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Iconic street "made better"
Iconic street "made better"

Auckland Council says before the current lockdown Karangahape Road was the best performing Business Improvement District (BID) of the 50 across the super city, and the recent enhancement programme by LandLAB, the council and Auckland Transport is being credited.

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Auckland, VideoGuest User6 October 2021Karangahape Road
From Auckland to Zanzibar via zoom
From Auckland to Zanzibar via zoom

Andy Hamilton has never visited one of his favourite projects. But he hopes to take his family there on holiday one day. It’ll take a bit of planning to get there - over 13,000 km away from Auckland to the fishing village of Kizimkazi in Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean.

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Sustainability, PermacultureGuest User5 October 2021Zanzibar
Scrapping of Auckland Harbour cycle bridge no surprise
Scrapping of Auckland Harbour cycle bridge no surprise

The Government has bowed to pressure from “irrational, uninformed cycle-hating talkback hosts” in it’s decision to can Auckland’s $785 million cycling and walking bridge.

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Cycleways, TransportGuest User4 October 2021Auckland
Gosford Leagues Club Park tells Aboriginal history
Gosford Leagues Club Park tells Aboriginal history

The site of award winning Gosford Leagues Club Park in New South Wales is a significant one for local aboriginal clan Darkinjung.

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Video, Urban DesignGuest User30 September 2021Gosford Leagues Club Park
Call for Kūmara Awards nominations
Call for Kūmara Awards nominations

Nominations close on Friday (October 1) for the Kūmara Awards, showcasing placemaking that makes a difference to people and place.

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Awards, PlacemakingGuest User29 September 2021Kūmara Awards
Ikea's public rooftop park in Copenhagen
Ikea's public rooftop park in Copenhagen

While New Zealand waits to hear if we really are getting an IKEA store here, a new IKEA with a public rooftop park is scheduled to open in 2023 in Copenhagen’s Vesterbro neighbourhood.

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Rooftop ParkJessica Watson28 September 2021IKEA
Landscape architecture - from a different perspective
Landscape architecture - from a different perspective

Martha Dravitzki is a landscape architect based in New Plymouth. She gained her masters at Lincoln University in 2006-7. On top of her family and work commitments she is deputy chair of the NZILA registration panel.

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People, NZILAGuest User27 September 2021Landscape Architects
Revealed: The plan for Queen St in Tāmaki Makaurau
Revealed: The plan for Queen St in Tāmaki Makaurau

Earlier this month Auckland Council announced that the last three stages of the Wai Horotiu Queen Street Project – from Customs Street to Mayoral Drive – would be delivered in one cohesive design. Now Aucklanders have been able to see that plan.

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Queen Street, MasterplanAuckland Council23 September 2021Auckland Council
Manhattan's about to get its first public beach
Manhattan's about to get its first public beach

The Hudson River Park Trust has begun construction on James Corner Field Operations’ design for Gansevoort Peninsula, which will include Manhattan’s first public beach and one of the largest public art projects in the United States.

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Landscape, ParksJessica Watson22 September 2021New York
Milford Sound masterplan
Milford Sound masterplan

Protecting the character of one of New Zealand’s most iconic landscapes and recognising its strong Ngāi Tahu associations is at the heart of the Milford Sound Piopiotahi masterplan.

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Masterplan, TourismGuest User21 September 2021Milford Sound Piopiotahi
Earthshot Prize finalists announced
Earthshot Prize finalists announced

Prince William has revealed the 15 finalists for the inaugural and ambitious Earthshot Prize.

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Environment, VideoGuest User20 September 2021Earthshot Prize
LAA Profile: Kess Aleksandrova
LAA Profile: Kess Aleksandrova

A passion for both art and nature as a youngster guided Kess Aleksandrova into the landcape architecture profession.

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People, VideoGuest User17 September 2021LAA Profile
Designing a vertical city for Shenzhen Bay
Designing a vertical city for Shenzhen Bay

Zaha Hadid Architects have won the competition to design Tower C at the Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, with their multi-dimensional vertical city of two towers reaching nearly 400 metres.

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UrbanJessica Watson16 September 2021Shenzhen, China
Being a part of positive change
Being a part of positive change

Dave Charnley is the Senior Urban Designer inside Palmerston North City Council’s Strategic Planning Unit.

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People, ProfessionGuest User15 September 2021Landscape Architecture
Toilet training cows - an answer to reducing greenhouse gases?
Toilet training cows - an answer to reducing greenhouse gases?

Auckland University affiliated researchers have successfully demonstrated that cows can be toilet trained with the idea of helping to reduce water contamination and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environment, University of AucklandGuest User14 September 2021Climate Change
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Māori language week
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori: Māori language week

This week is Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Maori Language Week and to mark this NZILA Advocacy Panel member Kara Scott has worked with Boffa Miskell’s William Hatton and Auckland Council’s Māori Design Leader Phil Wihongi to compile some phrases and words for the hoahoanga whenua (landscape architecture) profession.

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NZILA Advocacy PanelGuest User13 September 2021Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Connection to the land fostered during childhood
Connection to the land fostered during childhood

Jess McKenzie is a landscape planner at Vivian + Espie, a small Queenstown-based consultancy which specialises in Landscape and Resource Management.

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People, LandscapeGuest User9 September 2021Landscape Architecture
A tale of two levels
A tale of two levels

From today - New Zealand is a nation divided … into two very different Covid alert levels.

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COVID-19, NZILA Advocacy PanelGuest User8 September 2021Ōtautahi Christchurch
An interview with Scape founder Kate Orff
An interview with Scape founder Kate Orff

Scape founder Kate Orff will take part in an NZILA Streetscape webinar in October - we have an ASLA interview with her.

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ASLA, PeopleGuest User7 September 2021Scape
The future of 'Landscapes of Aotearoa.'
The future of 'Landscapes of Aotearoa.'

The land is what makes us unique as tangata whenua and tangata tiriti. It is the land that provides the knowledge, stories and tools to create and bring life into the places we live.

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Education, OpinionWilliam Hatton6 September 2021Landscapes of Aotearoa
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