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The World Green Infrastructure Conference 2024: A ready reference
The World Green Infrastructure Conference 2024: A ready reference

From 3-5 September, 600+ delegates will gather for the World Green Infrastructure Congress in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. WGIC2024 is being hosted by the University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau in collaboration with Design for Nature and the World Green Infrastructure Network. LAA has compiled a ready reference to the 100+ speakers.

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Stephen Olsen31 August 2024
Seeking the story behind the story - Cathy Challinor
Seeking the story behind the story - Cathy Challinor

Cathy Challinor, a Kaihoahoa Whenua at Boffa Miskell, shares her thoughts on deeper understandings of memorialisation, and a growing awareness of "the complexity of the symbolism that memorials contain or omit".

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Memorial, Landscape, PeopleStephen Olsen30 August 2024
Oh the places you’ll go!
Oh the places you’ll go!

This time last year, student Hannah Merrett-Kaufman could not have foreseen just how far afield her landscape architecture studies would take her.

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Students, Landscape Research, PeopleStephen Olsen22 August 2024
Bringing pūrākau and play together
Bringing pūrākau and play together

Luoyun ‘Fish’ Lee, a senior landscape architect at Bespoke, shares her experience on the Te Kapua Playground project in Tūrangi - a co-recipient of Te Karanga o te Tui Award at the 2024 Resene NZILA Awards.

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Awards, Children, PeopleStephen Olsen21 August 2024
The 2024 Paris Olympics: More than sport
The 2024 Paris Olympics: More than sport

Organisers of the Paris Olympics have certainly lived up to their 2024 motto of Games Wide Open (Ouvrons grand les Jeux) and it’s not all about the sport.

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Urban Regeneration, Urban Landscape, UrbanStephen Olsen10 August 2024Sport
New industry initiative to reduce carbon emissions of New Zealand buildings
New industry initiative to reduce carbon emissions of New Zealand buildings

A new industry-led initiative that aims to reduce the environmental impact of Aotearoa New Zealand’s buildings, which contribute up to 20 per cent of the national carbon footprint, was announced yesterday at Parliament.

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Carbon in Construction, UrbanArchitecture Now8 August 2024Building Carbon, carbon footprint, Measuring Carbon
 ISCCL Webinar: Why do we need a united Landscape Architecture profession?
ISCCL Webinar: Why do we need a united Landscape Architecture profession?

This talk provides an overview of the state of the landscape architecture profession and introduces the critical role that landscape architects play in advancing the profession by demanding the highest standards of education, training, research and professional practice

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Video, Landscape, Landscape ArchitectureIFLA6 August 2024Webinar, IFLA
Pocket Parks in Informal Settlements - Potential for Egyptian Cities
Pocket Parks in Informal Settlements - Potential for Egyptian Cities

The reduced costs associated with pocket parks made them very attractive to communities and provided their residents with a little oasis of tranquility and relaxation.

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Parks, Pocket ParksIFLA Africa1 August 2024Egypt, Cairo
Advancing our understanding of flooding in New Zealand
Advancing our understanding of flooding in New Zealand

Researchers from NIWA are developing the first, nationally consistent flood inundation hazard and risk assessment for New Zealand. It’s vital research that’s revealing how changing rainfall patterns, rising

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Landscape, Flood ManagementMinistry of Business, Innovation & Employment30 July 2024NIWA, Natural Hazard
New Zealand project gets global recognition with WAFX prize
New Zealand project gets global recognition with WAFX prize

Auckland Stadium at Quay Park by HKS, in Auckland, New Zealand, also known as Te Tōangaroa, is one of 33 future projects that have been announced as winners of this year’s World Architecture Festival WAFX Awards.

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Urban, AucklandArchitecture Now25 July 2024Boffa Miskell, Cultural Identity, Award Winner
Consultation on New Zealand’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan now open
Consultation on New Zealand’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan now open

Have your say on the actions and activities that New Zealand should take in the second half of the decade to help navigate towards a low-emissions future. Consultation is open until August 21, 2024.

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Climate Change, Carbon ReductionMinistry for the Environment23 July 2024Environment Ministry
Government Architect NSW launches a Biodiversity in Place Framework
Government Architect NSW launches a Biodiversity in Place Framework

The Biodiversity in Place Framework provides a practical guide to bring nature back into our cities, towns and suburbs.

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Urban Planning, BiodiversityNew South Wales Government18 July 2024Policy, Nature in Cities
New marine protections in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana
New marine protections in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana

The Government plans to introduce 19 new protection areas in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana.

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ParkDepartment of Conservation16 July 2024marine reserves, Department of Conservation
Water Issues to Ecological Opportunities at Auckland Botanic Gardens
Water Issues to Ecological Opportunities at Auckland Botanic Gardens

The case study of the Auckland Botanic Gardens exemplifies a successful integration of water-sensitive design within an urban park setting.

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ParksZoë Avery15 July 2024Auckland Botanic Gardens, Bioswales, Living Roof
Student's MLA study prompted by Cyclone Gabrielle
Student's MLA study prompted by Cyclone Gabrielle

Cyclone Gabrielle sparked Ava Roimata Wright’s journey into her Master of Landscape Architecture research.

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PeopleMatthew Bradbury11 July 2024climate resilience planning & design, Cyclone Gabrielle, Masters of Landscape Architecture, Unitec
Community turns out for Buller River Delta Reforestation Project
Community turns out for Buller River Delta Reforestation Project

Martins Creek Estuary, a remnant of coastal wetland on the south side of the Buller River Delta, has been getting reforestation attention from The Restoring and Protecting Flora Project during its final months.

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PeopleKotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance9 July 2024Westport, Kawatiri Coast Trail, Reforestation, Native Plants
Finalists announced for Australia's National Sculpture Garden Design Competition
Finalists announced for Australia's National Sculpture Garden Design Competition

The National Gallery of Australia has announced a shortlist of five finalists for the National Sculpture Garden Design Competition.

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Parks, PeopleNational Gallery of Australia & Architecture AU4 July 2024Sculpture Garden, Australia, Awards
A way forward: land use change in Aotearoa
A way forward: land use change in Aotearoa

We need to change the way we use our land if we are to hold the line on environmental quality, let alone improve it. In Aotearoa New Zealand, land use has been changing since humans first arrived, and it continues today - Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

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Landscape, Landscape PlanningParliamentary Commissioner for the Environment2 July 2024Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
The work of a landscape architect - a Danish Perspective
The work of a landscape architect - a Danish Perspective

"Landscape architecture is an art form that, if anything, can tell about the relationship between nature, society and man. It can help give us the good life that contains both meaning, well-being, experience and realization."

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Denmark, Landscape ArchitectureDanske Landskabsarkitekter27 June 2024Landscape Design, tools, Danish Design
Amberfield: Increasing residential capacity while protecting critically threatened bats
Amberfield: Increasing residential capacity while protecting critically threatened bats

Working together, Boffa Miskell ecologists and landscape architects have devised ways to provide bat-friendly connections in a new Hamilton housing development.

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UrbanAndrew Blayney and Helen Baggaley25 June 2024bats, biodiversity, Hamilton, Housing
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