Tag: Parks
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
City of Sydney parks
Tracing the history of Sydney’s parks, from European settlement to today.
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.
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
A new parkland setting for Amanda Levete’s 2015 MPavilion in Melbourne’s Docklands.
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.
Prince Alfred Park
Sue Barnsley Design and Neeson Murcutt Architects’ upgrade of Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park + Pool.
Larapinta Trail Campsites
Neeson Murcutt’s semi-permanent shelters along the Red Centre trail to Uluru.
Roma Street Parkland
A decade after completion, this sixteen-hectare parkland is still making a significant contribution life in Brisbane.
Creation of a Monumental Landscape
Melbourne’s Maroondah Reservoir was the first reservoir project in Victoria to incorporate public parkland into its design.
Converting roads to parks
The challenge of creating new open space where none exists requires lateral thinking.
Giant Pandas
The Adelaide Zoo Giant Panda Forest and Entrance precinct announce the arrival of the mega fauna pin-up for endangered species.
Northshore Riverside Park
The psychology of imaginative play and the spirit of the river’s edge are explored in this new park in Brisbane.
Sydney Park Playground
The Comfortably Chaotic character of this playground works within the overall context of a rolling parkland.
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.