Landscape Architecture Australia, February 2020
Landscape Architecture AustraliaReviews, news and opinions on landscape architecture, urban design and planning.
Perspective
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A preview of the February 2020 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
Agenda
Design for nature
In an era of ecological collapse, a series of projects in the United States is placing nature centre stage.
The Future Park International Design Ideas Competition
The Future Park competition opens up possibilities for landscape architects, designers and the wider public to rethink the meaning of parks and how they might find new and expanded ambitions in the twenty-first century.
Valuing the civic: the future of Federation Square
As the city around Melbourne’s Federation Square continues to evolve, the fundamental value of the square, as the city’s main public, civic and cultural gathering place, must be maintained.
Projects
Maintaining gestures: Rosny Park
Three decades after the completion of Hobart’s Rosny Park development, its landscape illustrates how projects evolve in response to maintenance regimes and changing values.
An ecological negotiation: Sydney Park
Sydney Park is an ongoing demonstration of landscape architecture’s role in recalibrating human-nature relations.
A unified future: River Torrens Linear Park
A milestone in Adelaide’s park history, River Torrens Linear Park offered an integrated model of ecological and social infrastructure.
A paradoxical nature: Roma Street Parkland
Despite its popular success, Brisbane’s Roma Street Parkland reinforces the need to continue examining nature, landscape and social justice in landscape practice.
Engaging the past: Dyeworks Park
Melbourne’s Dyeworks Park is an early example of landscape architects creatively responding to the transformation of inner-city post-industrial sites.
Reclaiming the river: Perth waterfront schemes
A series of proposals for Perth’s waterfront produced during the nineties provokes reflection on climate change, contested histories and potential futures.
Transforming identity: Garden of Australian Dreams
Canberra’s Garden of Australian Dreams challenged the aesthetics and sensibility of Australian landscape architecture.
Zaryadye Park: A new ecological heart for Moscow
A new park in Moscow’s centre draws Russia’s diverse landscapes into the city and creates an open and democratic space for cultural gathering.
Awards
2019 Landscape Student Prize
The winners of the 2019 Landscape Architecture Australia Student Prize.