The Resene New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture Awards 2022 judging panel has just wrapped up a comprehensive road trip, visiting all projects shortlisted for this year's awards.
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With protracted discussion and debate around a second harbour crossing for Tāmaki Makaurau – a team from Reset Urban has set about coming up with its own solution.
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Construction has begun on Zaha Hadid Architects’ Masaryčka, a project that replaces an existing carpark to offer access to new public spaces, all within a major transport hub in Prague.
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Te Whare Mara is an innovative residential project in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington by the Local Landscape Collective’s Mark Newdick and named for the property’s view of the Botanic Gardens and the design’s emphasis on indigenous flora and landform.
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Space enthusiasts in Hanoi have a new universe to explore. And they don’t have to leave earth, or even Vietnam to do it. Astronomy Park surrounds Bah Hop Thuy Lake, an abandoned detention basin in Ha Dong.
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Taupō is one of the North Island’s most-visited destinations for New Zealanders and international tourists. Playing host to dozens of events each year, and with a relatively small local population compared to the influx of visitors, ad hoc development of the town centre focussed around providing accommodation, and lacked a cohesive plan.
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Today is World Bee Day and building a better future for bees is the focus of this year’s awareness day.
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Visitors to Hamilton Gardens can now get the idea of one of the earliest garden types in the world with the new Ancient Egyptian Garden which opened this month.
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Wellington City Council, long time advocates for public life, have recently released the 2021 Public Space Public Life Survey (PSPL) of Wellington’s city centre.
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The highly anticipated Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) just announced by the New Zealand Government has been welcomed by the Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects.
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Brad Coombs takes on the 2022 Tour Aotearoa Brevet (TA), a cycling odyssey from Cape Reinga to Bluff to remind himself how invigorating challenges can be.
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UDLA’s landscape design for the University of Western Australia’s School of Indigenous Studies in Crawley, Perth, has won a 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Award for Health and Education Landscapes.
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Professor Richard Weller is the Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, professor and chair of landscape architecture, and co-executive director of The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Weller will be presenting virtually at the 2022 NZILA Firth Conference.
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Central Auckland will pop with colourful art for the next few weeks as the city gears up to welcome visitors back after a long Covid-related absence.
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A central Auckland residential garden with a commitment to sustainability and biodiversity is a striking addition to the Morningside streetscape.
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The Presidio Tunnel Tops project is a new James Corner Field Operations attraction built on top of the Presidio Parkways Tunnels in their national park site in San Francisco.
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The 58th International Federation of Landscape Architects’ IFLA World Congress is being held in South Korea from 31st August to 2nd September this year. The federation is offering a limited number of travel bursaries to students (including those in Aotearoa) enrolled in an accredited landscape architecture programme or recent graduates (up to 5 years) to attend the Congress.
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New Zealanders can now see how sea level rises will affect them, with the release of special maps by NZ SeaRise, a research programme funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
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The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed its design for a new neuroscience centre at one of Denmark’s major hospitals, and fittingly it mimics the anatomical shape of the folds of the human brain.
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As we continue the countdown to the NZILA 50th anniversary celebrations later this year it is important to acknowledge the evolution of the Institute’s awards programme from its relatively small beginnings - to the celebration of the profession we see today.
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