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The detailed ground patterning of Park Louvre Lens Arts France by Paris-based design firm Mosbach Paysagistes.
Culture

Catherine Mosbach’s “submersive” experiments in landscape architecture

by , —May 30, 2019

Still from an animated time lapse of sea surface salinity and soil moisture from NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite: April 2015 to February 2019.
Agriculture & environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in May

by —May 29, 2019

Detail of Canberra plan submitted to the Canberra design competition by the Griffins – "View from the summit of Mount Ainslie".
Parks & places

Remaking Lost Connections: a timely call to rethink the future of the city

by —May 16, 2019

Everyone is a pedestrian at some point in their journey. Roads serve part of an integrated mobility network in Japan. Photo: Sergio Rola
Transport

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for April

by —May 15, 2019

Rows of native Silky Blue Grass - Dichanthium sericeum - to be harvested for seed at Flora Victoria's seed production site north-west of Melbourne.
Agriculture & environment

‘Wild’ grasses are in vogue as priceless native grasslands disappear

by —May 9, 2019

Industry standard "pines in lines" reforestation in the U.S. is causing problems. Photo: Josh Withers - Warburton, Australia
Agriculture & environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in April

by —May 2, 2019

Politicians call for governance review for Fed Square as Apple fails to secure place for Flagship store. Photo: virginiam Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
Planning & policy

“Public space should not be managed as a business”

by —April 29, 2019

Craig Reucassel (L) and SueAnne Ware discuss the Toxic City.
Culture

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for March

by —April 18, 2019

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?
Technology

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

by —April 18, 2019

Long Island garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, features planted indigenous vegetation of the Lower Yarra River. Photo: Molonglo
Culture

It’s okay to garden if you listen to the landscape

by —April 5, 2019

2019 is the international year of indigenous languages. A favourite story this month suggests we learn the original names of Australian trees.
Agriculture & environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in March

by —April 4, 2019

The Toxic City panel, Melbourne Design Week 2019 - from left: Andrew Mackenzie, Ross HArding, Bonnie Herring, Joost Bakker, Craig Reucassel, SueAnne Ware, Daan Roosegarde
Planning & policy

“Let’s make it boring”: How can resilient cities become the rule, not the exception?

by —March 21, 2019