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Riverside Centre, Brisbane: Reviving a Seidler icon

Riverside Centre, Brisbane: Reviving a Seidler icon

Review | As development pressures intensify in Australian cities, the renovation of the Riverside Centre plaza illustrates how an urban space can be revitalized without the need to sacrifice heritage or cultural identity.
Words: Ricky Ray Ricardo Posted: 21 Dec 2017
The New Australian Garden: Landscapes for living

The New Australian Garden: Landscapes for living

Review | Howard Tanner reviews Michael Bates’ book The New Australian Garden: Landscapes for living.
Words: Howard Tanner Posted: 14 Dec 2017
City Limits: The vernacular of welcome signs in regional Australia

City Limits: The vernacular of welcome signs in regional Australia

Review | Anyone who has travelled through regional Australia would understand the importance many towns place on their welcome signs – not just to communicate useful information, but also to establish and project an identity of place.
Words: Naomi Stead Posted: 1 Dec 2017
Ebb and flow: Koondrook Wharf

Ebb and flow: Koondrook Wharf

Review | Community engagement, Aboriginal artwork, locally sourced timber and a piece of history have been brought together to create this new wharf in northern Victoria.
Words: Danielle Jewson Posted: 17 Nov 2017
Do not mow: Planting a subtle argument

Do not mow: Planting a subtle argument

Review | The humble native meadow in Sydney’s historic Prince Alfred Park demonstrates that planting design has more to offer than decoration or ecology – it can engage with culture in a powerful way.
Words: David Whitworth Posted: 12 Oct 2017
The Antipodean limits of a manifesto: OMA and the Australian countryside

The Antipodean limits of a manifesto: OMA and the Australian countryside

Review | Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten from the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) recently spoke to an audience of more than 700 people at the Melbourne School of Design about their new research direction – the countryside.
Words: Jillian Walliss Posted: 10 Oct 2017
The Shrine courtyards: Provoking imagination

The Shrine courtyards: Provoking imagination

Review | Planting design for the courtyards at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne subtly evokes Pacific and South-East Asian theatres of service, sacrifice and peacekeeping.
Words: Anne Latreille Posted: 3 Oct 2017
Rambunctious research: Planning the life cycle city

Rambunctious research: Planning the life cycle city

Review | The Woody Meadow Project seeks to create urban plantings that are diverse and attractive yet require minimal maintenance.
Words: Claire Martin Posted: 13 Sep 2017
How green is my vision?

How green is my vision?

Review | 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.
Words: Michael Wright Posted: 1 Sep 2017
The Cultivated Wild: Gardens and landscapes by Raymond Jungles

The Cultivated Wild: Gardens and landscapes by Raymond Jungles

Review | The Cultivated Wild, published by The Monacelli Press, showcases Jungles’ recent projects, revealing remarkable approaches to design thinking with plants.
Words: Michael Wright Posted: 11 Aug 2017
Horse Island: A garden of grandeur

Horse Island: A garden of grandeur

Review | Trevor and Christina Kennedy have created a significant and substantial garden on their own private island near Bodalla on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Words: Howard Tanner Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Responding to the (un)real: Practising in the age of post-truths

Responding to the (un)real: Practising in the age of post-truths

Review | Rhys Williams reviews the 2017 Landscape Australia Conference, unpacking a subtext that pervaded the day which spoke to the realities of practising in a world where scientific fact, moral standards and due process seemingly carry little weight.
Words: Rhys Williams Posted: 28 Jun 2017
Restoring calm: Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon stream

Restoring calm: Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon stream

Review | Opened in 2005, the Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project “daylighted” a neglected watercourse in the centre of Seoul that was previously covered over by an elevated highway, and prior to that, was basically an open sewer.
Words: Ricky Ray Ricardo Posted: 5 Jun 2017
Spring bloom: A postcard from the 2017 Chelsea Garden Show

Spring bloom: A postcard from the 2017 Chelsea Garden Show

Review | Howard Tanner visits the oldest and most distinguished garden trade show in the world and finds a breathtaking range of design ideas and plant material.
Words: Howard Tanner Posted: 1 Jun 2017
Going around in circles: Seoullo 7017

Going around in circles: Seoullo 7017

Review | MVRDV has converted a former overpass into a plant-covered walkway in Seoul, South Korea. Landscape Australia editor Ricky Ray Ricardo visited the project and penned this postcard.
Words: Ricky Ray Ricardo Posted: 30 May 2017
Going with the flow: Brisbane’s new ferry terminals

Going with the flow: Brisbane’s new ferry terminals

Review | Eight ferry terminals have been stitched to their Brisbane River sites in a generous, flood-resilient scheme that elevates the public transit experience.
Words: Suzanne Kyte Posted: 18 May 2017
Sh*t Gardens of Melbourne II: A celebration not a condemnation

Sh*t Gardens of Melbourne II: A celebration not a condemnation

Review | Cassandra Chilton reviews the recent exhibition Shit Gardens of Melbourne II: A Celebration Not a Condemnation – an unofficial fringe event to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
Words: Cassandra Chilton Posted: 28 Apr 2017
History and herbs: Janet Laurence’s glass garden

History and herbs: Janet Laurence’s glass garden

Review | This “glass garden” by artist Janet Laurence at the Novartis Pharmaceuticals headquarters in Sydney occupies a space between art, science, imagination and memory.
Words: David Whitworth Posted: 24 Apr 2017
Tomorrow Landscapes and Today in Action

Tomorrow Landscapes and Today in Action

Review | A review of the 2016 Barcelona International Biennial of Landscape Architecture.
Words: Charles Anderson Posted: 21 Apr 2017
Terra antiqua: Angus Bruce on the Nanjing Tangshan Geopark Museum landscape

Terra antiqua: Angus Bruce on the Nanjing Tangshan Geopark Museum landscape

Review | Working in parallel with French architects Studio Odile Decq, Hassell has designed an immersive and tactile landscape outside the Chinese city of Nanjing.
Words: Ricky Ray Ricardo and Hannah Wolter Posted: 18 Apr 2017
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