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Infrastructure Australia’s narrow remit is distorting cities

by Brian Feeney—February 9, 2022

Cahill Expressway, Sydney. Photo: Corey Farwell

Australia’s independent infrastructure advisory body is fixated on transport projects. That’s bad news for good urban planning.

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Agriculture & environment

Kudzilla: An ethnobotanical monster myth

by Casey Lance Brown—October 19, 2021

A tiny spider builds its web in the author's unmowed yard. Image: Penny Dunstan
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Unmowing

by Penny Dunstan—October 12, 2021

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Finding life in places for the dead: The future of cemetery design

by Hamish Coates, Katrina Simon—October 7, 2021

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How city planning privileges the (in)vested few

by Brian Feeney, Mark Limb—September 22, 2021

Fish Lane Town Square, winner of 2021 AILA QLD Award of Excellence for Civic Landscape. Photo: Scott Burrows
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Room to grow: Green urban spaces in a subtropical city

by Rosemary Kennedy—September 13, 2021

The Sales Ring Playground finds new life at the heart of the Newmarket precinct.
Parks & places

Play for all: Readapting a civic space in the heart of Randwick

by Fatemeh Aminpour—August 31, 2021

The bridge and stepping stones provide the community with various ways to access and engage with Blind Creek
Parks & places

Slowing down on Country: Naturalising Melbourne’s waterways

by Andrew Kelly—August 23, 2021

Bicycle stand on fake grass, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2009).
Planning & policy

Astroturf urbanism: The post-pandemic city’s empty heart

by Marcus Westbury—July 13, 2021

Culture

“Doing density differently”: A new, landscape-led approach to infill housing

by Daniel Jan Martin, Loren Holmes, Rosie Halsmith—July 12, 2021

Planning & policy

Unsolicited urbanism: The legacy of closed-door planning behind Barangaroo

by Chris Gibson, Dallas Rogers—June 11, 2021

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Object and spirituality: Building on Country

by Alison Page—May 21, 2021

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Making cities for people with Jan Gehl

by Alexander Maxwell-Anderson—May 15, 2021

Parklets on Lygon St have been popular with diners.
Planning & policy

The future of Melbourne’s parklets

by Kim Dovey, Merrick Morley, Quentin Stevens—May 8, 2021

Transport

Learning to live with aggressionless cars

by Simon Sellars—April 15, 2021

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