Tag: Parks
Draft masterplan released for Melbourne’s ‘Greenline’
The City of Melbourne has a draft masterplan for transformation of the Birrarung’s (Yarra river) north bank.
Vision for 64-hectare Brisbane park finalized
Brisbane council’s final vision to transform a golf course into a public park will include revegetated forests, native bushland pockets and restored waterholes.
Park at Queen’s Wharf Brisbane underway
Construction has begun on a 6,500 square metre park on the banks of the Brisbane River as part of the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development.
200-hectare park mooted for Gold Coast
Gold Coast council has revealed early plans for what could be the largest biodiversity reforestation project in Australia.
Draft vision for Brisbane’s largest open space revealed
Brisbane City Council has revealed its draft vision for a new public park that is set to bring “nature back into the city.”
Burying carpark creates much-needed open space in Melbourne’s Prahran
Lyons Architecture and Aspect Studios’ Prahan Square “puts pedestrians first” by moving an open air carpark underground.
Five ‘visionary ideas’ for Brisbane golf course transformation
Brisbane City Council has published five speculative plans for the transformation of a golf course north of Brisbane’s CBD into a public park.
LAVA, Aspect win competition to design major public park in Ho Chi Minh City
LAVA and Aspect Studios have designed a new park featuring sunken plazas, rainwater-harvesting “plants” and a curvaceous walkway plan inspired by the site’s history in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City.
‘Town square’ to transform Brisbane’s Fish Lane
Richards and Spence and RPS Group have designed a new ‘town square’ for Brisbane’s Fish Lane that will comprise an urban park, hospitality, retail and gallery spaces.
New public park and hotel gardens in Shanghai incorporate recovered camphor trees
Using over a thousand heritage camphor trees recovered from a site near Jiangxi, the park and gardens, designed by UK landscape designer Dan Pearson, will form a connected green space amidst a rising wave of urban development.
Disused Green Square lot to become 2,000-square-metre public square
Work will soon begin on the construction of a new public park on a vacant block of land in the Green Square urban renewal precinct, designed by Oculus.
Work begins on burying 9,000m2 Melbourne carpark under public plaza
Work has begun on the conversion of a carpark in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran into a new 9,000-square-metre public park designed by Lyons and Aspect Studios.
Parks Victoria mulls downsizing 18-hole golf course to enlarge Albert Park
A draft masterplan would see an 18-hole golf course within Melbourne’s Albert Park more than halved in size to make way for more space usable by the general public.
Expanded parkland to reclaim road and car park at Melbourne Metro Tunnel station
The Victorian government has unveiled Hassell’s design for an expanded park neighbouring a Metro Tunnel station.
Construction begins on Fishermans Bend park
Major work has begun on the construction of a park designed by Hayball and Tract Consultants, built in anticipation of the urban renewal of the formerly industrial Fishermans Bend area of Melbourne.
Final designs released for Melbourne ‘sky rail’ park
Designs for a linear park and a 17-kilometre walking and cycling path occupying the space underneath a new elevated rail line in Melbourne’s south east have been released.
National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Garden
Thirty years after planting, this serpentine trail is now a destination in its own right.
Four teams compete to design Sydney Park apartments
The design of a residential complex enveloped by Sydney Park will be decided through an invited competition between four architectural teams.
How green is my vision?
The 202020 Vision is an initiative to create “20 percent more green space in Australia’s urban areas by the year 2020.” But the ambitions of the vision, and its claims to success, deserve some serious scrutiny.
Plan to convert road lane to park in Melbourne’s Southbank unveiled
Announced as part of its 2017/18 budget, the new linear park on Southbank Boulevard will deliver open green space to Melbourne’s most park-deprived suburb