Tag: Landscape

Concept design for Ngamawari by Aspect Studios consortium.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 23 Feb 2024

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.

Fig Tree Boardwalk render.
News | Adair Winder | 24 Sep 2023

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.

River Park Precinct.

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.

Aspect Studios has won a design competition to design Alibaba's campus park, inspired by the Xixi Wetlands.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 22 Nov 2022

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.

Render of upgraded green space next to the Perth Children's Hospital.
News | Isla Sutherland | 7 Nov 2022

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.

Renders of the proposed Causeway Pedestrian and Cyclist bridges in Perth.
News | Isla Sutherland | 18 Aug 2022

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.

The freeway runs through a landscape of mangroves and intertidal samphire ecologies, disturbed over the years by industrial and horticultural activities.
Review | Tanya Court | 24 Jun 2022

Salt and samphire: Northern Connector

In Adelaide’s north, a freeway project by Tract carefully negotiates surrounding salt fields, mangroves and wetlands.

The sequestration capacity of urban trees is relatively insignificant compared with embodied emissions from manufacturing construction materials.

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?

Northern Precinct at Rouse Hill by Cox Architecture.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 20 May 2021

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 concept.

“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.

The Western Pavilion and precinct entry of the Upper Australia exhibit at Taronga Zoo by Lahznimmo Architects and Spackman, Mossop and Michaels.

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.

A new Sensory Garden by Andrew Laidlaw was completed in December 2020.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 15 Jan 2021

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.

The Echo Point Visitor Centre, designed by Chrofi Architects and Breakspear Architects with engagement consultant Yatu Widders-Hunt of Cox Inall Ridgeway.

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.

Barangaroo Reserve by Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architecture and Johnson Pilton Walker Architects and Landscape Architects.
News | Louisa Wright | 1 Jul 2016

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.

Ngarara Place at RMIT University's city campus by Greenaway Architects.
News | Louisa Wright | 31 May 2016

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
Practice | Claire Martin | 9 May 2016

Natalie Jeremijenko: Wondrous engagement

Natalie Jeremijenko speaks about her projects of “wondrous engagement” including urban zip lines and luxury housing for lobsters.

A cascading steel mesh staircase is bolted onto a rock face adjacent to the MacKenzie River.
Review | Ricky Ray Ricardo | 3 May 2016

Of Stone and steel: MacKenzie Falls Precinct

A bold yet highly site-specific gesture rarely seen in Australian national parks and conservation areas.

A crisp plane of paving is positioned within a square of four plane trees.
Review | Ray Edgar | 3 May 2016

Zinc House

A contemporary pared-back garden that elides the distinction between gallery space and domestic living.

Lush tropical plantings at the rear of the garden are reflected on the pool’s surface.
Review | Tanya Wood | 3 May 2016

Parsley Bay Garden

This lush Sydney villa garden is enriched by a collection of bespoke artworks.

Dramatic rocks tower from Circular ponds in the water feature by artist Ashika Ostapkowicz.
Review | Anne Latreille | 3 May 2016

Mount Eliza Garden

An artful composition by landscape architects Sinatra Murphy on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

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