About

Foreground provides news and analysis on cities, places and the people who create them. It aims to advance debate on the design and development of our cities and public places with engaging, knowledge-based journalism and expert opinion, supported by evidence.
It is published by Uro Publications in partnership with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and industry supporters. Information on our Editorial Team, Advisory Panel and Sponsors can be found below, together with contact details.

Editorial
team

Andrew Mackenzie

Editor

Andrew Mackenzie has been a writer, curator, editor and publisher on art, design and architecture for over twenty years. He writes for various journals and newspapers and is a co-director at Uro Publications in partnership with Maitiú Ward.

Jo Russell-Clarke

Editor-at-Large

Dr Jo Russell-Clarke is a registered landscape architect and Fellow of the AILA. She is Foreground’s Editor-at-Large and a senior lecturer at the University of Adelaide. Her research interests include histories of the suburbs, the changing faces of food production, consumption and tourism and their landscape impacts, and new concepts of the commons as public landscape infrastructure.

Maitiú Ward

Editor

Maitiú Ward is a publisher, editor, journalist and occasional broadcaster with a special interest in architecture, design and the city.

Editorial
board

Daniel Bennett

Associate Director, Strategy and Design, City of Adelaide

Daniel is a multi-award winning registered landscape architect with 20 years’ experience working across Australia, the United Kingdom and China. He is passionate about the value of design in shaping our cities.
Daniel is the City of Adelaide’s Associate Director of Strategy and Design, leading the disciplines of Transport Strategy, City Strategy, Park Lands Strategy and City Design.

Jessica Christiansen-Franks

Director, Neighbourlytics

Jessica Christiansen-Franks is an urban designer and social entrepreneur who has dedicated her career to understanding the social dynamics of urbanisation. Jessica is a leader in citizen participation, particularly the value of placemaking in collaboration and active citizenship. As Co-founder of Neighbourlytics, Jessica has side-stepped into the world of data to develop a social analytics platform for neighbourhoods. Jessica is Co-vice Chair of the Smart Cities Council’s Centre for Civic Innovation, and Senior Advisor for CoDesign Studio.

John Mongard

Director, John Mongard Landscape Architects

John Mongard is a landscape architect and urban designer in Brisbane. He specialises in planning and implementing complex public space projects which highlight local culture and broad community interactions. John has been writing and speaking on landscape and art for the past 20 years, with his writing focusing on contemporary culture and sustainable design.

Katharina Nieberler-Walker

Principal, Conrad Gargett

Katharina Nieberler-Walker is a Principal and Head of Landscape Architecture at Conrad Gargett (Australia). She is an industry recognized leader in landscape architecture, responsible for significant projects as designer and project leader in Australia and overseas.

Liam Mouritz

Urban designer, Hassell

Liam Mouritz is an urban designer and landscape architect. His interests span a range of topics from the messy reality of professional practice to theories of political geography, ecology and generative technologies. Liam works at Hassell, collaborates with Groundlab in London, and teaches casually in history and theory at The University of Western Australia.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments in relation to Foreground, we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us an email on the below.

team@foreground.com.au