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Co-founders of Public Practice, Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams. Image: Timothy Chase

‘New Municipalism’: A Conversation with Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal

Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams are advocates for a revival in public sector planning, after decades of neo-liberal policies drained it of design expertise. Through not-for-profit Public Practice, they’re re-injecting much-needed knowhow back where it can make the most difference.

By Melanie Dodd, Shumi Bose — April 9, 2020

“As Jennifer Wolch describes, urban growth affects both non-urban wildlife and the ecologies of animal life in the city itself.” Image: Rod Waddington

Trans-Species Health: An Aesthetic Responsibility

By Claire Martin — April 9, 2020

Wendy Whiteley's secret garden in Sydney. Thanks to Sydney Museums, it can be enjoyed virtually through an online video. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Self-isolation survival pack: Virtual landscapes

By Foreground — April 3, 2020

Anti-skateboarding design reveals greater truths about power structures within our cities. Image: OFFICE

“No skateboarding”: The politics of public space at Lincoln Square

By Mark Jacques — April 3, 2020

The benefits of parks and public open space for our mental health and physical health are even more evident during a pandemic. Image: Josephine Baran.

The Foreground five: March’s most-read stories

By Foreground — April 1, 2020

Cycling is emerging as the best way to get around during the pandemic. Image: Mitchell Luo

As COVID-19 bites, this ‘freedom machine’ is enjoying a resurgence

By Jo Russell-Clarke — March 31, 2020

Dr Greg Moore is Chair of the National Trust's Register for Significant Trees committee and a tireless advocate for arboriculture. Image: supplied.

For Dr Greg Moore, defending living heritage isn’t about the past, but protecting our future

By Foreground — March 27, 2020

Signage in public parks in Florida encourages distance between people. Image: Jordan Hopkins

Parks in a time of pandemic

By Jo Russell-Clarke — March 25, 2020

Professor Billie Giles-Corti advocates for healthy city design

What can the coronavirus teach us about healthy cities?

By Billie Giles-Corti, Foreground — March 24, 2020

Back issues of Kerb, one of the longest-running landscape architecture journals in the world.

Gutter journalism: Reflections on a quarter-century of Kerb

March 19, 2020

Point cloud scan of the significant tree at Robin Boyd's 290 Walsh Street house. Image: Yazid Ninsalam

Tree change: What happens when living heritage becomes dead wood?

By Maitiú Ward — March 17, 2020

Chinese urban governance – and the current coronavirus lockdown – is overseen by volunteers, local residents’ committees. Image: Raymond Pang

The urban history that makes China’s coronavirus lockdown possible

By Toby Lincoln — March 11, 2020

Linda Corkery is a Director of Corkery Consulting and Professor in the Landscape Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW.

Learning from the landscape: Linda Corkery

By Jo Russell-Clarke — March 5, 2020

Prahran Square seen from above. Photo: John Gollings

The Foreground five: February’s most-read stories

By Foreground — March 5, 2020

A drawing showing Healthabitat's nine Healthy Living Practices.

“This is not a wicked problem”: Healthabitat is making housing better for Australia’s Indigenous communities

By Tracey Clement — March 5, 2020