Tag: Sustainable design
Adelaide becomes second National Park City
Adelaide has been named the world’s second National Park City, after London, at the World Urban Park Congress.
Here’s why your city isn’t a lush, green oasis yet
Researchers Thami Croeser, Georgia Garrard, and Sarah Bekessy take a look at what’s holding back the greening of cities.
Draft NSW green space strategy released
Government Architect NSW’s draft design framework outlines ambitious targets for for access to public open space across the state.
Study confirms that development contributes to urban heat
With 50-degree-plus summers on the horizon, could green and blue infrastructure help alleviate urban heat effects in highly developed areas?
Australian project wins Europe’s oldest built environment award
A park rehabilitation and storm water re-use project in Sydney by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership has won one of the top awards at the UK Civic Trust Awards.
Australian project recognized in Europe’s oldest built environment awards
The Sydney Part Water Re-use project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership is in the running to receive a Civic Trust Award.
Hassett Park
Hassett Park by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture (JILA) is an urban park in Canberra that celebrates hydrological systems and a wild aesthetic.
New Urban Agenda Conference to champion sustainable development in Australia
The inaugural conference will be held in Melbourne and will look to implement the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda.
CSIRO to test urban development concepts
The CSIRO has partnered with developer Celestino to establish its first operational Urban Living Lab in Sydney, where it will design and test urban development concepts.
Waste not, want not: Sydney Park
Occupying a former landfill site, the Sydney Park Water Re-use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership is an impressive fusion of design, science, art and ecology.
Growing pains: The 21st century urbanization of Australia
As the Australian population surpasses the twenty-two million mark, when do we stop ignoring the important questions?
Revisioning ‘waste’ as ‘resource’
Do landscape architects have the ability to alter behaviours in the direction of sustainability?
