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Landscape Architecture Australia 150.

Landscape Architecture Australia 150.

Welcome to the 150th issue of Landscape Architecture Australia – a significant milestone in the life of the magazine. Originally titled Landscape Australia, it was founded in 1979 by editor Ralph Neale. Amazingly, after thirty-seven years, it remains the only printed periodical concerned with the professions of landscape architecture, urban design and planning in Australia.

Over the years, the magazine has grown and matured with the profession of landscape architecture itself and this evolution has gained considerable pace – particularly in the past ten years. From quaint covers through the 1970s and 80s of picturesque parklands, idyllic bush scenes and native gardens to today, where our covers are regularly images of city-shaping landscapes, regional masterplans and projects of international significance, this reflects the stong position landscape architecture now holds within the built environment professions. We will consider this history in greater detail in our November issue as part of AILA’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations, but for now we are keeping our eyes focused firmly on the present. In this issue we take a look at the Victorian Government’s controversial Level Crossing Removal Project. We explore our connection to nature and the soon-to-open Bundian Way walking trail – an ancient Aboriginal track in southern New South Wales. A number of recently completed projects are reviewed, concerned with processes of water recycling, adaptive re-use and immersive learning experiences respectively. And in the next instalment of our Field Trip series, Ben Kronenberg reports on the climate change challenges facing the Lower Mekong Delta.

Despite the many changes Landscape Architecture Australia has seen over the past three decades, our core mission remains the same: to document the finest work of a profession dedicated to making our built environments sustainable, ecological, meaningful and beautiful.

Projects and articles in this issue:

  • Removing Level Crossings. Assessing the merits of the Victorian Government’s Level Crossing Removal Project. (Articles by Craig Guthrie and Ian Woodcock)

  • The Bundian Way. Traversing some of Australia’s wildest terrain, an ancient 360-plus-kilometre Aboriginal trail celebrates the culture of walking, connectedness to country and connectedness to soul. (Article by Sophie Wilkinson)

  • Waste Not, Want Not. The Sydney Park Water Re-use Project by Turf Design Studio and Environmental Partnership. (Review by Ricky Ray Ricardo)

  • A Graphic Approach. A collaborative project at Monash University’s Caulfield campus led by Taylor Cullity Lethlean (TCL). (Review by Julian Bull)

  • Balancing Detail and Strategy. Oxigen demonstrates a commitment to distinctive design quality at a mixed-use precinct at a converted car manufacturing plant in Adelaide. (Review by Jo Russell-Clarke)

  • Garden of Earthly Delights. The Monash University Earth Sciences Garden by Rush\Wright Associates. (Review by Tanya Court)

  • Tidal Economy: the Lower Mekong Delta. Exploring the shifting landscapes along theMekong River’s labyrinth of tributaries. (Essay by Benjamin Kronenberg)

  • Contraflow. Conversations with three Australian expatriate landscape architects emerging within the North American tableau – Richard Weller, Matt Grunbaum and Victoria Marshall. (Interviews by Alex Georgouras)

Cameron Bruhn, editorial director, Landscape Architecture Australia

Ricky Ray Ricardo, associate editor, Landscape Architecture Australia

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Published online: 2 May 2016
Words: Cameron Bruhn, Ricky Ray Ricardo
Images: Ben Kronenberg, John Gollings, Michael Wright, Oxigen, Simon Wood

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