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Adapting and transforming our coastal environments
Rosalea Monacella reviews a recent book which offers expert insights on responding to climate change.
ReviewGardens of the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes
A recent book on the design of Manhattan’s elevated railway park offers a insight into the project’s plantings and celebrates the sensuous and dynamic qualities of living systems.
ReviewCall of the Reed Warbler: A manifesto for regeneration
Agricultural scientist and farmer Charles Massy has published a book that calls for a deeper understanding of human effects upon the landscape and for practice that is by its nature regenerative.
ReviewThe New Australian Garden: Landscapes for living
Howard Tanner reviews Michael Bates’ book The New Australian Garden: Landscapes for living.
ReviewThe Cultivated Wild: Gardens and landscapes by Raymond Jungles
The Cultivated Wild, published by The Monacelli Press, showcases Jungles’ recent projects, revealing remarkable approaches to design thinking with plants.
ReviewHypersexual City: The provocation of soft-core urbanism
Nicole Kalms introduces her new book, Hypersexual City: The Provocation of Soft-Core Urbanism.
ReviewLandscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-conceptualising design and making
Catherin Bull reviews Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann’s recent book, Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-conceptualising Design and Making.
ReviewUnspoken Spaces: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Charles Anderson reviews Unspoken Spaces: Studio Olafur Eliasson, a richly illustrated journey through the extraordinary range of works realized by artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio since the late 1990s.
ReviewCity Dreamers: The urban imagination in Australia
Urban historian Graeme Davison introduces his recent book City Dreamers: the urban imagination in Australia.
ReviewWendy Whiteley and the secret garden
Dianne Firth reviews Wendy Whiteley and the secret garden, a book about the guerrilla garden that Wendy Whitely created on New South Wales State Railways land.
ReviewOudolf Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life
A review of Oudolf Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman’s Life.
ReviewTake Me to the River: the story of Perth’s foreshore
Catherin Bull reviews Julian Bolleter’s latest book, Take Me to the River: the Story of Perth’s Foreshore.
ReviewThe Oldest Foods on Earth
A review of John Newton’s latest book, The oldest foods on earth: a history of Australian native foods, with recipes.
ReviewPiet Oudolf: Landscapes In Landscapes
A showcase of 30 years of work by landscape’s pioneer of “new wave naturalism,” Piet Oudolf.
ReviewAvant Gardeners
Avant Gardeners looks at fifty exciting and innovative landscape architects and garden designers from around the world.
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