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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.

The Griffin Reserves system within Castlecrag, on Sydney’s northern shore, is widely recognized as a community development with deep historical significance for Australian landscape architecture. Less well known however, is the story of the project’s more contemporary champions.

A team including two landscape architects has been shortlisted in the 2021 Tapestry Design Prize for Architects, the fourth edition of the competition run by The Australia Tapestry Workshop.

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

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has announced the first tranche of speakers for the 2021 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, to be held in October.

A new meeting, cultural and ceremonial space that celebrates the area’s Traditional Owners has taken out the top award in the Civic Landscape category of the SA Landscape Architecture Awards.

Aspect Studios and Grant Associates will join UN Studio and Cox Architecture for the design of a major tower complex in Melbourne’s Southbank.

A breath-taking “skywalk” that takes tourists out over the ochre landscape of the Murchison River has won three awards at the AILA WA Landscape Architecture Awards.

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has announced an expanded partnership with Architecture Media, publisher of Landscape Architecture Australia magazine.

Registration for the 2021 Australian Urban Design Awards are open until 20 July 2021.

McGregor Coxall has been appointed to create a landscape design framework for the future development and management of the National Gallery of Australia’s iconic sculpture garden and landscape.

In total, 28 honours were handed out across the program’s 14 categories, selected from 81 entries.

The landscape of a hospital redevelopment, a central light rail transport project and the repurposing of a former horse sales ring into a playground were among the projects receiving Awards of Excellence this year.

Australian landscape architect Richard Weller’s installation at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale addresses the biodiversity emergency at multiple scales.

The University of Newcastle has announced the winner of its competition to design a new dedicated building for its alumni.

Awarded projects include a garden on Mornington Peninsula, the revitalization of a pedestrian mall in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and a collection of water-related projects that reintegrate human and non-human ecologies.

A 16-storey “Health Translation Hub” will be built in Sydney’s east, aiming to encourage greater connection between healthcare delivery and research.­

The University of Tasmania will consolidate its Hobart campus in the heart of the city over the next decade.

Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.

The University of Tasmania will consolidate its Hobart campus in the heart of the city over the next decade.

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

The winning tree located in a regional area received an overwhelming 625 public votes out of the total 1,590 public votes in the competition.

The City of Melbourne will consider a $300 million plan to transform the north bank of Melbourne’s Yarra River into a series of connected parks.

Designed by Clouston Associates in collaboration with Hornsby Shire Council, Hornsby Park will include the site of the former Hornsby Quarry and its surrounds.

The ACT Government has released the draft masterplan for a new cemetery park designed by TCL and Place Laboratory in south Canberra.

Oculus and City of Melbourne’s proposal for a 3,500-square-metre park on the northern banks of the Yarra River (Birrarung) has received final approval by the council.

The Minister for Planning Richard Wynne has announced permanent planning controls that aim to protect the future health and amenity of the Yarra River/Birrarung.

A $570 million vision to transform the historic race track in Melbourne into a more open, community-friendly precinct has been unveiled.

An English oak in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens, a flooded gum in Carlton North and a Port Jackon fig at the Old Melbourne Gaol are among this year’s contenders.

Construction of the first stage of the Elsternwick Park Nature Reserve, designed by McGregor Coxall, has begun.

RMIT-based landscape architecture journal Kerb is calling out for expressions of interest for the 29th edition of the publication, themed “Wild.”

With more than 300 events on offer, Landscape Australia offers a guide to some of the key events in the 2021 program.

Hassell has announced University of Melbourne graduate Hilary Hoggett as the winner of the 2021 Hassell Travelling Scholarship – Robin Edmond Award.

A new health education building designed by Billard Leece Partnership and Diller Scofidio and Renfro has opened at the University of Sydney.

A consortium led by Oculus has been appointed to develop an updated master plan for the invigoration and protection of Exhibition Reserve, a key public precinct in Melbourne’s inner north suburb of Carlton.

From a garden of waves and geometries on Mornington Peninsula to a landscape in a bush clearing above the Hunter Valley, Landscape Australia rounds up five projects that demonstrate the breadth of contemporary Australian residential design.

This year’s winning projects include a new agricultural model that combines modern food technology and Indigenous knowledge and a scheme that tackles climate change impacts by harnessing the natural processes of tidal flats.

A new $16 million exhibit for Australian animals in their natural habitats, designed by Lahznimmo Architects and Spackman, Mossop and Michaels, has been approved by the NSW government.