Canterbury/Westland Branch News
29 May
Proposals out for submission on changes of national direction
Govt announcements today
PROPOSALS OUT FOR SUBMISSION ON CHANGES OF NATIONAL DIRECTION The Government announced today that it is calling for feedback/ submissions …
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07 Apr
Webinar Series
Play and fitness
Danish playground designers and equipment manufacturers Kompan are putting on a webinar series on play and fitness related topics. The …
03 Apr
Auckland Urban Design Panel Refresh
Are you interested in becoming a AUDP panel member for 2021-2023
Tēnā koutou NZILA members, The Auckland Urban Design Panel Governance Board (the Board) is now seeking nominations for the Auckland …
02 Apr
Making the Covid-19 lockdown work
How has the lockdown changed the way the office works
Isthmus is an integrated design studio with 80 staff. Pre COVID-19 lockdown they worked from two studios - 60 in …
27 Mar
Presidents Update
March 2020
Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. Strange days indeed. I am writing this from my newly …
26 Mar
Be kind - stay calm
Offices are shut and landscape architects are getting used to new ways of working
As the country begins the four-week Covid-19 lockdown, landscape architecture businesses around New Zealand are adapting and responding to this …
24 Mar
Playground reflects its environment
The colourful playground is home to (unofficially) the country’s fastest slide
The playground in Hastings’ Cornwall Park’s been given a state-of-the-art facelift which is proving popular with those who use it. …
22 Mar
NZILA IFLA delegate update
Prepared by: Mike Barthelmeh
The big issue for us all at the moment is the rapid spread internationally of the covid-19 virus, and fallout …
20 Mar
Unique park to rise in Manhattan
The Thomas Heatherwick designed Pier 55 in Manhattan, New York, is back on track to be completed in 2021
After being appointed following a design competition in 2013, the architecture studio envisioned a new pier on Manhattan’s southwest riverside …
20 Mar
Covid-19 - industry update
Prepared by: Brad Coombs
Landscape architects are being urged to keep it “business as usual” as much as possible by New Zealand Institute of …
16 Mar
COVID-19 Message to NZILA Members
Prepared by: Brad Coombs
You will no doubt all be aware of the unprecedented situation that is currently unfolding in New Zealand and around …
11 Mar
Urban design - what will it look like in 500 years?
By Nick Kapica
Year 2519 — navigators and the new artisans. Robots everywhere, advanced alien species live on earth, some humans occupy new …
05 Mar
IFLA Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe Award 2020
Deadline for nominations extended to 10 March
NOMINATIONS DUE: March 10, 2020 The International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), which represents the worldwide profession of landscape architecture, …