Waste not, want not: Sydney Park
Ever since I can remember I’ve been mesmerized by the behaviour of water, particularly stormwater and floodwater. I enjoy walking in my neighbourhood after a significant downpour to see the effects the...
View ArticleLAA 151 preview: The Moving City
Australian public discourse shows a renewed interest in the city, at a time when the challenges of urbanity are increasingly at the forefront of the public imagination. Enormous “movement” of all kinds...
View ArticleIndependent group rallies community to design spaces ‘left under’ proposed...
An independent group is engaging with community groups affected by Melbourne’s controversial “sky rail” project to identify proposals for the 225,000 square metres of open space that elevated rail will...
View ArticleNovember issue of LAA out now
In Australia, 1966 was anything but an insignificant year. Our longest-serving prime minister, Sir Robert Menzies, retired from office after eighteen years; the Australian pound was replaced by the...
View ArticleFebruary issue of LAA out now
The project on the cover is most striking for its fluid integration of building and landscape. This unity has been so deftly achieved that it appears that neither the structure nor the landscape could...
View ArticleGreen civic link planned for Parramatta
An ambitious civic spine is planned for central Parramatta that will link the railway station at the southern end of the CBD to the Parramatta River at the northern end via the existing Horwood Place...
View ArticleCircular motions: Seoullo 7017
In the centre of South Korea’s capital Seoul, a megacity of some 10 million people (25 million if you count the surrounding capital region), a new elevated public park has opened which many are...
View ArticleInternational design competition to reimagine renewable energy infrastructure...
One of the world’s most followed sustainable design events, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI), has announced that its next international design competition will be sited in Melbourne.Run in...
View ArticleMay issue of LAA out now
It’s said that a stone placed in the crown of a Doryanthes will prompt it to flower. It can be four to six months until the crimson flower erupts from the tall stalk that has risen from the crown of...
View ArticleAugust issue of LAA out now
Australia is a vast country of ancient landscapes, home to the longest living culture on earth. This issue of Landscape Architecture Australia goes bush to uncover a wealth of exciting projects and...
View ArticleNovember issue of LAA out now
In this issue of Landscape Architecture Australia we present full coverage of the 2017 Australian Urban Design Awards. The program is unique in that it’s truly multidisciplinary, open to professionals...
View ArticleFoliage fervour: Bungalow Garden Rooms
In subtropical Brisbane, the average top temperature in the two coldest months of the year – June and July – is a balmy twenty degrees Celsius. So if you’re embarking on a renovation, it makes perfect...
View ArticleAdvocacy through design: Shma
In 2018 Bangkok was the world’s most visited city for the third year in a row, sitting ahead of London and Paris, which came in at second and third place respectively. Yet in the much-hyped Economist...
View ArticleNo Vacancy Gallery and Cafe by Ware Architects
No Vacancy Gallery is one of Melbourne’s most prominent “for-hire” galleries and a mainstay in the city’s contemporary art and design scene. First established in 2008, the independent gallery has...
View ArticleOn crediting the multidisciplinary project
In September 2021, a review of a significant new mixed-use development in Melbourne’s central business district was published in Architecture Australia. Introduced as “a collaborative new tower, plaza...
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