News
05 Sep
Deputy Chair of the 2025 Registration Panel
Expressions of Interest
For the last two years the Panel Chair, Martha Dravitzki, has led the charge in shepherding Registration candidates through the …
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09 Feb
The green heart at the centre of an ambitious project
![The Green Heart](/media/cache/24/fc/24fc968476f1fd160087022a45fa3045.jpg)
Marina One in Singapore’s Marina Bay district
Big issues like climate change and and increasing global population are at the design heart of an ambitious project by …
08 Feb
Press Release - Report on the effectiveness of the NZ Coastal Policy Statement
Department of Conservation
In November 2016 the Department of Conservation held a series of sector workshops as part of its review of the …
05 Feb
Weaving a story of possibility for what can be achieved
![Kopupaka Reserve in West Auckland](/media/cache/ca/09/ca09909e5b7ad8af6443d5ee540384e0.png)
Grant Bailey speaks about Kopupaka Reserve
After a weekend where we heard 90 percent of New Zealand's wetlands have now been destroyed it's gratifying to showcase …
02 Feb
A parking development to keep an eye on
![9,000-square-metre public park, dubbed ‘Cato Square’](/media/cache/86/40/86407a98794422c9c999f9ebd5007e6d.jpg)
Parking's an issue we grapple with in NZ
Work's begun in Melbourne on an ambitious carpark development which city planners here in New Zealand might want to watch …
31 Jan
Who Got That Job?
![Ursula Bowman](/media/cache/f9/1b/f91b612dbc479fac4d2ba2f05c083219.jpg)
Canopy warmly welcomed Ursula Bowman into their Nelson office last year as a landscape architect packed with design talent and …
30 Jan
The kiwi landscape architect working to save the Australian bush
![Some of the very different species Simon works with - these are acacia seeds](/media/cache/3a/14/3a14aa186c58037bf35d1d311bf90ebc.jpg)
Simon Smale
A radio documentary about Australia’s Gondwana Link project in the country’s southwest led Kiwi landscape architect Simon Smale on a …
26 Jan
Cleaning up the Karamu Catchment
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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council “hot spot” priority
Hawke’s Bay’s Karamu Catchment has a dirty reputation when it comes to water quality. In 2016 it hit the headlines …
26 Jan
2018 - It's all about the money
![New Zealand Institute of Architecture president, Shannon Bray](/media/cache/69/3c/693cadbce465222898c7c3348949321f.jpg)
Article by Shannon Bray, President NZILA
The challenge for landscape architects in New Zealand in 2018 will be funding, says New Zealand Institute of Architecture president, …
25 Jan
Paint by drone
![Carlo Ratti has developed a drone system to safely make multi storey graffiti artworks](/media/cache/bf/74/bf749146435110634d824dc0cab25cfd.png)
Drawing on urban facades using drones
An innovation which may have application for landscape architects in the future is gaining traction in Europe and America. Italian …
24 Jan
2018 NZILA Firth Conference - International Speaker profile
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Bart Brands
Founder and Director, Karres+Brands, Netherlands NZILA are delighted to have Bart Brands from the Netherlands who will open the Friday …
22 Jan
In case of nuclear holocaust - NZ's national arboretum, Eastwoodhill
![Eastwoodhill - New Zealand's national arboretum could play a role in preserving species threatened by climate change](/media/cache/c7/e7/c7e7d9327a707cc4b939fbb199758d2e.jpg)
Thomas Woltz speaks about Eastwoodhill
Eastwoodhill Arboretum was the life work of William Douglas Cook, a farmer who bought the original piece of land in …
22 Jan
2018 NZILA Firth Conference - International Speaker profile
![Ryan Gravel](/media/cache/91/b8/91b8c1cabccb6e3aa4c701b47aa23aa3.jpg)
Ryan Gravel
Founding Principal at Sixpitch,Urban Planner, Designer, and Author, Atlanta, USA. The Institute is excited to announce that Ryan Gravel will …