Wellington Branch News
09 Jul
Feedback on the NZILA Firth Wānanga 2025
Final reminder. Closes 11 July
We're looking at future planning of the national events programme and want to know what you think. Please help us …
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15 May
A grand design for Paris - with space to breathe
Les Lumières Pleyel
Snøhetta is the lead architect and landscape architect firm behind a new Parisian urban development project designed to re-energise the …
14 May
Meet Auckland's design champion
Ludo Campbell-Reid
Ludo Campbell-Reid is general manager of Auckland Council’s Design Office - a multi-disciplinary department of architects, urban designers, landscape architects, …
11 May
Bringing play back to post quake Christchurch
Margaret Mahy Family playground
When the Margaret Mahy Family playground - Takaro a Poi - opened in 2015, it was packed immediately and the …
10 May
Sweet public development for the Big Apple
Domino Park
A sugar refinery in the Brooklyn suburb of Williamsburg is being turned into a six-acre public park. Due to open …
04 May
NZILA conference poll
Talk of change dominates
Times are changing - that's the overwhelming message from delegates at the 2018 NZILA Firth conference when we asked "what …
01 May
Camp Glenorchy - the world's most sustainable campground?
Aiming for net zero energy usage
What’s been touted as New Zealand’s - and possibly the world’s - most sustainable camping ground has opened for business …
26 Apr
2018 NZILA Firth Conference speaker series
Sofie Willems + Joan Raun Nielson, Spektrum Architects
For the founders of a small Denmark architecture firm, Joan Raun Nielson and Sofie Willems have a big goal - …
26 Apr
Decolonising Landscape – a student Charrette
Tāmaki makaurau (Auckland)
During the recent 2018 Tuia Pito Ora (NZILA) conference in Tāmaki makaurau (Auckland) the Landscape Foundation, with support from Te …
24 Apr
2018 NZILA Firth Conference speaker series
Kaare Krokene: A connection to landscape
As a Norwegian architect, Kaare Krokene says he understands the New Zealand connection to our landscape. Kaare's with Snøhetta, a …
23 Apr
2018 NZILA Firth Conference speaker series
Amalie Wright: "Confidently doubting towards the future"
In introducing Landscapology's Amalie Wright, LandLAB's Henry Crothers said she probably had the best title of the day - "Confidently …
20 Apr
2018 NZILA Firth Conference speaker series
Sacha Coles: Ground up Urbanism
In the lead up to the 2018 NZILA Firth Conference, speaker Sacha Coles from Aspect Studios in Sydney went on …
18 Apr
2018 NZILA Firth Conference photos now available
Photos now available
There's been lots of positive feedback from the conference including this from Sacha Coles (Aspect Studios, Sydney) on his instagram …