25 Jun

NZILA Vectorworks Student Scholarship awarded to...

Thanks to Megabits for sponsoring this scholarship

Keen photographer Will Chrisp has always been taken with the beauty of a starry sky. In times of stress the …

25 Jun

Nohonga challenge finalists found

Here are the finalists in no particular order.

The five finalists have been found for the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito …

23 Jun

Call for feedback on Takapuna town square plan

The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board has endorsed the design and along with urban regenerator Panuku Development, will seek public input to refine details.

Over the next few weeks Takapuna locals will get a chance to give their feedback over the Isthmus design for …

15 Jun

CCMP Webinar Presentation

The recording of the CCMP Webinar presentation on the 9th of June is now available to watch. Click here to …

11 Jun

Frank Boffa - "we made our mark"

Frank Boffa’s thoughts on landscape architecture

One of the founding fathers of modern landscape architecture in New Zealand, Frank Boffa, says his interest in the discipline …

10 Jun

Fee waivers available for MLA at Lincoln

No fees for postgrad study from 2020 to 2021

Lincoln University is being innovative in its course offerings to meet the post Covid-19 needs of the New Zealand economy, …

05 Jun

Making places better for people

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

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

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

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

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

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 …