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Rivers, wetlands and all kinds of salt and freshwater ecosystems will be in focus at the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, running from 12 March to 13 June 2022.

The University of Wollongong has lodged a revised development application for its planned Health and Wellbeing Precinct.

Hassell and SO-IL’s masterplan for phase one of the Melbourne Arts Precinct transformation (MAPT) was considered at a council meeting on 1 February.

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

The South Australian government has released vision for the planned regeneration of the final stretch of Breakout Creek in Adelaide.

Snøhetta and Hassell have won an international design competition for the redevelopment of the Harbourside shopping centre in Sydney’s Darling Harbour.

A competition is looking for ideas for the Australian Dream in the 21st century and there’s a prize pool of $10,000 on offer.

A $316.5 million Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural precinct will be built on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin.

Features of the draft masterplan include a network of “songline’” trails that will convey the site’s cultural significance, a new visitor’s centre with green roof, and rehabilitation of the site’s ecological systems.

Adelaide has been named the world’s second National Park City, after London, at the World Urban Park Congress.

Three shortlisted designs have been unveiled for the bicycle ramp at the northern end Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The City of Melbourne has released its plans for a four-kilometrepromenade along the north bank of Birrarung (Yarra River).

Designed by Openwork, the garden revitalises and amplifies the current planting on the footprint of Sunday Reed’s original kitchen garden at the Heide Museum of Modern Art.

Legislation enacted last year gives the Commonwealth sweeping powers to review and cancel agreements that state governments and public universities in Australia make with foreign entities that it deems are inconsistent with Australian Government foreign policy.

The approved design is for a 20-storey tower supports around 400 trees along with a variety of draping and climbing plants.

The landscape architecture program at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has been awarded a Special Mention in the International Landscape School’s Prize at the 11th Barcelona Biennale of Landscape Architecture.

Brisbane City Council has released concept designs for bridges linking West End with St Lucia and Toowong.

The South Australian government promising a range of programs aimed at creating “a green artery” through the hottest and most barren parts of Adelaide’s CBD.

Australia lacks national leadership on climate policy, but an Australian Climate Accord could foster agreement on reducing emissions while improving Australia’s living standards.

The winning project presents a renewable energy future for the town of Port Augusta that grapples with the site’s toxic history of coal-based energy production.

Five projects received awards in this year’s program with another six projects recognized with a commendation.

A preview of the November 2021 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

The commitment was co-authored by IFLA member organizations and the IFLA Climate Change Working Group and presents six key areas for action by the profession.

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has revealed the winners of the 2021 National Landscape Architecture Awards with 47 projects recognized across 17 categories.

Openwork and Christina Silk Office of Planting have designed the landscape for an office building “tree house” in inner-city Sydney as part of a proposal by John Wardle Architects and Speculative Architecture.

More than 40 experts from across the built environment professions have been appointed to the City of Melbourne’s Design Excellence Advisory Committee and Melbourne Design Review Panel.

Hayball and MALA Studio have designed a new thermal springs facility to be located on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

The NSW government will plant 2,000 trees in one of Sydney’s hottest suburbs as part of a trial project aimed at combatting the urban heat island effect.

A consortium led by Aurecon with Architectus, McGregor Coxall and Greenshoot will develop a masterplan for a new 128-hectare cemetery and parklands in Melbourne’s outer-west.

The increasing frequency and intensity of Australian bushfire seasons, coupled with a projected increase in incidences of drought, heatwaves and potentially pest insect oubreaks have the potential to push many Australian fire-adapted plants to the brink.

The Victorian government has announced four shortlisted teams in the NGV Contemporary design competition.

McGregor Coxall and architecture practice Chrofi have won a competition for the design of a “village green” and community centre in Sydney’s Macquarie Park.

A South Australian council has endorsed concept designs for a $34 million transform the town’s riverfront.

The program, which includes the prestigious Rosa Barba International Landscape Award, will take place predominantly online and is free and open to the public.

The winner of the $10,000 international Tapestry Design Prize for Architects has been revealed.

AGNSW has released the design of its new forecourt, which will create a civic gathering place with two reflection pools.

Many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, says the IPCC’s most sobering report yet. But there is still time to take action to avert the worst damage.

A new reptile and amphibian conservation centre will be built at Taronga Zoo in Sydney to replace the existing Reptile World exhibit.

A project by architecture practice Studio Bright with landscape design studio Peachy Green has taken out the Garden or Landscape category at the 2021 Houses Awards.

A manual for evaluating the visual impact of pumped hydro energy storage has taken out the top award in the Landscape Planning category of the 2021 AILA TAS Landscape Architecture Awards.