Liam Mouritz is a landscape architect based in Perth on Whadjuk Noongar Country. He is a senior urban designer at Hassell and is interested in work that prioritizes and enhances opportunities for nature.
Liam Mouritz's Latest contributions
Lo-fi landscapes: Straub Thurmayr
The work of German landscape architecture practice Straub Thurmayr is driven by a passion for the fields of landscape architecture, gardening, sculpture, community work and education.
Lo-fi landscapes: Estudi Martí Franch
The work of Catalonia-based interdisciplinary design practice Estudi Martí Franch proposes “response-able” landscapes that can change and adapt to different temporalities and scales.
An issue on time
“Matters of Time” guest editors Daniel Jan Martin and Liam Mouritz reflect on the relationship between time, landscape and design.
A black swan event: Djirda Miya Island
On the southern edge of Perth’s CBD, a new haven created for the iconic Maali (black swan) offers a precedent for considering incremental approaches to regenerating urban river systems.
Lo-fi landscapes: Wagon Landscaping
Mathieu Gontier and François Vadepied of Paris-based studio Wagon Landscaping discuss practising landscape architecture with the philosophy of a gardener, fostering community within projects, and the relationship between beauty and economy in design.
Lo-fi landscapes: Terremoto
A two-part interview series that examines the work of a group of small, young and nimble overseas studios forging a DIY approach to designing and constructing landscapes that elevates imperfection as an aesthetic choice.
Crisis and coexistence: Kerb #28
Liam Mouritz reviews the 28th issue of Kerb Journal.
Ed Wall: Unfinished landscapes
University of Greenwich academic Ed Wall’s work explores the intersection between design practice and critical theory. Liam Mouritz spoke with Wall about the role of design education in tackling ecological crises and the importance of expanding landscape practice into policy.
Teresa Gali-Izard: The language of landscape
Spanish designer and academic Teresa Gali-Izard creates work that seeks to enact the hidden potential of places through the integration of living systems and an understanding of beauty as process.
