Tag: Urban design

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.

The Department of Education and BVN were announced the winners of the 2023 Minister’s Award for Urban Design, following their design of Brisbane South State Secondary College.
News | Adair Winder | 16 Aug 2023

Queensland’s urban design award winners announced

The winner of the 2023 Queensland Minister’s Award for Urban Design has been revealed along with the winners of the Malcolm Middleton Award for Liveable Design and the Movement and Place Award.

Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project by Aspect Studios and Cox Architecture.
Awards | Isla Sutherland | 2 Dec 2022

2022 Australian Urban Design Awards announced

The Australian Urban Design Awards were announced on 30 November at an online ceremony, with five major projects from across the country recognized for their contribution to Australia’s urban landscape.

Guy Maron's Bicentennial Conservatory within the 51-hectare Adelaide Botanic Garden on the  edge of the CBD.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 16 Dec 2021

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.

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.

Carmen Fiol-Costa, of Arriola & Fiol Arquitectes Barcelona.
Practice | Josh Harris | 11 Mar 2021

Urban civic projects: Carmen Fiol-Costa

Barcelona-based architect and urban designer Carmen Fiol-Costa, the first Droga Architect in Residence, looks back on her time in Australia.

An example of a low-density suburb before GOD (greenspace-oriented development), with large amounts of underutilized public open space.
Practice | Richard Weller | 25 Nov 2019

What ever happened to (Australian) urbanism?

With Australia’s population set to almost double by 2066, the handwringing over increased density and sprawl will only increase. Yet these circumstances offer architects and urban planners an opportunity for courageous creativity.

Rob Adams in his office at Council House 2 (CH2), Australia’s first building to be awarded a six-star Green Star design rating.
Practice | Lucy Salt | 3 Apr 2018

Rob Adams: A lesson in city design

As he turns his focus to succession planning, Rob Adams, director of City Design and Projects at the City of Melbourne, sat down with Lucy Salt to reflect on more than three decades of city building.

Choreographing the city: Ron Jones
News | Emily Wong | 8 Feb 2018

Choreographing the city: Ron Jones

On the eve of the launch of Urban Choreography: Central Melbourne 1985–, a new book documenting the transformation of central Melbourne since the 1980s, Landscape Australia speaks to co-editor Ronald Jones about some of the key ideas that lie behind the book and how to design a good city.

The shallow pool is part of the original plaza design by Harry Seidler & Associates.
Review | Ricky Ray Ricardo | 21 Dec 2017

Riverside Centre, Brisbane: Reviving a Seidler icon

As development pressures intensify in Australian cities, the renovation of the Riverside Centre plaza illustrates how an urban space can be revitalized without the need to sacrifice heritage or cultural identity.

Central Sydney from Ultimo.
Practice | Ben Hewett | 22 Nov 2017

Better placed through integrated design

Deputy New South Wales Government Architect Ben Hewett introduces the scope and objectives of Better Placed – the state’s first integrated design policy for the built environment.

Turning an urban drain into a living stream opens up a world of possibilities.
Practice | Zoe Myers | 19 Sep 2017

More than just drains: Recreating living streams through the suburbs

Lot sizes and backyards are shrinking in Australia at the same time as building density is increasing. So we cannot afford to overlook the potential of existing – but neglected – spaces in our suburbs, like drains.

Jill Garner, Victorian Government Architect
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 21 Jul 2017

2017 Australian Urban Design Awards jury announced

The panel of jurors is a broad representation of the various built environment professions, including architects, planners, landscape architects and urban designers.

The draft Parramatta Civic Link Urban Park by Aspect Studios and SJB.
News | Ricky Ray Ricardo | 26 Apr 2017

Green civic link planned for Parramatta

An ambitious ‘civic spine’ is planned for central Parramatta that will link the railway station to the Parramatta River.

Hypersexual City: The Provocation of Soft-core Urbanism, Nicole Kalms, Routledge, 2017.
Review | Nicole Kalms | 15 Feb 2017

Hypersexual City: The provocation of soft-core urbanism

Nicole Kalms introduces her new book, Hypersexual City: The Provocation of Soft-Core Urbanism.

A map outlining the precincts in Fishermans Bend.
News | Louisa Wright | 30 Nov 2016

Vic gov’t announces Fishermans Bend development controls

The Victorian government has introduced mandatory height controls and policies encouraging dwelling diversity for Fishermans Bend.

BIGyard Zelterstraße 5 by Zanderroth Architekten. The architecturally innovative and environmentally efficient Baugruppen collective housing model has the intent of building housing but eliminates the developer in order to keep costs significantly down.
News | Linda Cheng | 15 Nov 2016

German cooperative housing model takes root in WA

Two projects in Western Australia could see the German Baugruppen model of cooperative housing introduced in the state.

Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership with Alluvium, Turpin and Crawford Studio and Dragonfly Environmental.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 13 Oct 2016

2016 Australian Urban Design Awards announced

Six entries have been recognized in the 2016 Australian Urban Design Awards.

Sydney Park Water Re-Use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership with Alluvium, Turpin and Crawford Studio and Dragonfly Environmental.

2016 Australian Urban Design Awards announced

Six entries have been recognized in the 2016 Australian Urban Design Awards.

Brisbane Showgrounds - Public Realm Overlay by Lat27 in collaboration with RNA and Lendlease.

2016 Australian Urban Design Awards shortlist revealed

Thirty-seven entries have been shortlisted in the 2016 Australian Urban Design Awards.

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