Tag: Parks

Melbourne Square public park by Taylor Cullity Lethlean.
News | Patrick Hunn | 29 May 2017

Designs for Melbourne Square public park released

Part of the six-tower Melbourne Square development, the 3,700-square-metre park will occupy 20 percent of the site.

The community park by GHD Woodhead and GHD converted from a disused sewerage canal.
News | ArchitectureAU Editorial | 23 May 2017

Historic sewer transformed into community parkland

A portion of a the heritage-listed Main Outfall Sewer in Melbourne’s west has been transformed into a park by GHD Woodhead and GHD.

Westralian Centre concept by SIA Architects.
News | Patrick Hunn | 23 May 2017

Proposed Westralia Centre to unite military, Indigenous and settler history in South Perth site

A proposed “interpretative facility” would combine the functions of a museum, park and events space amid a 60 hectare public reserve.

An aerial view of the new Cato Square that will replace a car park near Chapel Street in Melbourne's Prahran.
News | Patrick Hunn | 21 Mar 2017

Lyons and Aspect Studios to transform Melbourne carpark into public park

The City of Stonnington council has revealed designs for a new park in place of what is currently a carpark in Melbourne’s Prahran, designed by Lyons Architecture and Aspect Studios.

The Greening the Pipeline pilot project at Williams Landing. Concept design by Henry Architects.
News | Linda Cheng | 15 Dec 2016

Disused sewer to become 27km linear park

A pilot project to convert a section of a disused sewerage drain into parkland has begun construction in Melbourne’s west.

Underpass Park in Toronto by Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg with The Planning Partnership and Paul Raff Studio. Melbourne group Left Under believes this project serves as an examples of how the spaces "left under" Melbourne's sky rail could be used.
News | Ricky Ray Ricardo | 10 Oct 2016

Independent group rallies community to design spaces ‘left under’ proposed Melbourne sky rail

An independent group seeks to identify proposals for the 225,000 square metres of open space that elevated rail will deliver.

Wynyard Park in 1906, just before the fences were removed to allow public access to this previously private open space.
Practice | Anne-Maree Whitaker | 6 Oct 2016

City of Sydney parks

Tracing the history of Sydney’s parks, from European settlement to today.

Aerial perspective of Sydney Park.
Review | Ricky Ray Ricardo | 26 Sep 2016

Waste not, want not: Sydney Park

Occupying a former landfill site, the Sydney Park Water Re-use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership is an impressive fusion of design, science, art and ecology.

The interactive digital carpet in the Parramatta Square public domain by James Mather Delaney Design, Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer and Gehl Architects.
News | Louisa Wright | 14 Sep 2016

Revised designs for Parramatta Square public domain released

The City of Parramatta has released updated concept designs for Parramatta Square’s 20,000-square-metre public domain, the key project in a $2-billion urban renewal development in Sydney.

Docklands City Park – Stage 1.
Places | 1 Sep 2016

Docklands City Park Stage 1

A new parkland setting for Amanda Levete’s 2015 MPavilion in Melbourne’s Docklands.

Proposed aerial view of the Newcastle waterfront.
News | Linda Cheng | 11 Jul 2016

Parks and plaza proposed for former Newcastle rail line

A rezoning plan to transform a former heavy rail line into public parks and a plaza has been submitted for assessment.

A composition of Washington palms perforates the paved area at the entrance to the pool.
Review | Julian Raxworthy | 3 May 2016

Prince Alfred Park

Sue Barnsley Design and Neeson Murcutt Architects’ upgrade of Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park + Pool.

Nick’s Camp, near Simpsons Gap, named in honour of the late Nick Murcutt.
Review | Katelin Butler | 3 May 2016

Larapinta Trail Campsites

Neeson Murcutt’s semi-permanent shelters along the Red Centre trail to Uluru.

The parkland’s central lake is surrounded by paths and lawn.
Review | Catherin Bull | 2 May 2016

Roma Street Parkland

A decade after completion, this sixteen-hectare parkland is still making a significant contribution life in Brisbane.

Twin valve houses complement the massive structure of the dam wall.
Practice | Lee Andrews | 2 May 2016

Creation of a Monumental Landscape

Melbourne’s Maroondah Reservoir was the first reservoir project in Victoria to incorporate public parkland into its design.

Oxford Street Park after completion. The project was a collaboration between Urban Initiatives, City of Yarra and Leanne O’Shea.
Practice | Lucy Salt | 2 May 2016

Converting roads to parks

The challenge of creating new open space where none exists requires lateral thinking.

The arrival of the Giant Pandas has been the catalyst for three significant projects at the Adelaide Zoo – the forest exhibit, entrance precinct and a new perimeter fence.
Review | Tanya Court | 28 Apr 2016

Giant Pandas

The Adelaide Zoo Giant Panda Forest and Entrance precinct announce the arrival of the mega fauna pin-up for endangered species.

Undulating lawns create hidden places of refuge and elevated places of prospect, allowing the individual to find comfort in both relaxation and play.
Review | Emily Wall | 28 Apr 2016

Northshore Riverside Park

The psychology of imaginative play and the spirit of the river’s edge are explored in this new park in Brisbane.

Four mounds that Play multiple roles have been placed onto the flat ground plane.
Review | Tempe MacGowan | 28 Apr 2016

Sydney Park Playground

The Comfortably Chaotic character of this playground works within the overall context of a rolling parkland.

A playground by artist Fiona Foley and Urban Art Projects within the Redfern Park Upgrade by Spackman Mossop Michaels with BVN and the City of Sydney.
Practice | Fiona Robbé | 22 Apr 2016

Public Play

The public realm can provide a setting for play, one of the defining aspects of childhood. it is important That children and young people have a voice in its development.

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