Architecture NZ’s sister magazine Landscape Architecture NZ has been hailed the winner of the Business & Trade category at the 2011 The Maggies.

The Maggies (Magazine Publishing Association’s 2011 Magazine Awards) recognise the best magazine cover designs based on excitement factor, intrigue, impact of images and its ability to entice the reader from amidst the clutter of the newsstand.

Landscape Architecture NZ’s winning November 2010 cover features a free-runner jumping off the steps at Auckland’s Aotea Square (the issue’s feature article).

Editor Michael Barrett explains, ‘It was a compelling way to demonstrate the work of our readership who create great interaction between people and the built environment. We came across a parkour team doing crazy things in central Auckland and arranged for them to run around in specific places when we shot the square. With no cover lines the cover image told the story in a dynamic and human way.”

Covers entered into The Maggies were shortlisted by a panel of judges; the shortlist was then put to a public vote where over 20,000 votes were received over six weeks. 

Publishers were encouraged to donate to children’s charity, Cure Kids, plus everyone who voted received a $5 iSUBSCRiBE gift voucher, with $1 from magazine subscriptions purchased with this voucher going to charity. Over $3,000 has been raised for charity already.