Canterbury/Westland Branch News
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02 Sep
Live Stream Event - 2024 IFLA World Council
Listen in and Learn
For those of you who cannot attend in person, IFLA plans to live stream the Congress via YouTube. It will …
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05 Jun
Making places better for people
![A people-first approach to planning and design can transform the way people live, the relationships they make with their environment and the connections they make with others for generations to come - Aitken Taylor.](/media/cache/c0/c6/c0c6710939eba4a3a8605d00a3432e6e.jpg)
By Den Aitken
Public space is a city’s literal common ground - the spaces where people come together as friends, neighbours and citizens. …
02 Jun
Gabriella Durcan
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Paddling her own canoe
Gabriella Durcan has taken the plunge and recently set up her own landscape architecture business in Queenstown. She used to …
29 May
Post lockdown Auckland lights up
![Boy Walking strides through Auckland’s Potters Park. Image credit - Jay Farnworth.](/media/cache/b4/1c/b41cde92d0f65752faac3f8f0c9b039b.jpg)
As the winter solstice edges closer and days shorten, Auckland's 'light art' is stepping up.
Aucklanders can enjoy many notable public artworks lighting our streets and parks at night. They come into their own once …
26 May
NZILA carbon emissions donation buys native trees
![The Styx River catchment has traditionally been a significant source of mahinga kai and a focus of natural, cultural and heritage values since earliest settlement over 600 years ago.](/media/cache/f7/56/f756033a79d8be32e4b1cf5d741b02cc.jpg)
Chair Julia Rambacher says it was delighted to receive the NZILA donation, which has been used to buy 325 Pokaka, Hebe, Kowhai, Toe Toe and Cabbage trees.
A donation by the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects to the Styx-Purakaunui Living Laboratory Trust is being used to …
25 May
Christchurch Coast Pathway - a lesson in tenacity
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The Christchurch Coastal Pathway Group has been pushing for a shared cycle/pedestrian route connecting Christchurch’s south-eastern suburbs since 2012.
Christchurch’s Coastal Pathway (Te Ara Ihutai), is inching closer to completion with work just finished on an 800m section of …
25 May
Na Te Tau-a-Nuku-a-Nuku
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Ko Amelia Blundell (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Pākehā) i tuhi
What happens if we can't mow the lawns? The grass can grow. Some preliminary findings and conclusions from my Master’s …
18 May
Lincoln Prizewinners for the 2019 Year
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Congratulations
Due to Covid-19 lockdown the Lincoln University Graduation has been postponed. The Institue would like to acknowledge the following recipients …
15 May
Propose your plan for Lentoasemanpuisto!
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The purpose of the competition is to find innovative, inspiring, and practically, technically and financially feasible suggestions for the design of Lentoasemanpuisto.
The City of Helsinki welcomes everybody to participate in the open, international ideas competition regarding plans for Lentoasemanpuisto in the …
12 May
Parliament's play space
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By Studio Pacific Architecture
“Children learn through play, but adults play through art…we don’t stop playing.” – Brian Eno The Parliamentary Play Space is …
06 May
Fast tracking of 'shovel ready' projects good for LAs and the economy
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‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for the landscape architecture profession
The NZILA Tuia Pito Ora head says the fast track consenting of some ‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for …
05 May
Landscape Architecture Criticism
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Dr Jacky Bowring, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, has written the world’s first book on the critique of landscape architecture.
Due to be published by Routledge in the next few weeks the work, aptly named Landscape Architecture Criticism, delves into …
30 Apr
April 2020 Presidents Update
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Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. Last time I provided my monthly Presidents’ update I had …