Mike has held the role of IFLA delegate for the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) since 2017. He has previously served three terms on the Executive Committee of the NZILA, one of those as Vice President, contributing to the preparation of a range of professional practice documents over several decades. Mike was made a fellow of the NZILA in 1997.
My name is Kotchakorn Voraakhom, the chairwoman of the Landscape Without Borders working group for IFLA APR. I am reaching out to you today to make a call for unity and collaboration, to use our works to improve our post-pandemic world. As landscape architects, I strongly believe it is our duty to come together as a community to define a New Normal of sustainable cities in which both people and ...
Founded in March 2009, Chengdu SecondNature INNOJOY Landscape Design Co., Ltd is a leading landscape design company in China. As an integrated service provider and cultural and creative industry brand operator. SecondNature always insists on creating human activity space with sustainable vitality and value.
Combating the virus is not an international goal. No country or community has been spared from the pandemic. But what can we do to minimize the effects of Covid-19? While maintaining the gold standard for health and hygiene is important, we do also need to look into creating environments that promote and induce wellbeing. HKILA President, Iris Hoi delves into our responsibilities as Landscape ...
The Young LA Alliance (YLAA) is an initiative that brings together a community of young professionals in Landscape Architecture who are under the age of 35. This community was created with the intention to cater to the different needs and interests of the younger working community, given the dynamic environments today.
Co-existence is a slippery notion. One could interpret it to simply refer to the sharing of space without relation of its entities to each other or view it as much more than the act of sharing but to take deliberate action designed to benefit wildlife.
Since mid-April 2020, most regular grass cutting was halted in Singapore due to increasing COVID-19 cases in the city. However, this has created a unique opportunity for the now less-disturbed green spaces to generate a healthier environment for both nature and people.
In light of the recent pandemic, cities globally are implementing more measures to allow for more pedestrians and cyclists along normally congested roads. These initiatives however differ greatly from country to country. Let us take this time to reflect on and reevaluate our existing way of life to make progressive change towards greater sustainability for the benefit of our future generations.
