Canterbury/Westland Branch News
05 Sep
Deputy Chair of the 2025 Registration Panel
Expressions of Interest
For the last two years the Panel Chair, Martha Dravitzki, has led the charge in shepherding Registration candidates through the …
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28 Sep
Isthmus wins international awards
![Kopupaka Reserve - Image captured by David St George](/media/cache/87/c7/87c71ec383adaa14edbb917dff76a074.jpg)
Intergrain Timber Awards / IFLA Awards
Intergrain Timber AwardsOn September 20 Grant Bailey was flown to Melbourne by Dulux to attend the Intergrain Timber Awards breakfast …
25 Sep
NZILA / IFLA Delegate Update
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There are three key current issues that I thought would be of interest to landscape architects in New Zealand
Every time I think I have finished this first column, something new arrives in my mailbox from IFLA World, or …
22 Sep
Project Landscape Assessment Methodology
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Opportunity to contribute
The landscapes of Aotearoa-New Zealand are a source of cultural identity, provide a range of qualities and services for communities …
20 Sep
PARK(ing) Day 2017
![Beca outside Revelry café on Karangahape Road](/media/cache/5c/7e/5c7ec36906be8ba311ff4b640fb83b44.jpg)
NZILA Auckland branch
Park(ing) Day is an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces …
18 Sep
Christchurch Subway Wins Coveted Awards
![Harewood Underpass - Photographer Dean Mackenzie](/media/cache/a3/9b/a39bca96c5048f8782f1d436e7a0fded.jpg)
The Harewood Underpass
The Harewood Underpass – designed by Jasmax’s landscape architecture team under the leadership of Mike Thomas – won the Resene …
18 Sep
Common Grad Ground
![Photo by Emily Cambridge](/media/cache/52/66/5266d4e5be0faa2b7cb591d80f0c0fe0.jpg)
Canterbury Westland Branch event
On Thursday evening ‘Common Grad Ground’ took place at the new Beca office in town to provide a platform for …
31 Aug
The Landing Business Park / The Gateway
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Melissa Davis, Senior Landscape Architect and team leader at Harrison Grierson
I’m Melissa Davis, and I’ve been working as a landscape architect since 2002. After graduating from Lincoln, I worked for …
31 Aug
Living Urbanism
![Meadow living roof, Therme Vals, Switzerland](/media/cache/cb/0f/cb0fbbf72042166a95ccfc6183a4a4ea.jpg)
Zoë Avery, Senior Planning, Urban and Landscape Design Consultant has been researching how we can better integrate living roofs
The uptake of living roofs, walls and facades is increasing globally as cities throughout the world begin to recognise the …
30 Aug
Annual Bar Stools Travel Talk
![Photo Credits: Ralph Johns, Meg Back, Julia Wick, Helen Mellsop and Jeremy Gershen.
Thanks to Meg Back of Jasmax who kindly montaged this.](/media/cache/b8/4e/b84eddd37527f0d70bc5ad77c41569cc.jpg)
Auckland Branch
The annual Bar Stools travel Talk was well attended by a varied audience of Landscape professionals from Auckland Practices, the …
30 Aug
Dr Jacky Bowring, one of five winners of international design competition
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Congratulations to Dr Jacky Bowring
Designing an island is a dream brief. Islands are seductive and intriguing. The places of dreams … and of nightmares. …
29 Aug
Meet Auckland Branch Member Daniel Chapman
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Leading the Design and Visualisation Team at AECOM in Auckland
Kia ora koutou, ko Daniel Chapman tōku ingoa. I currently lead the Design and Visualisation team at AECOM in Auckland, …
28 Aug
Member Profile - Pete Griffiths
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Partner: FIELDLA2
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Unitec 2001Masters of Landscape Architecture, Unitec 2006 EXPERTISE:Pete’s role is primarily that of principal designer …