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27 Mar
IFLA APR Newsletter
March update
Landscape architecture isn’t just about designing parks or streets—it’s about shaping the way we live, connect, and adapt to our …
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30 Apr
LAA Profile: Dennis Scott
“I went to Auckland University to essentially become a planner but I soon found out that planners didn’t really design towns and open spaces.”
Few landscape architects have been in the job as long as Dennis Scott. The founder of DJ Scott and Associates …
29 Apr
EDS Media Statement
EDS supports reset of tourism industry to better protect the environment
EDS today released its Tourism and Landscape Protection report which is the first case study published as part of its …
28 Apr
In memory of Sgt. Brendan T. Wilkins
The lazy squawk of the chickens, and the distant buzz of farm machinery, signifying the working Italian countryside.
This is a time to reflect. For me, April last year was frenetically navigating a shrill car through the roaring …
27 Apr
Rough & Milne - Flashback 2018 (Music Video)
I now had the ‘time’ and ‘hardware grunt’ to knit together my earliest GoPro footage and make a music video!
With the modest home computer stored away in the closet, and the hefty work machine and double screens, now shrouding …
23 Apr
"I went for a bike ride and while I was away the whole world changed."
I asked my old friend Paul if he wanted to join me to ride the South Island.
“I’m literally on fire!” Paul beamed as he dismounted from his bike. By the time he arrived in Wellington he …
22 Apr
A time to think of Papatūānuku
Na Te Tau-a-Nuku-a-Nuku
Ko Dr Diane Menzies (Ngāti Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga o Mahāki) i tuhi As Aotearoa New Zealand moves to Level 3 …
21 Apr
What will level 3 mean for landscape architects?
“Our priority is looking after the health of our members, but if people can get back to project sites safely, then the move to Alert Level 3 next week allows that to happen,”
New Zealand will move to Covid-19 alert level 3 next week and for the head of NZILA Tuia Pito Ora, …
15 Apr
Government to fund temporary cycleways
When people begin to return to city centres following the lockdown we want them to have enough space to maintain physical distance
The Government will provide extra funding to help councils expand footpaths and roll out temporary cycleways to help people keep …
14 Apr
Lockdown learning
A new way for landscape architecture students
Students around New Zealand are having to change the way they learn while in COVID-19 lockdown, including the 120 studying …
09 Apr
Living with the lockdown - finding the positives
We’re about halfway through the lockdown. Looking at the numbers it seems like Aotearoa is responding well so far, writes Brad Coombs, the NZILA Tuia Pito Ora president.
Two weeks ago I was really worried. I was processing the news of a major intervention to how I was …
08 Apr
Kerb Journal
Submissions close 22 April
Kerb is an internationally recognised journal of landscape architecture, edited and funded by students. Produced by RMIT University for close …
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 …