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Tim Hart, director of Urban Initiatives (which worked on several projects in the wake of the Black Saturday fires), emphasizes the importance of listening and long-term strategizing when working with recovering communities.
In Perth, the Elizabeth Quay precinct has proven popular but its success depends on “unfinished business.”
Perched on a clifftop in Sydney’s Vaucluse, this garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture favours intimacy and materiality over grand gestures.
Andrew Toland reviews the latest edition of Kerb Journal that presents a critical perspective on designers’ roles in the production of political space.
Neuroscientific research that expands our understanding of the specific ways in which the experience of nature affects our mental well-being can help us in designing more beneficial urban environments.
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Transformative landscapes: Designing the healthy city
Design and health experts from around Australia and the world will explore the role of landscape architecture, urban design and planning in making healthful urban environments.
Climate change complacency threatens the long-term sustainability of our cities and regions
Planning Institute of Australia CEO David Williams argues that the government must face squarely up to climate change and work in the public interest to reduce greenhouse emissions and shift to a low-carbon economy.
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.”
“Be open and listen”: Tim Hart on landscape architecture and post-bushfire recovery
Tim Hart, director of Urban Initiatives (which worked on several projects in the wake of the Black Saturday fires), emphasizes the importance of listening and long-term strategizing when working with recovering communities.
The unfinished business of Perth’s Elizabeth Quay
In Perth, the Elizabeth Quay precinct has proven popular but its success depends on “unfinished business.”
Clifftop garden
Perched on a clifftop in Sydney’s Vaucluse, this garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture favours intimacy and materiality over grand gestures.
Complexity and contingency: Kerb 27
Andrew Toland reviews the latest edition of Kerb Journal that presents a critical perspective on designers’ roles in the production of political space.
Entries open: 11th Rosa Barba Landscape Prize
The 11th edition of the biennial international prize is now calling for submissions.
Australian Landscape Conference 2020
An international conference with the world’s finest landscape and garden designers
Entries open: 2020 Houses Awards
The awards include a “Garden or Landscape” category.
