Early engagement with Asia
The Australian landscape architectural profession has been engaged with Asia from the 1970s. Embassy projects were a particular focus in the beginning, when desires for harmonious political and cultural relationships were expressed in new and interesting physical forms.
Winners announced: 2018 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards.
AILA launches Reconciliation Action Plan
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has launched its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan which aims to facilitate the development of a deeper level of respect for Traditional Custodians and their relationship with the landscape.
Reflections on an Australian education
Landscape architecture academics Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University respectively caught up with a group of international landscape architecture students to learn about their experiences in Australia and why they chose to study here.
Matron Ruby Grant Park
Sprout Landscape Architecture with CAB Consulting have transformed a former hospital site in Sydney’s east into a community park that provides a flexible setting for future urban growth.
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Early engagement with Asia
Practice
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The Australian landscape architectural profession has been engaged with Asia from the 1970s. Embassy projects were a particular focus in the beginning, when desires for harmonious political and cultural relationships were expressed in new and interesting physical forms.
Winners announced: 2018 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards
News
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The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced the winners of the 2018 NSW Landscape Architecture Awards.
AILA launches Reconciliation Action Plan
News
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The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has launched its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan which aims to facilitate the development of a deeper level of respect for Traditional Custodians and their relationship with the landscape.
Reflections on an Australian education
Practice
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Landscape architecture academics Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University respectively caught up with a group of international landscape architecture students to learn about their experiences in Australia and why they chose to study here.
City of Melbourne proposes rigorous new design rules
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Public submissions are open for proposed changes to the planning rules for central Melbourne and Southbank, with a new design guide underpinning the proposed changes.
Refreshed Australian Urban Design Awards closing soon
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Entries close on 20 July for the 2018 Australian Urban Design Awards, a program which recognizes Australian urban design projects of the highest quality.
Matron Ruby Grant Park
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Sprout Landscape Architecture with CAB Consulting have transformed a former hospital site in Sydney’s east into a community park that provides a flexible setting for future urban growth.
The ring trees of Victoria’s Watti Watti people are an extraordinary part of our heritage
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The marker trees of the Watti Watti people in north-west Victoria have substantial spiritual and cultural significance yet are currently afforded little in the way of formalised heritage protection.
Prospect of refuge: Phoebe Goodwin on architecture and humanitarianism
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Phoebe Goodwin provides insights on her humanitarian work with UNHCR in refugee camps in Bangladesh, Greece, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and elsewhere.
To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
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Planners, architects, the police and politicians need to put aside the traditional expert perspective to learn from – and design for – women’s experiences.