Canterbury/Westland Branch News
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02 Sep
Live Stream Event - 2024 IFLA World Council
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For those of you who cannot attend in person, IFLA plans to live stream the Congress via YouTube. It will …
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23 Jan
Prison project wins praise
![The ongoing stewardship of the Waikeria Prison site and farmland is the key guiding principle for the landscape and ecological works. This has involved conservation of existing highly valued resource areas, enhancement of existing landscape and ecological values, restoration of degraded landscapes and a long-term vision of ecological biodiversity. A revegetation and restoration plan was prepared with Puniu River Care Incorporated, Maniapoto ki Te Raki, Raukawa Charitable Trust and Te Roopū Kaumātua o Waikeria. This plan was integrated with the Landscape and Visual Mitigation Plan and Ecological Enhancement and Mitigation Plan.](/media/cache/49/4d/494d096f7cd0a011aa3f4ae68021bc60.jpg)
Award of Excellence
Boffa Miskell’s Waikeria Prison Landscape for the Department of Corrections picked up an Excellence Award in the 2019 Resene New …
20 Jan
Ditch transformation brings new life to subdivision
![Timber bridges allow contact with the water, and good circulation for cyclists or joggers. The bridges are flanked by historic salvaged wharf beams, sourced from Lyttelton Port](/media/cache/01/c4/01c4f17887af3fdc9678441cfaa08c6e.jpg)
Dunbars Drain project, Christchurch
Transforming a ditch running through a paddock into a naturalised, meandering waterway complete with fish life, footpaths, terraces, native riparian …
16 Jan
Ararira wetland serves as an outdoor classroom
![The Ararira/LII River begins near Lincoln township, travels through mixed-use rural land, finishing at the lake at Yarrs Flat wildlife reserve.](/media/cache/c1/aa/c1aa29864eecdf884a45324e4dcb935c.jpg)
Community Restoration Project
Planting native trees is one of the most popular conservation activities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Everywhere we are seeking to …
15 Jan
IFLA AAPME Awards 2020: Call For Submissions
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Final date for submission 15 March 2020
IFLA APR is proud to host the AAPME Awards 2020 – “GLOBAL CALL FOR RESILIENCE”, a global award initiated by …
15 Jan
IFLA - KOMPAN Play Design Challenge 2020
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Theme: RESILIENCE – PLAY BUILT TO LAST
Organised by IFLA Asia-Pacific region, in collaboration with IFLA Americas and KOMPAN BACKGROUND In most cities and urban developments, children's …
14 Jan
Laneways project gets thumbs up
![The laneways are a modern interpretation of an area’s heritage.](/media/cache/66/11/6611286f12d8e354787b7b2d795b6aa0.jpg)
Resene NZILA 2019 Award
Design work on an area of tight alleyways and small lanes won Wellington City Council’s urban design team an Excellence …
13 Jan
Australia's burning - a call to action
![The Sydney Opera House paid tribute to Australia’s heroic firefighters over the weekend. Image courtesy of the Sydney Opera House.](/media/cache/76/1e/761e813865fe129af7c84a186e9412cf.jpg)
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Wherever you were around the world this holiday break - there was no escaping the cataclysmic Australia fires and as …
20 Dec
IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter Issue No:13
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December 2019
Featured in this issue: Fumiaki Takano and the future of IFLA APRIFLA2020 Call for SubmissionsIFLA APR LA Awards Feature: Award …
20 Dec
Presidents End of Year Message
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Meri Kirihīmete te whanau
This is my end of year wrap up and ‘have a happy holiday season’ message. Firstly I would like to …
18 Dec
X-Section journal a "worthy addition to bookshelves"
![Judges said the student-led project demonstrated the importance of the voice of youth within the profession, as critics, commentators, and collectors of ideas.](/media/cache/19/5d/195d919a20508415bbbdd3d63306ef84.jpg)
Unitec
A collaborative publication between landscape architecture students, academics and practitioners has won an excellence award in the Landscape Publication category …
13 Dec
Furniture project wins LandLAB Excellence Award
![The platform provides a new sculptural seating form located at key destinations along the promenade - Bouzaid Way/Log Farm Waterfront, Market Plaza and the Promenade. These are deliberately over-scaled elements that support social and group seating.](/media/cache/50/56/505683e2599cff8c1b6064a1043eb63a.jpg)
LandLAB’s Viaduct Harbour seating prototypes project was initiated to find furniture which would add to the character and functionality of …
12 Dec
Designing for equality
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The biggest challenge facing landscape architects, designers and planners in the 21st century is how to integrate community voice and …