Tag: Landscape
Canberra waterfront set to be transformed into urban park
The National Capital Authority has approved designs to transform the Lake Burley Griffin waterfront at Acton into a people-focused urban park by a consortium led by Aspect Studios.
Detailed design to begin on Melbourne’s Greenline
Detailed design and early investigative works on Melbourne’s Greenline Project are set to commence later this year.
Consortium appointed for Melbourne Greenline Project
A design team has been awarded the contract for the City of Melbourne’s ambitious Greenline Project along the Yarra River.
Australian practice to transform Alibaba campus park
Aspect Studios has won an international design competition for a campus park project in Hangzhou, China, for Alibaba’s headquarters.
Kids’ hospital park inspired by ‘healing energy of Country’
A green space next to the Perth Children’s Hospital will undergo a $4 million upgrade to include a nature playground, amphitheatre, entertainment space and a natural learning precinct.
Two new car-free bridges for Perth CBD
Two proposed pedestrian and cycle bridges will provide a new gateway into the Perth CBD, spanning across the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) from the eastern banks of Point Fraser, over Heirisson Island to Victoria Park foreshore.
Salt and samphire: Northern Connector
In Adelaide’s north, a freeway project by Tract carefully negotiates surrounding salt fields, mangroves and wetlands.
Decarbonizing landscape practice
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?
Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill
Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.
“Greenline” proposal for Birrarung to transform Melbourne
The City of Melbourne will consider a $300 million plan to transform the north bank of Melbourne’s Yarra River into a series of connected parks.
Native flora and fauna exhibit at Taronga Zoo approved
A new $16 million exhibit for Australian animals in their natural habitats, designed by Lahznimmo Architects and Spackman, Mossop and Michaels, has been approved by the NSW government.
The next 20 years for Melbourne’s botanic gardens
An underground herbarium has been proposed for Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in a 20-year masterplan.
Consideration of Country to be the heart of NSW planning system
Government Architect NSW has released a draft planning framework aimed at prioritizing and protecting Indigenous connection to Country.
Two Australian projects in Rosa Barba Prize shortlist
Two Australian projects – Barangaroo Reserve and The Goods Line – have been shortlisted for the Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize by the Banc de Sabadell Foundation.
Indigenous garden opens in heart of Melbourne
Ngarara Place, an Indigenous landscape designed by Greenway Architects, has opened at RMIT University’s city campus.
Natalie Jeremijenko: Wondrous engagement
Natalie Jeremijenko speaks about her projects of “wondrous engagement” including urban zip lines and luxury housing for lobsters.
Of Stone and steel: MacKenzie Falls Precinct
A bold yet highly site-specific gesture rarely seen in Australian national parks and conservation areas.
Zinc House
A contemporary pared-back garden that elides the distinction between gallery space and domestic living.
Parsley Bay Garden
This lush Sydney villa garden is enriched by a collection of bespoke artworks.
Mount Eliza Garden
An artful composition by landscape architects Sinatra Murphy on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.