Tag: Urban design
Flinders Street (Qld) revitalization
A redevelopment of Townsville’s main street by Gamble McKinnon Green captures its historic character.
How to build light rail in our cities
Light rail reduces traffic, creates livelier neighbourhoods and enables denser cities. So why aren’t we building more of it?
Converting roads to parks
The challenge of creating new open space where none exists requires lateral thinking.
Darling Quarter playground
Sydney’s award-winning Darling Quarter playground by Aspect Studios.
Noosa Junction Station
A Sunshine Coast transport hub by Bark Design Architects, Guymer Bailey Landscape and SKM in the relaxed Noosa spirit.
Clifton Hill Railway Project
A new rail bridge, with pedestrian paths, in Melbourne’s Clifton Hill transforms a formerly grimy space into a public park.
High-density living isn’t always healthy
It’s become planning orthodoxy, but the advantages of high-density residential development are far from clear cut.
Games Night
A fun-filled urban tactic brings Brisbanites back into King George Square.
Ken Maher: Darwin Waterfront
Interview from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
Adrian McGregor: Strategies for Parramatta Road
A conversation from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
Richard Kennedy: Qianhai Water City
US landscape architect Richard Kennedy talks about his work on China’s Qianhai Water City project.
Oculus: Rouse Hill Regional Centre
A conversation from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
Is this Roadtown?
Peter Myers wonders if Australia is on the cusp of realising a vehicular ‘utopia’ of endless urbanism.
All eyes on the street: Crime prevention through design
A discussion about crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED).
Ellenbrook Estate – revisited
With a number of landscape architecture firms behind its design, Western Australia’s Ellenbrook Estate is worth reflecting on.
Port Botany Expansion
Twelve kilometres south of the Sydney CBD, Port Botany has experienced a transformation by AECOM that aims to unify the site.
Melbourne’s City Square
The City Square is finding its place after years of additions and alterations and not living up to expectations.
Trainshed Way
Hassell’s Trainshed Way shared space provokes questions about the design of such environments.
Hargreaves Mall
Rush\Wright Associates hopes this pedestrian boulevard revitalizes the social and economic capacity of Bendigo.
Down by the water
35 resource consents, 45 building consents, 2 district plan changes, 16 months of construction and bam! Hello waterfront.
