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You’ll find a lot of Nike trainers at Rolleston School (Te Ahi Kaikōmako), particularly on the basketball court. Designed by Christchurch landscape architects Morgan + Pollard, the colourful court’s multi-sport surface is made of more than 8,000 recycled shoes known as Playtop with Nike Grind.
Read MoreAitutaki is an idyllic destination for honeymooners, sitting 200km north of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands it’s famed for its picturesque lagoon but there are problems in paradise.
Read MoreArmenia’s Gagarin Valley is to be transformed into a “garden of eden”, a future-proofed landscape that’ll welcome a new generation of residents, according to Dutch firm MVRDV.
Read MoreThe Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 shortlist is out and judging panel chair Dr Jacky Bowring says she was ‘uplifted’ by the standard of entries this year.
Read MoreJust as the NZILA is celebrating 50 years this year so to is Boffa Miskell. Don Miskell and Frank Boffa reflect on the early days of the business, its growth and evolution, and the shared values that have been the foundation of the company.
Next month marks an important milestone for Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects as Te Tangi a te Manu - Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Assessment Guidelines is published.
Read MoreAs the clean up and cost counting continues after the anti-mandate protests on parliament’s grounds - the ‘people’s playground’ has become a focus for people wanting to chip in and help with the repair bill
Read MoreA major UN report on climate adaptation calls for indigenous knowledge and science to be brought together to help secure a liveable future.
Read MoreA call has gone out to Auckland design students interested in volunteering to help with a survey on how locals use their city. Run by Urban Good (previously AitkenTaylor) for Auckland Council, the Public Life Survey will also ask people what they want from their community.
Read MoreA recent $12 million upgrade has seen Hurstmere Road on Auckland’s North Shore transformed into an airy social space; one welcoming to pedestrians, where shoppers linger to chat and spend instead of rushing along; one where workers gather to eat their lunch and indulge in people watching.
Read MoreBIG Landscape Architecture (Bjarke Ingels Group) partner Giulia Frittoli is set to speak to New Zealand landscape architects next week.
Read MoreSnøhetta+Hassell have won an international design excellence competition to “transform Harbourside in Darling Harbour into a new, iconic and inviting destination at the heart of Sydney.”
Read MoreThe doors to Whangārei’s much-discussed Hundertwasser Art Centre are finally open. The centre was officially opened on Sunday 20 February, 29 years after the late Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser first sketched his original design for the building.
Read MoreA New Zealand gene bank was one of ten from around the world to deposit samples to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault last week (Monday 14 February), the first deposit of 2022.
Read MoreWhile the sensory space in Rolleston town centre is enjoyed by the whole community it’s particularly special for the students of Waitaha School.
Read MoreFormer IFLA president, Mr Richard Tan, passed away peacefully on 15 Feb 2022.
Read MoreHassell’s Xichong Coast Recovery Plan for Shenzhen, restoring the wetlands and mangrove forests, and building tourism and education in the area, won both a Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National award and a IFLA APR Outstanding Award for Unbuilt Projects.
Read MoreAdelaide has been named the world’s second National Park City by the UK-based National Park City Foundation.
Read MoreLandscape architect Debbie Tikao is the General Manager of Matapopore Charitable Trust, which was established after the Christchurch earthquakes.
Read MoreAuckland’s Wynyard Precinct is about take another key step in its multi decade transformation in what Eke Panuku’s General Manager of Design and Place describes as “an opportunity of a lifetime.”
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