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In our final ‘book column’ for the year, LAA turns the clock back to a clutch of books celebrating their 10th and 15th anniversaries - as well as presenting a bountiful selection of large illustrated books published in 2025 on flowers, plants, our biodiversity of feathered friends and city mapping.
Read MoreGuest contributor Tony Brophy has found a well of inspiration in Nantes, France. If there was one ‘elephant in the room’ at the IFLA World Congress, held in September, it was what he terms the profession’s prevailing “identity crisis”.
Read More2025 has seen a cornucopia of awards events - here’s a wrap on the Barcelona International Landscape Biennale, the Landscape Institute Awards and World Architecture Festival - all of which took place in November.
Read MoreThe World Architecture Festival made its first touchdown in the USA in November - at which LandLAB, with SCAPE, gained global recognition with a win in the Future Project: Urban Design category for the exciting Te Ara Tukutuku project.
Read MoreThe Asia-Pacific regional chapter of the International Federation of Landscape Architects has a new president: Paul Chan, of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects.
Read MoreReset has had its second success at the IFLA Asia-Pacific Region Landscape Architecture Awards - hosted in 2025 by the Indian Society of Landscape Architects in Mumbai. The Auckland/ Wānaka company won the sole Award of Excellence in the Unbuilt Commercial & Institutions category.
Read MoreQuietly located among the celebrations of the centennial year of The New Yorker, was an exhibition of its famous covers that put the urban life of Parks at the centre of the storied city’s stories.
Read MoreSimilarly to the globally important Adaptation Futures conference recently held in Ōtautahi Christchurch, next week’s International Conference on Urban Health in our capital city will traverse topics that shape both urban and landscape design.
Read MoreOctober-November is a peak time of year for landscape architecture students and academic staff - with an added emphasis given to exhibiting the excellence of everyone’s hard work; simultaneously providing members of the public an opportunity to take it all in.
Read MoreAhead of COP30, now up and running in Brazil (regardless of notable COP-outs), the International Federation of Landscape Architects released a COP30 Position Statement titled ‘A Call to Action for COP30: Putting Landscape at the Heart of Climate Action.’
Read MoreHastings’ Waiaroha – Heretaunga Water Discovery Centre has won international acclaim this month, taking out the City Nation Place Global Award for Best Placemaking Initiative. Announced in London, the award placed Waiaroha ahead of major projects from cities such as Toronto, Stockholm, and Cleveland.
Read MoreFor landscape architect Craig Pocock, travelling to India to speak on the world stage of the IFLA APR Congress in Mumbai is an opportunity to champion the importance of indigenous-led design and to reconnect with the influences that have shaped his love for India.
Read MoreOne week before the 13th edition of the Barcelona International Landscape Biennial, LAA contributor Carles Martinez-Almoyna Gual, a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Te Herenga Waka VUW, provides an insightful overview of what to expect.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a new podcast to draw insights from, the team at Te Papa Tū Whirinaki – The Landscape Foundation have released their third season of episodes inspired by the landmark book Kia Whakanuia te Whenua | People, Place, Landscape.
Read MoreOn 3 November Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University formally announced a pivotal new chapter in climate resilience with the establishment of the Kāika Institute of Climate Resilience - to be directed by Professor Paora Tapsell (Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Raukawa).
Read MoreAdaptation Futures 2025, held in Ōtautahi Christchurch between 12-17 October, was in part a showcase for the leading role landscape architects can and do play in climate adaptation. This article is the beginning of a small series on topics and issues that arose from this important international event.
Read MoreHeat! Now up to Vol. 21, No. 2, this flagship journal from Lincoln University offers six papers that bring a “range of perspectives on landscape architecture design and the complications of collaborating in this heating world”.
Read MoreŌtautahi Christchurch has been overflowing with international events, including welcoming more than 2400 delegates and exhibitors to the combined 10th International Water Association ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference and Expo.
From a pool of more than 120 nominees a National Jury convened by the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has selected more than 30 winners - as announced at this week’s gala evening during DARK, the AILA’s Festival of Landscape Architecture.
Read MoreAotearoa New Zealand needs robust landslide data to inform decisions on where and how we live. New public research organisation Earth Sciences New Zealand is doing its part by undertaking a major upgrade to the New Zealand Landslide Database (NZLD).
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