure and the conservation estate in order to save and then protect jobs across the country, writes the NZILA Tuia Pito Ora president, Brad Coombs.
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Two years ago we brought you the story of the stunning ‘parkipelago’ of floating islands designed for the centre of Copenhagen by Marshall Blecher and Studio Fokstrot. This year the concept is set to expand.
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Succulents and tiny plants growing from the front facade of a 3D printed cabin add a charming aesthetic to this experimental design.
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Isthmus’ Brennan Baxley responds to an installation by Austrian eco-visionary designer Klaus Loenhart at Victoria University of Wellington, along with the lecture titled Imagine! The city as a living biome.
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The Parliamentary Play Space is a government-initiated project aimed at increasing the accessibility and interest of Parliament to children and young families, making it more friendly, open, and welcoming.
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News that Auckland Council proposes to disestablish its design office to meet budget targets has been greeted with frustration and concern by the Tāmaki Makaurau Design Alliance.
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As the phrase “shovel-ready” enters New Zealand’s vocabulary, it’s worth pausing to think about what those words really mean.
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The NZILA Tuia Pito Ora head says the fast track consenting of some ‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for the landscape architecture profession but warns some projects will not be eligible for quick processing.
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