Landscape Architecture Australia, February 2013

Landscape Architecture Australia, February 2013

Landscape Architecture Australia

Reviews, news and opinions on landscape architecture, urban design and planning.

Articles

Landscape Architecture Australia 136 preview: Curtin City development.
Archive | Cameron Bruhn | 31 Jan 2013

LAA 137 preview

This landmark issue of Landscape Architecture Australia surveys the work of landscape architects as urban designers. The issue provides a unique snapshot of the involvement …

Bayview Marina Development, hacked out of Darwin’s mangroves.
Archive | Richard Weller | 18 Dec 2013

The urban issue

How will landscape architecture evolve to meet the demands of the growing urban population?

The result of two years’ collaboration between community and industry organisations, and Australian local, state, territory and national governments, the urban design protocol is a commitment to best practice urban design in Australia.
Discussion | Dorte Ekelund and Sara Stace | 20 Jun 2013

Coding the city

How are our government bodies making Australian cities more productive, sustainable and livable?

The Atkinson Forum is one of the key public spaces within the academic core that is the focus of placemaking activity and campus planning.
Discussion | Andy Sharp | 14 Feb 2013

Interview: Andy Sharp / Curtin City

Andy Sharp of Curtin University talks about his role in the redevelopment of its campus as a major urban centre.

The water fountain at Rouse Hill’s town square.

Oculus: Rouse Hill Regional Centre

A conversation from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

The perpetual gridlock of Parramatta Road as it currently exists.
People | Adrian McGregor | 17 Jun 2013

Adrian McGregor: Strategies for Parramatta Road

A conversation from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

Victoria Square, Adelaide: Key moves of the project.
Projects | Perry Lethlean and Kate Cullity | 29 Aug 2013

Taylor Cullity Lethlean: Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga

TCL interview about Adelaide’s Victoria Square project.

Completed Stage 1 of the Darwin Waterfront masterplan.
People | Ken Maher | 11 Sep 2013

Ken Maher: Darwin Waterfront

Interview from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

Damian Thompson: Brisbane City Centre
People | Damian Thompson | 7 Aug 2013

Damian Thompson: Brisbane City Centre

Interview from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia.

Artist’s impression of Alkmios Beach, WA, looking west to the beach from the Marmion Avenue Regional Centre.
Projects | Michael Chapman | 29 Jul 2013

Michael Chapman: Building Alkimos Beach

Interview from the 2013 Urban Issue of Landscape Architecture Australia about Alkimos Beach, WA.

The site is mainly reclaimed land; the area has exceptionally poor water quality.
People | Richard Kennedy | 6 May 2013

Richard Kennedy: Qianhai Water City

US landscape architect Richard Kennedy talks about his work on China’s Qianhai Water City project.

Inside Hassell’s Melbourne office: complex urban design projects are realized in a variety of work settings.
Discussion | Catherin Bull | 4 Dec 2013

Landscape architects as urban designers

Cathrin Bull reflects on the urban design for Landscape Architecture Australia 137.

Award for Urban Design in Landscape Architecture: 2017ff – Parklands Tempelhoffer Feld by McGregor Coxall.
Awards | 8 Dec 2012

2012 AILA NSW Awards

The NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects announces its 2012 awards.

Keast Park by Site Office.
Awards | 24 Nov 2012

2012 AILA Victorian Awards

The Victorian chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects announces its 2012 awards.

A private garden in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, by Piet Oudolf.
Discussion | Claire Martin | 3 Jul 2013

Piet Oudolf: Landscapes In Landscapes

A showcase of 30 years of work by landscape’s pioneer of “new wave naturalism,” Piet Oudolf.

Urban Wildscapes
Discussion | Mary Mann | 1 Feb 2013

Urban Wildscapes

A book exploring abandoned and marginal spaces that have evolved, rather than been designed or planned.

Landscape architect Sacha Coles, Aspect Studios.
People | Sacha Coles | 29 May 2013

Sacha Coles: Listen and observe

Landscape architect Sacha Coles takes the Kevin Taylor questionaire.