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You are invited to attend SOLA’s Seminar - Landscape as Legacy: Reflections and Learnings From 60 Years of Landscape Practice with Frank Boffa - Founder of Boffa Miskell 

Te Papa Tū Whirinaki | Landscape Foundation welcomes Frank Boffa as the inaugural speaker in the "Landscape as..." lectures series.  Hosted by the School of Landscape Architecture at Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki | Lincoln University, Frank's lecture will explore the idea of landscape as legacy, as a reflection on six decades of professional life. Frank’s career covers landscape education, the establishment of the NZILA Tuia Pita Ora, Boffa Miskell, and professional practice under the Town and Country Planning Act, the National Development Act, the Resource Management Act, and what now appears to be the creation of more of a ‘laissez-faire ‘planning framework . Frank’s presentation will traverse some of the high and low points in his professional development over the past 60 years, and what today’s students might learn from this.

About Frank Boffa:

Frank Boffa is one of the founders of landscape architecture in New Zealand. Trained in the United States and helped establish the first course in landscape architecture at Lincoln College in 1969. Founded the landscape architecture and environmental consulting practice Frank Boffa and Associates that eventually became Boffa Miskell Limited. Instrumental in the foundation and early development of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects, and in the establishment of the landscape architecture profession in New Zealand. Awarded ONZM at Queen's Birthday Honours in 2014