Practice

On both climate change mitigation and adaptation, a massive gap remains between what’s needed and what’s being done.

Nicole Kalms examines how an intersectional approach to design, which recognizes the value of lived experience, can ensure that minoritized people can safely access public amenity.

Faced with grave challenges like climate change, we need to understand what different disciplines are contributing to projects – if we are to design, innovate and collaborate better.

Does authorship matter in a post-truth public realm, when unauthorized digital copies of built projects can be purchased on the international market? Kirsten Bauer teases out the contradictions of “authorship” and calls for generosity in recognizing co-authors.

Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation and Parks Victoria reflect on more than a decade of joint management and the growing impact of this co-authored approach to the way land is understood, managed and designed.

As we move beyond the Earth to fulfil human needs, we have the opportunity to set up best practice from the beginning by declaring the rights of the Moon.

Over the last two decades, landscape architecture in China has gone from a centralized discipline with little creativity or critical thought to a diverse field in which individual practices and academics are increasingly influential.

Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop aims to help the city become more equitable – but better integration of land use and transport could deliver more benefits for less money.

Named for the Woi Wurrung word for “yesterday,” Yalinguth is a site-specific app that immerses listeners in First Nations stories, music and more along a street in Melbourne’s inner-north.

Haoyang Wang of the University of Melbourne discusses his Landscape Architecture Australia Student Prize winning project alongside his supervisor Sidh Sintusingha.

Chloe Walsh of UTS discusses her Landscape Architecture Australia Student Prize winning project alongside her supervisor Penelope Allan.

“The Authorship Issue” guest editors Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann considers the challenges and opportunities of authorship in the contemporary context.

Exactly what does the 2032 Summer Olympics mean for Queensland and the vast conurbation considered “Brisbane”? Catherin Bull examines.

From floodable squares to green roofs and “cool streets,” the retrofitting of cities can help them adapt to the increasing incidence of extreme weather events.

Samantha Rich explains the significant benefits of a Reconciliation Action Plan for an architectural practice and what to watch out for when implementing one.

Danièle Hromek shares the protocols and ethics learnt from her family and from Country as a child and how they apply to the built environment.

The work of German landscape architecture practice Straub Thurmayr is driven by a passion for the fields of landscape architecture, gardening, sculpture, community work and education.

Present actions around climate change tend to focus on preserving what currently exists. Alexander Felson makes the case for a more holistic approach that positions near-term actions within long term thinking.

Developing the skills required to practise landscape architecture is a lengthy process – and sharing knowledge across generations is a crucial part of shaping the profession.

Time is a crucial dimension of both landscapes and design, yet our projects are often restricted by limited timelines, static modes of representation and fixed outcomes. How can a richer engagement with time transform our modes of practice?

Across from the never-realized modernist utopia of Blues Point, the seemingly untouched bushland of Balls Head Reserve belies a story that is less about preservation than it is about concerted, collective creation.

In Australia’s south-west, an ambitious landscape restoration project seeks to undo some of the damage of 200 years of land clearing, strengthening social and ecological networks and linking isolated islands of biodiversity.

One of the most biodiverse landscapes in the world extends through Perth’s eastern suburbs. As development encroaches, a strategy for design together with conservation is vital.

The work of Catalonia-based interdisciplinary design practice Estudi Martí Franch proposes “response-able” landscapes that can change and adapt to different temporalities and scales.

Labor’s proposed biodiversity market borrows heavily from the previous government’s approach. The government needs to tread carefully here and learn from the criticisms levelled at other offset schemes.

Working alongside Adnyamathanha knowledge holders and NASA-funded scientists, design practice Brave and Curious has delivered a network of projects across the Flinders Ranges that will help preserve and present internationally significant fossils dating back half a billion years.

Since the World Expo in 1988, Brisbane’s South Bank has evolved into a successful urban precinct, providing lessons about the risks and opportunities of landscape development over time.

The entangled nature of biodiversity loss and climate change presents designers and planners with a very complex challenge. However, by outlining specific strategies and targets at a range of scales within a practice or organization, we can develop a more effective response.

By contrast with Western linear concepts of time, many Indigenous knowledge systems understand space and time as interconnected and cyclical, marked by cues from the land, the seas and the skies.

Pathbreaking urbanist and geographer Matthew Gandy explores unusual spaces at the margins of cities, where ecological, topographical and historical perspectives collide.

Simone Bliss of SBLA Studio considers her design influences through a selection of objects from her personal collection.

Marti Fooks of Outerspace Landscape Architects reflects on her design influences through a selection of objects from her personal collection.

Kate Cullity, founding director of TCL, reflects on the practice’s beginnings through its inaugural project, a flamboyant artistic hub in Melbourne’s east.

Innovation is needed in order to adapt and thrive, yet landscape architecture has generally been slow to engage in these conversations. But, what does it mean to innovate – and how can landscape architects be involved?

As landscape architects, we have the ability and responsibility to increase our agency in responding to climate change. What steps can we take to reduce the carbon footprint of our projects and design processes?

Claire Martin of Oculus discusses her design influences through a selection of objects from her personal collection.

Green spaces are one of the most important defences against rising temperatures in our cities. A project unfolding in Bicentennial Park is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to maximize the cooling potential of our urban parks.

Urban development policies are stopping the actions that need to be taken to address, not only cities’ contributions to climate change, but what we must do to protect these places from climate change impacts.

Landscapes, both public and private, can support older people and those living with dementia to live active lives. Designwell director Tara Graham-Cochrane makes the case for an age-friendly approach to transforming our cities.

Bush Projects director Sarah Hicks chooses four objects from her personal collection that have shaped the evolution of her design approach.