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Australian designers get on board for new Wellington skatepark
Australian designers get on board for new Wellington skatepark

A Destination Skatepark in Kilbirnie is getting ready to roll with skatepark specialist company CONVIC confirmed as designers.

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Wellington, PeopleWellington City Council30 January 2024skatepark
Catharijnesingel Utrecht (Netherlands) - Looking Back
Catharijnesingel Utrecht (Netherlands) - Looking Back

The reconstruction of the Catharijnesingel canal, as well as the recovery of a linear park running along its banks, is an exemplary intervention for the survival of our cities in this new climate era.

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Urban, Urban RevitalisationOKRA Landschapsarchitecten25 January 2024ORKA, The Netherlands, Prize, 2022
What are “Sponge Cities,” and How Can They Prevent Floods?
What are “Sponge Cities,” and How Can They Prevent Floods?

As climate change brings increasing flood threats, cities need to be designed like giant sponges that allow water to drain away safely.

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UrbanThomson Reuters Foundation23 January 2024auckland, sponge city
Auckland parks receive international award
Auckland parks receive international award

Auckland Council’s park management has been hailed as world-leading by an international panel of judges from the World Urban Parks (WUP) network.

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Parks, Auckland, Auckland CouncilAuckland Council18 January 2024
Wàwàtesí - a new multi-discipline space for Downtown Toronto
Wàwàtesí - a new multi-discipline space for Downtown Toronto

The City of Toronto announced recently that it has selected the winner of an international design competition for a new downtown park: Wàwàtesí symbolizes the cycle of life, healing, and the passage of time.

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ParkblogTO16 January 2024Toronto, urban corridor
Grounding Woody Meadows
Grounding Woody Meadows

Woody Meadows are dense naturalistic plantings that are composed of Australian trees and shrubs exclusively. They are maintained through coppicing, a tactic that influences vegetal structural responses and enhances the visual impact of a plant.

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Urban Planning, Urban Regeneration, City of Melbourne, city planningWendy Wallis & Brent Greene21 December 2023Woody Meadows
Entertaining Magnificence - Vaux le Vicomte
Entertaining Magnificence - Vaux le Vicomte

It’s a multi-layered wonder-filled story that has entranced me and brought me back after 34 years to a Chateau and grounds 55km southeast of Paris called Vaux le Vicomte.

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OpinionGarth Falconer19 December 2023France, Vaux le Vicomte
New Zealanders call for more climate action
New Zealanders call for more climate action

Around half of New Zealanders are more worried about climate change following this year’s severe weather events, and the majority are looking for affordable ways to take action in their own lives.

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Climate Change, PeopleWestpac14 December 2023climate change action, healthy homes, loans for good
5 Ways to Create More Liveable Cities
5 Ways to Create More Liveable Cities

Indian architect and urbanist Dikshu C. Kukreja sits down with global leaders, brings out great insights into what some major cities in the world are doing to create more liveable environments for their inhabitants

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Urban, Mixed UseArchDaily12 December 2023Inclusive cities, Future Communities, future planning
Wānaka Lakefront Development Wins International Award
Wānaka Lakefront Development Wins International Award

The small township of Wānaka is to get a major boost to its globally renowned reputation with its new lakefront development winning an International Federation of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence.

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Parks, AwardsReset6 December 2023regeneration, wildlife, crested grebe, wanaka
A passion project comes to life
A passion project comes to life

Sometimes landscape architects have once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Four years ago Diane Menzies was asked by a Chinese colleague, Professor Liu Xiaoming, to help him with a dictionary project.

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People, BooksDiane Menzies4 December 2023Di Menzies, books, dictionary, Landscape Architecture Students
Code Red for Earth - IFLA 2024 Congress Call for Submissions
Code Red for Earth - IFLA 2024 Congress Call for Submissions

Earth is experiencing an unprecedented rate of change. We are all living with ‘Code Red’.Herein, the 2024 IFLA 60th World Congress calls for humankind to take urgent action to prevent the worst impacts of environmental crises

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Climate Change, Environmental Resiliency, IFLA World CongressIFLA1 December 2023IFLA, Climate Change, Call for Submissions
Waiaroha - Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre
Waiaroha - Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre

It’s not often you hear the words “you must check out the local water treatment plant”, but we hope you do. Waiaroha opened to the public in October following 5 years of development. It was blessed at dawn through a pōhiri attended by over 400 people.

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Urban, Water, Wellbeing, Community ValuesShannon Bray29 November 2023water safety, community engagement, wayfinder
What role do urban forests play in building resilience in a treeless biome?
What role do urban forests play in building resilience in a treeless biome?

Tamsin Faragher was recently invited to deliver a keynote address at the World Urban Forest Forum held in Washington D.C, USA. Initial puzzlement at why Cape Town would be invited – a treeless biome – turned to curiosity.

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OpinionTamsin Faragher27 November 2023Cape Town, World Urban Forest Forum
GAD Presents New Tashkent City Masterplan Focused on Accessibility and Collaboration
GAD Presents New Tashkent City Masterplan Focused on Accessibility and Collaboration

The New Tashkent City master plan attempts to carefully examine critical aspects of traditional city planning, setting up lasting development goals for the design.

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Nour Fakharany23 November 2023
Indigenous Knowledge to Tackle Climate Change
Indigenous Knowledge to Tackle Climate Change

NUWAO aims to develop nature-based urban design solutions, rooted in Indigenous knowledge.

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PeopleArchitecture Now21 November 2023storytelling, Climate Change, climate resilience planning & design
Taupō Town Centre Transformation
Taupō Town Centre Transformation

Taupō is one of the North Island’s most-visited destinations for New Zealanders and international tourists.

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UrbanBoffa Miskell15 November 2023Taupō, Pathways
Garth Falconer - Report on the 75th IFLA Congress Stockholm and Nairobi
Garth Falconer - Report on the 75th IFLA Congress Stockholm and Nairobi

In this article, Garth Falconer shares his experience of the 75th IFLA Congress from his recent visit to Stockholm.

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Opinion, PeopleGarth Falconer13 November 2023IFLA Congress, landscape architecture profession, World Landscape Architecture
Green Infrastructure: A Trend Taking Root In Malaysia
Green Infrastructure: A Trend Taking Root In Malaysia

When we think of infrastructure, we often imagine concrete, steel, and asphalt - the building blocks of our cities and communities. But in Malaysia, a new trend is taking shape, one that incorporates nature and the environment into the built world.

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Play, Parks, LandscapeIFLA Asia Pacific Region7 November 2023IFLA APR, Gamuda Gardens
Architecture 2030: Carbon Smart Material Palette
Architecture 2030: Carbon Smart Material Palette

For almost two decades, with modest resources, Architecture 2030 has achieved impressive shifts in outlook and practice within the U.S. and global built environment sectors.

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Urban, built environmentArchitecture 20303 November 2023concrete
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