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14 Apr
NZILA Board nominations close 29 April
Read the insights from current Board members
What does the current Board have to say about this opportunity? REMINDER: Board Nominations close Tuesday 29 April 12pm (midday) …
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18 May
Lincoln Prizewinners for the 2019 Year

Congratulations
Due to Covid-19 lockdown the Lincoln University Graduation has been postponed. The Institue would like to acknowledge the following recipients …
15 May
Budget 2020

What's in it for the landscape architecture profession?
The government has decided to invest in green infrastructure and the conservation estate in order to save and then protect …
15 May
Propose your plan for Lentoasemanpuisto!

The purpose of the competition is to find innovative, inspiring, and practically, technically and financially feasible suggestions for the design of Lentoasemanpuisto.
The City of Helsinki welcomes everybody to participate in the open, international ideas competition regarding plans for Lentoasemanpuisto in the …
12 May
Parliament's play space

By Studio Pacific Architecture
“Children learn through play, but adults play through art…we don’t stop playing.” – Brian Eno The Parliamentary Play Space is …
06 May
Fast tracking of 'shovel ready' projects good for LAs and the economy

‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for the landscape architecture profession
The NZILA Tuia Pito Ora head says the fast track consenting of some ‘shovel ready’ projects is good news for …
05 May
Landscape Architecture Criticism

Dr Jacky Bowring, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Lincoln University, has written the world’s first book on the critique of landscape architecture.
Due to be published by Routledge in the next few weeks the work, aptly named Landscape Architecture Criticism, delves into …
30 Apr
April 2020 Presidents Update

Tēnā koutou ki te whanau, Nga mihi o te ra. Last time I provided my monthly Presidents’ update I had …
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 …