08 Sep

Making more people-space - Linnea Jacobsen

Linnea Jacobsen is a Danish landscape architect who had always had a hankering to visit New Zealand. During the final …

01 Sep

Paying tribute to Megan Wraight

We’re incredibly sad to share the loss of one of our industry’s shining lights. Megan Wraight died yesterday after a …

31 Aug

NZILA IFLA delegate update

Virtual meetingThe 2020 IFLA APR council meeting was held on 21 August, not in Penang where we were all meant …

31 Aug

Sculptures tell the story of early Polynesian navigators

By Kathleen Kinney

Tangata Whenua hold the knowledge, narratives and mauri of place. We understand the importance of whakapapa and that our connections …

27 Aug

A love of drawing and art leads to career in landscape architecture

“To me it was a really good combination of these things, the ability to draw and design, but also to be outside,”

As a child Mark Brown liked being outside playing sport and building things: construction was in his family’s blood. At …

18 Aug

IFLA Asia Pacific Region Newsletter

July Edition

Featured in this issue:Landscape Architects Without Borders: IFLAA APR President, Mr. Fumiaki TakanoObituary: Prof. Sung Kyung KIMLandscape Architects in the …

13 Aug

Northcote Greenway: Te Ara Awataha

As a key spatial corridor the Greenway project is characterised by the physical presence of the Awataha Stream.

Te Ara Awataha is a 1.5km green corridor located in the heart of the new Northcote town centre and housing …

05 Aug

NZILA welcomes review of the Resource Management Act

An independent review panel, led by retired Court of Appeal Judge, Tony Randerson QC,  has suggested repealing the act and replacing it with two new pieces of legislation

The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora has welcomed the long anticipated review of the Resource Management …

03 Aug

Nelson/Marlborough Branch Event

The Nelson/Marlborough Branch held a gathering for its members and presented the certificates to their newly Registered members. Most of …

31 Jul

NZILA Call for Fellows

Nominations will close on the 30th September 2020

Through award of Fellowship, the NZILA recognises its leaders, innovators and ambassadors, and those who have made a special contribution …

29 Jul

Gary Marshall is a busy man

The more you learn about ecology, the more you realise that systemic change requires working with people in place

Gary Marshall is a landscape architect at Resilio Studio in Auckland. He’s also a part-time educator at Auckland Permaculture Workshop …

28 Jul

Design that mitigates post traumatic stress in children proves a winner

“Being able to spend time at a school to see how it functions on a day to day basis has been really useful when designing these spaces.”

Kamo Marsh landscape architect Tim Scott takes more than a parental interest in Rāwhiti School in Christchurch. He has worked …