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John Forrest National Park in the hills east of Perth is set to undergo a $17 million transformation to improve access and create a new park centre.

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved the state’s first and only purpose-built children’s hospice facility, designed by Hassell.

The City of Canterbury Bankstown in south-western Sydney has launched a design competition for an optimistic and innovative new precinct for its Griffith Park area.

The 2023 festival will be directed by four leading landscape architects working and living on Kaurna Meyunna Yerta.

A preview of the August 2023 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

Brimbank City Council in Melbourne’s west is seeking feedback on its vision plan for a 54-hectare site in Sunshine.

The jury honoured 32 winners from a record number of 102 entries across the program’s 16 categories.

Many of the winning projects focus on creating resilient communities ready to respond to climate change.

Winning projects include a culturally significant beach, a newly activated regional street and a multipurpose skate park.

The jury awarded seven projects across categories such as health and education landscapes, public parks and civic spaces.

ArchitectureAU Directory will help landscape architecture practices build their profile among clients and collaborators.

A 3.2 hectare precinct south of the Queen Victoria Market is set to become a three-tower complex with a 1.8 hectare park on the site of the market’s existing car park.

Five Australian landscape architecture practices have been shortlisted in a competition to design a two-hectare park in a new city development near the proposed Western Sydney Airport.

Winning projects include a project that transforms a underutilized space with a concrete-lined channel into a naturalized creek and park, and a reconciliation garden at a university.

Architectus, Aurecon, McGregor Coxall and Greenshoot Consulting have unveiled their design for the biggest public cemetery in Melbourne in 100 years.

Across the state awards program, a total of 12 Awards of Excellence and 17 Landscape Architecture Awards were given out.

The federal budget includes measures aimed at making cities more liveable and sustainable – but there are questions about that Hobart stadium.

Sustainability Victoria is inviting architects and designers to submit to the 2023 Premier’s Sustainability Awards.

SJB and Land and Form Studios have won a design excellence competition for a new student housing complex in Glebe.

A preview of the May 2023 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

The Victorian government has appointed Grimshaw and Aspect Studios to design the Visitor Experience Centre as part of the $108 million Twelve Apostles Precinct Redevelopment.

Landscape Australia rounds up some of the key landscape architecture and design events at Melbourne Design Week 2023.

City of Melbourne has released new design ideas for its four-kilometre-long Greenline project, which will transform the north bank of Birrarung/Yarra River.

The garden was designed by Arcadia Landscape Architecture in collaboration with Multhana Property Services and representatives of the site’s Traditional Owners.

Randwick City Council has unveiled a draft masterplan to turn Maroubra Junction into a pedestrian-centred green boulevard.

The City of Melbourne will soon introduce draft guidelines for voluntary design competitions, as part of its Design Excellence Program.

RMIT University and Alastair Swayn Foundation have launched a new fellowship at the American Academy in Rome for mid-career architects, landscape architects and design professionals.

The February 2023 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia guest edited by Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann considers the challenges and opportunities of authorship in the contemporary context.

The projects in this year’s Landscape Student Prize include a framework for development in fire-prone landscapes; a model for a campus precinct that aims to improve food security and climate resilience; and an exploration of the possibilities for reconstructing opal mining landscapes in Queensland.

A proposal for an alternative living model that combines “digital nomadism” with environmental restoration has been announced the winner of a window design competition.

The City of Melbourne will transform an under-utilised section of road in Melbourne’s Arts Precinct into a “sustainable and resilient” green space.

The winning architectural design has been revealed for the Powerhouse Ultimo renewal after it was unanimously selected from a national design competition launched earlier this year.

Transport for NSW has appointed a consortium to lead planning and design delivery for its Circular Quay Renewal project.

A design team has been awarded the contract for the City of Melbourne’s ambitious Greenline Project along the Yarra River.

The New South Wales government has launched a design competition for a new foreshore park at Central Barangaroo.

The Australian Urban Design Awards were announced on 30 November at an online ceremony, with five major projects from across the country recognized for their contribution to Australia’s urban landscape.

The big breakthrough of COP27 was the agreement to establish a fund to compensate states for the loss and damage they have suffered as a result of climate change.

Aspect Studios has won an international design competition for a campus park project in Hangzhou, China, for Alibaba’s headquarters.

A green space next to the Perth Children’s Hospital will undergo a $4 million upgrade to include a nature playground, amphitheatre, entertainment space and a natural learning precinct.

A preview of the November 2022 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.