As we look back on 2020, it’s obvious that it was a tough year for most communities around the world. Even while we felt pretty insulated in Aotearoa from the worst that the COVID-19 pandemic bought to parts of the world, we have all been affected by interruptions to supply chains, limited ability to travel both internationally and domestically, and through the more direct impacts on our travel ...
IFLA APR award is reinvigorating the record of interviewing jurors and is accepting applications from interested candidates. We highly encourage landscape architecture faculties from around the region, at IFLA accredited programs, to nominate qualified academic administrators from their schools as volunteers.
Like all other organizations that have been challenged by the pandemic, the Philippine Association of Landscape Architects (PALA) had to adapt to the changing situations while at the same time remain to be committed to its advocacies. PALA recognizes the important roles of the Landscape Architects in making our people be more resilient to the challenges being faced brought about by the ...
As we usher in the new year, polarizing political views and tense geopolitical relations are an ever-present reality that is affecting public urban space morphology.
Architecture Design and Research Group Ltd. (AD+RG) was founded by a group of individuals interested and concerned with the development of architectural excellence in Hong Kong and China. Members of AD+RG have actively involved in the last few years to connect the public with architecture. Committed to excellence in architecture and the ideal of a high-quality sustainable environment for the ...
As we begin a new year it is tempting to see the change of date to 2021 as being a symbolic turning point to underscore the end of 2020 and beginning a bounce back from the globally devastating impacts of the coronavirus. However, it is clear that the effects of covid-19 are far from being under control in many parts of the globe and that we will need to continue to deal with the consequences of ...
ONE Landscape is a boutique design studio that specializes in high-end contemporary landscape architecture, urban design, public art, and environmental planning in China, Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East with head office in Hong Kong and multiple studios in Vietnam, India, and Thailand. Since its inception nine years ago ONE has won numerous international awards including the IFLA award ...
Many mentoring relationships do not start off as a formal or official acknowledgment of each other in those roles. At least not in my case. It can be a relationship that develops over time through casual conversations, design awards supervision, conferences, and other platforms.
The COVID-19 crisis is a caveat that we need to change our ways in order to achieve a “carbon-neutral, ‘nature-positive’ economy”. When we went into quarantine, the pandemic awakened people’s inherent sense of biophilia as we appreciated parks as breathing spaces and sought to balance our isolation with connection to mother nature. For some businesses and ports, it has provided a hiatus, an ...
