News Listing

Management
Standing Committees

There are a few exciting news this month. The 2022 IFLA-APR Council Member Election was completed on 6/24, and the new term list will announce the Regional Congress in Seoul next month. This month, we also reviewed a few individual members and will soon announce the results. We open whole-heartedly to landscape architects who’re willing to join us as individuals and look forward to the future of ...

Design

Established on August 8, 2008, Shanghai Edging Architecture & Landscape Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter abbreviated to EDGING), Now EDGING has possessed class A qualifications in both architecture and landscape. Also, it well meets the ISO9001, ISO45001 and ISO14001 certification standards, being one of the first national high tech enterprises and the TOP 20 private survey and design enterprises in Shanghai ...

Opinion

IFLA APR reaching out for contributing to establish novel international disciplinary standards "LANDAWARD is an international landscape award born to reward excellence in the field and recognize the value of international projects that contribute significantly to the dialogue between nature and artifice, developing awareness of the transformation of cities, territories, and places of living. The ...

Opinion

Many times when some of us are at the top running an association or serving as a Chair leading a committee or working group, we would feel the pressure to perform and get things done. When the going gets tough, it is natural to feel the temptation to quit or even be idle when overwhelmed. But we often know that quitting is not an option. For any leader to quit, it means abandoning the ship ...

Management

The world is facing a rapidly changing and unpredictable future, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the evolving pandemic, and the competition between countries in different political and geographical regions. In the IFLA ExCo meeting, we discussed how to react to the war between Russia and Ukraine in the face of these changing times. IFLA President Hayter believes that as a professional ...

Design

Arcplus Group PLC is a high-tech listed enterprise based on foresight technology, which is positioned as an integrated service provider offering high-quality comprehensive solutions for urban development. Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: SHXDADL) is a subsidiary of Arcplus Group PLC, and also the first company ...

Working Groups

Landscape Architects Without Border team in IFLA Asia Pacific Region and JLAU would like to inform you that we have donated 548,000 Japanese Yen to Mr. Ambassador Suka to support people in the Kingdom of Tonga. Also, we have delivered relief supplies worth 4,500,000 Japanese Yen to the country. Japan Landscape Union has been provided landscape skills for disaster reconstruction and natural ...

Management
Standing Committees

Dear friends, May marks the sixth month of my term. In the face of the pandemic, many meetings, activities and interactions were disrupted. However, all committees and working groups managed to maintain constant communication through various means, for which I would like to express my deepest gratitude. The IFLA-AAPME Award has been sustained thanks to Damian's relentless efforts. We are ...

Climate Change
Design
Opinion

The environmental impact of climate change on the world’s cities will be an enormous challenge to landscape architects. The atmosphere is warming, increasing the capacity to hold more water and causing more rainfall. Widespread flooding will be the result. The increase in air temperature is also leading to the melting of the ice caps. This will have the effect of rising sea levels. According to ...

Opinion

Technology that manages manmade disasters, is site specific. It is specific to geology and specific to geographies because of legal and financial frameworks. With climate change concerns in the forefront of development, the role of Landscape Architects is well documented. Various projects, especially those in countries with marginalized communities, appear to be more effective in accommodating and ...