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Meet the team at TALA!

Claire Martin is a Registered Landscape Architect. Originally from the UK and based in Melbourne, Australia Claire is a Fellow and National President of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and a member of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) World Climate Change Working Group and Chair of the IFLA Asia-Pacific Regional Working Group.

I hope you are all well during what continues to be a challenging time. I am Claire Martin, the Chairwoman for the Climate Change Working Group, a sub-committee of the International Federation of Landscape Architects Asia Pacific Region, and the newly elected President of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

At AECOM, our Masterplanning, Landscape Design and Economics practice line has been a global leader in the field for almost seventy years. Our firm is widely regarded as the world’s leading land-based design consultancy integrating landscape architecture with urban design, economic planning and environmental considerations. The desire to enhance a sense of place drives our design approach. We find ...

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.

We would like to express our condolences over the passing of Prof. Sung-Kyun Kim.

Misato Uehara, Ph.D., JLAU, JNLA, is an associate professor, vice-chair of Environmental design unit, the Social Research Center, Shinshu University.

He serves as the International Federation of Landscape Architects Asia-Pacific Region’s Chair of Climate Change Taskforce team and is the official delegate of the Japan Landscape Architect Union (JLAU) at the IFLA-APR council.

LAr. Dr. Nor Atiah Ismail is an Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She graduated with Bachelor in Landscape Architecture from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1996), Master of Science in Architecture (2001-2002) from the same university and obtained her Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture from Lincoln University ...

President Fumiaki Takano shares his admiration for Damian's work during his presidency over the years and looks forward to taking on this new challenge for IFLA APR and its future.

ZHENG Xiaodi, Ph.D., RLA, ASLA, CHSLA, is associate professor, vice chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, co-director of the International Affairs Office, and founding director of the Center for Brownfields Research at Tsinghua University School of Architecture. She serves as General-Secretary of Chinese Steering Committee of Landscape Architecture Education and is the official ...