Tag: Landscape

Interview: DIRT Studio's Julie Bargmann
People | 22 Sep 2014

Interview: DIRT Studio’s Julie Bargmann

Do post-industrial landscapes have a value beyond ‘ruin porn’? Julie Bargmann thinks so.

Lush tropical plantings at the rear of the garden are reflected on the pool’s surface.
Projects | Tanya Wood | 16 Sep 2014

Parsley Bay Garden

This lush Sydney villa garden is enriched by a collection of bespoke artworks.

Dramatic rocks tower from Circular ponds in the water feature by artist Ashika Ostapkowicz.
Projects | Anne Latreille | 15 Sep 2014

Mount Eliza Garden

An artful composition by landscape architects Sinatra Murphy on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.

Looking back at the house from across the dam.
Projects | Dianne Firth | 8 Sep 2014

Roogulli

Fresh Landscape Design has transformed a drought-ravaged property outside of Canberra into a resilient garden.

Freefall by Bligh Tanner, a proposed installation at the National Arboretum.
Industry News | Linda Cheng | 26 Aug 2014

Freefall

Bligh Tanner wins national ideas competition for a major sculptural installation at the National Arboretum.

The bedroom courtyard is structured around an elegant reflective pool in the Adelaide villa garden.
Projects | Aylwen Dennis | 15 Aug 2014

Two Adelaide Villas

A contemporary play on Renaissance and other historic garden styles.

The horizontal planes of the house contrast with the ragged verticality of the nearby eucalyptus grove.
Projects | Catherin Bull | 12 Aug 2014

The garden at Medhurst

A contemporary take on modernist landscape design by Tract Consultants in Victoria’s Yarra Valley.

The Kee garden by Craig Burton.
Discussion | Howard Tanner | 31 Jul 2014

Garden Voices

This book celebrates the contribution of talented Australian garden designers.

The above-ground concrete pool was designed by architects James Stockwell and Jonathan Temple.
Projects | Laura Harding | 29 Jul 2014

Forest Edge Garden

In a bushland clearing high above the Hunter Valley, a sublime garden by Jane Irwin.

Ballast Point Park by McGregor Coxall.
Industry News | 10 Jul 2014

Rosa Barba finalists

Two Australian practices shortlisted at 2014 Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize.

Aerial view of Londscale Street in Central Dandenong. Streetscaping by Taylor Cullity Lethlean and BKK Architects.
Projects | Beau Beza | 4 Jul 2014

Revitalising Central Dandenong

A $290 million urban renewal initiative aimed at revitalizing central Dandenong.

The porte-cochère at the convention centre entrance provides shade and shelter for visitors and staff arriving and leaving the plaza.
Projects | Suzanne Kyte | 1 Jul 2014

The Plaza at the Brisbane Showgrounds

A generous, layered events space for the RNA Showgrounds Regeneration Project by Lat27.

Landscape Architecture Australia issues 142 and 143.
Talks | 30 Jun 2014

Landscape Architecture Australia Launch

Celebrate the release of the second of two Landscape Architecture Australia issues on contemporary gardens.

A composition of Washington palms perforates the paved area at the entrance to the pool.
Projects | Julian Raxworthy | 27 Jun 2014

Prince Alfred Park

Sue Barnsley Design and Neeson Murcutt Architects’ upgrade of Sydney’s Prince Alfred Park + Pool.

The graphic surface of the multipurpose area allows for a variety of sports and activities to occur simultaneously.
Projects | Bonnie Grant | 24 Jun 2014

Box Hill Gardens Multipurpose Area

A sport and recreation space by Aspect Studios doubles as a backyard for local residents.

Vertical gardens: Patrick Blanc
Talks | 20 Jun 2014

Vertical gardens: Patrick Blanc

French botanical artist Patrick Blanc talks about the challenges of vertical gardens.

Martin Rein Cano, founder of TOPOTEK 1, will be a speaker at this year's Biennial in Barcelona. Pictured: Superkilen by TOPOTEK 1, BIG and Superflex.
Industry News | 18 Jun 2014

8th Biennial of Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture Australia to participate in the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture.

The vacant public spaces in Aurora signal a need for occupation.
Projects | Helen Day | 11 Jun 2014

Aurora

A six-hundred-hectare flagship development in Melbourne’s north by Place Victoria, seven years on.

North Lakes was developed by Stockland and expects a final population figure of around 25,000.
Projects | Mark Fuller | 28 May 2014

North Lakes and Fitzgibbon Chase

In South East Queensland, two master-planned communities are spearheading regional growth.

Woomera Village, South Australia in the 1950s.
Discussion | Andrew Saniga | 28 May 2014

Charting a new landscape

The evolution of suburban residential living in Australia.

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