Tag: Landscape
Competition to reimagine National Gallery of Australia’s sculpture garden
The National Gallery of Australia has launched an open, international design competition for the $60 million revitalisation of its three-hectare sculpture garden.
The House of Green: Natural Homes and Biophilic Architecture
The House of Green presents the residential work of architectural practices that are treating the built and natural realms as one cohesive entity rather than as separate and unrelated features of a home.
Canberra waterfront set to be transformed into urban park
The National Capital Authority has approved designs to transform the Lake Burley Griffin waterfront at Acton into a people-focused urban park by a consortium led by Aspect Studios.
Detailed design to begin on Melbourne’s Greenline
Detailed design and early investigative works on Melbourne’s Greenline Project are set to commence later this year.
NSW gov’t introduces Connecting with Country Framework
The New South Wales government has finalized its Connecting with Country Framework, which provides guidance for designers, planners and governments on how to respond to Country.
Consortium appointed for Melbourne Greenline Project
A design team has been awarded the contract for the City of Melbourne’s ambitious Greenline Project along the Yarra River.
Australian practice to transform Alibaba campus park
Aspect Studios has won an international design competition for a campus park project in Hangzhou, China, for Alibaba’s headquarters.
Kids’ hospital park inspired by ‘healing energy of Country’
A green space next to the Perth Children’s Hospital will undergo a $4 million upgrade to include a nature playground, amphitheatre, entertainment space and a natural learning precinct.
The Architecture Symposium: A Broader Landscape
Tickets are now on sale for the next Design Speaks event, “A Broader Landscape,” which will interrogate how architects practising in Australia use (or misuse) the term “landscape” to many different ends.
Two new car-free bridges for Perth CBD
Two proposed pedestrian and cycle bridges will provide a new gateway into the Perth CBD, spanning across the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) from the eastern banks of Point Fraser, over Heirisson Island to Victoria Park foreshore.
Seven arboreal abodes that prioritize established trees
Established trees on a site add defining characteristics to experience of a home. These seven houses give room to the landscape as well as enrich the lives of the people who live in them.
Restorative effects: Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS)
The design of the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) by Hassell capitalizes on the benefits of greenery on health while laying down the framework for a successful future pedestrian precinct in inner-Brisbane.
Wetlands ecotourism centre proposed for Melbourne’s west
Grimshaw and Greenaway Architecture have been appointed to design the $16 million Hobsons Bay Wetlands Centre.
Kerstin Thompson’s ‘art bridge’ opening at Bundanon
Kerstin Thompson Architects’ project for the Bundanon Trust in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales will open on 29 January.
Design chosen for Macquarie Park village green
Chrofi and McGregor Coxall have won a design competition for a village green and community centre in Macquarie Park, Sydney.
Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill
Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.
Melbourne’s next big transformation
The City of Melbourne will consider a $300 million plan to transform the north bank of Melbourne’s Yarra River into a series of connected parks.
Sydney town centre precinct approved
The NSW government has approved a state-significant development application for a high-density living and working precinct around the Castle Hill Showground metro station.
Native flora and fauna exhibit at Taronga Zoo approved
A new $16 million exhibit for Australian animals in their natural habitats, designed by Lahznimmo Architects and Spackman, Mossop and Michaels, has been approved by the NSW government.
The next 20 years for Melbourne’s botanic gardens
An underground herbarium has been proposed for Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in a 20-year masterplan.
