Michael Wright has a wide-ranging track record in landscape design and construction, having worked on projects at every scale from small private courtyards to entire new city plans. He has also worked as a horticulturist, stonemason, design-construct contractor, and for two years was a lecturer in design at the University of New South Wales. Michael’s 24 years of experience underpins his approach to the resolution of projects from conception to detail. His intuitive responses to each project are site based and result in unique design approaches for every landscape and urban design proposition.
Michael Wright's Latest contributions
Who has a right in the copy?
Discerning which rights and protections a work might receive under copyright law can be a difficult process. For landscape architects, however, unique barriers to moral authorship complicate an already thorny challenge.
Beyond Wild: Gardens and Landscapes by Raymond Jungles
A recent book on the work of American landscape architect Raymond Jungles celebrates the radiant beauty of plants.
Elevating the botanical: Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
The rooftop gardens of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre are a bold demonstration of how diverse, drought-tolerant plantings can be used to create evocative, sensory spaces in challenging conditions.
Lessons from dry lands
The desert landscapes of Arizona contain many valuable examples of engaging, species-diverse planting schemes that thrive in extremely dry conditions. With water demand a critical issue throughout Australia, are there cues to be taken from the south-western United States?
The Shrine courtyards: Provoking imagination
Planting design for the courtyards at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne subtly evokes Pacific and South-East Asian theatres of service, sacrifice and peacekeeping.
How green is my vision?
The 202020 Vision is an initiative to create “20 percent more green space in Australia’s urban areas by the year 2020.” But the ambitions of the vision, and its claims to success, deserve some serious scrutiny.
The Cultivated Wild: Gardens and landscapes by Raymond Jungles
The Cultivated Wild, published by The Monacelli Press, showcases Jungles’ recent projects, revealing remarkable approaches to design thinking with plants.
Mojave Rock Ranch: An arid zone jewel
Michael Wright and Catherine Rush visit a spectacular high-altitude, dry-climate garden in the south-west of the USA.