Landscape Architecture Australia, February 2011
Landscape Architecture AustraliaReviews, news and opinions on landscape architecture, urban design and planning.
Articles
Perspective: facing challenges together
Mandy Rounsefell’s introduction to Landscape Architecture Australia 129.
Groundswell
News stories from Landscape Architecture Australia 129.
Events to note
A diary of events from the February 2011 issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.
Green infrastructure
A green infrastructure plan for Australia could ensure that changes in land use and climate are more easily managed.
Crossing design cultures
Christopher Vernon reflects on a studio expedition to India that resulted in new designs for a New Delhi government building.
World Expo 2010 Shanghai
Millions of people visited the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, but did it live up to its theme Better City, Better Life?
X-Field exhibition
Six practitioners explore ways in which contemporary designers can work beyond and across disciplines.
Janet Laurence’s Waiting
Test tubes, petri dishes and an “intensive care unit” form part of Janet Laurence’s installation dedicated to hospitalizing plants.
2010 AILA Victoria awards
The 2010 AILA Victoria Awards were announced on 5 November 2010.
Landscape Architecture Australia Prize
The Landscape Architecture Australia Prize for Design Communication is awarded to final-year landscape architecture students.
Battery Point Sculpture Trail
A series of sculptures along Tasmania’s Battery Point waterfront explores the treasured and varied past of the area.
Regatta Walk Foreshore
This lakeside project provides a quiet place to enjoy the water, without overindulging in architectural statements.
131 Queen Street rooftop
A rooftop garden by Bent Architecture provides a welcoming retreat from the hustle and bustle of Melbourne city life below.
Sunshine Coast Industrial Park
This corporate industrial park by Gamble McKinnon Green shows industry being woven into a backdrop of vegetation and wetlands.
717 Bourke Street Plaza by Aspect Studios
Aspect Studios explores the constraints and possibilities of the corporate plaza.
Royal Randwick Racecourse
Tempe MacGowan reviews BVN’s masterplan in early 2011. Since then Fitzpatrick + Partners has undertaken a new masterplan.
Distributed Urbanism: Cities After Google Earth
A short collection of essays about contemporary cities, edited by architect Gretchen Wilkins of RMIT.
Kerb 18: PlastiCity FantastiCity
RMIT University’s Kerb 18 centres on its international design competition, PlastiCity FantastiCity.
Innovative Approaches to Researching Landscape and Health
Building on research by the UK’s OPENspace research centre, this volume focuses on inclusive access to outdoor environments.
The Andy Goldsworthy Project
An illustrated catalogue of permanent installations (1984–2008) by the British landscape artist.
Rural Australian Gardens
Leading landscape designer and author Myles Baldwin discovers the best rural Australian gardens.
Design matter
Landscape elements from Landscape Architecture Australia 129.
Millennium Parklands
Fifteen years ago it was one of Sydney’s most contaminated and degraded sites but today it is used and loved by the community.