Tag: Landscape architecture | Architecture Now

Nature’s return to healthcare design

Projects | Ryan McQuerry of Outside In reflects on the profound health benefits of the Healing Garden, an indoor oasis at Aotearoa’s newest hospital facility, Tōtara Haumaru.

Building Change: World Green Infrastructure Congress 2024

Review | Leading sustainability strategist Rebecca Mills provides key takeaways from the WGIC held in Auckland on September 3–4 and attended by over 600 delegates.

The Firth NZILA Wānanga

Review | An epic cross-section of experts spoke on the challenges and regenerative power of landscape architecture both locally and internationally. Stephen Olsen writes.

Have your say on one of Auckland’s future attractions

News | Te Ara Tukutuku, now out for public consultation, will see the northern area of Auckland’s Wynyard Point transformed. Have your say on the design of development today.

A pivitol moment for the NZILA as it announces its new board

The NZILA announces its new board

News | New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora announces its inaugural board, New Chair and Deputy Chair.

On crediting the multidisciplinary project

Review | Design authorship is sometimes misrepresented or contested among members of a multidisciplinary project. Ricky Ray Ricardo says we need to do better.

Ecologist’s perspective: Lighting our environment

Practice | Artificial lighting may have more influence on fauna than we often consider, says Boffa Miskell ecologist Jessica Schofield. Read on for what to consider when selecting lighting.

Warren and Mahoney adds new urban design and landscape architecture service offer

Leading practice expands urban and landscape architecture service

News | Warren and Mahoney has formed a new Urban Design and Landscape Architecture service offer which brings together leading experts in New Zealand and Australia.

Possibilities for the future of the city

Practice | Mark Southcombe, Hannah Hopewell and Isaac Velasco present an edited discussion on the process and findings of two multi-scaled, urban architecture and landscape design research studios.

After the floods

People | Editor Chris Barton writes on the expected frequency of extreme weather in New Zealand and outlines why the profession needs to make climate change its focus.

NZILA Firth Conference 2023: Speaker Dr Jala Makhzoumi

People | Renowned landscape architect Dr. Jala Makhzoumi will be an in-person keynote presenter at the 2023 NZILA Firth Conference in Nelson in May.

Whānau Ātea opening a game changer

News | The Tūpuna Maunga Authority opened its new (family recreation space) in Māngere, comprising Māori recreational elements, a basketball court and a hangi pit.

Glorious 1915 orb returns to Quay Street, a beacon for safe journeys home

Meticulously crafted 1915 WW1 beacon reinstated

News | The WW1 Memorial Beacon, recently returned to Quay Street, Auckland, is the earliest known built monument to the Great War to be erected in New Zealand.

Sylvia Park precinct’s new outdoor living room

Projects | Woods Bagot and Peddlethorp, together with an urban design team from Boffa Miskell have reimagined the arrival to Sylvia Park Shopping Centre as an “outdoor living room”.

Ka Mua, Ka Muri: NZILA celebrates 50 years

News | The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects celebrated a milestone 50th anniversary over three days of talks, exhibitors and awards.

Māori design in Auckland’s cityscape climbing

News | Thanks to Auckland Council initiatives, the expression of Māori culture in Auckland’s CBD has risen exponentially and is expected to grow.

New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects: Supreme Award Winners 2022

Awards | The NZILA held its awards ceremony on the 13th of October in Auckland. Find out which landscape architecture projects took out their Supreme Awards.

Ko Wai Au? | Who Am I?

Review | Two art exhibitions at Te Wāhanga Waihanga-Hoahoa interweave themes of politics, economics, culture and ecology, writes Luke Mayall.

A taonga for assessing Aotearoa’s landscape

Review | Te Tangi a te Manu — Aotearoa New Zealand Landscape Assessment Guidelines are set to become a key resource for professionals working in resource management.

Exploring and enriching the void

Practice | Boffa Miskell partners Rachel de Lambert and Michael Hawes reflect on the ways in which the multi-disciplinary design practice enables people and nature to connect.