Culture

The authors of the Burra Charter at Burra, South Australia in 1979: Jane Lennon, Peter Forrest, Jim Kerr, Josephine Flood, John Mulvaney and Peter Watts. Photo supplied by author with permission.

Forty years of the Burra Charter and Australia’s heritage vision

by Dr James Lesh—July 11, 2019

Tjirbruki Munaintya Tjirbruki is an important Kaurna Creation Ancestor. The artwork translates his creation story into an aerial map, which includes Warriparinga, the Adelaide Coastline, Victor Harbor and Brukunga in the Adelaide Hills. Artwork: Aboriginal registered landscape architect and visual artist Paul Herzich

Foreground weekly review: NAIDOC week

by Foreground—July 10, 2019

The exemplary campus design of Taylor Cullity Lethlean's Eastern Precinct Landscape received an Award of Excellence in the 2019 AILA Victoria Awards. Photo: Will Salter

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

by Foreground—June 27, 2019

Kabulwarnamyo outstation is a remote settlement of about 50 people on Nawarddeken Country in West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Photo: Hannah Robertson

Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services

by Hannah Robertson—June 21, 2019

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

Catherine Mosbach’s “submersive” experiments in landscape architecture

by Catherine Mosbach, Foreground—May 30, 2019

Geoffrey Dutton’s “marginal garden” in Scotland, is one of six case-study gardens in Overgrown. Image: Julian Raxworthy

Overgrown: a call for landscape architecture to return to the garden

by Julian Raxworthy—May 30, 2019

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

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for March

by Foreground—April 18, 2019

Trees play a key role in the religious and cultural observances of peoples around the world. The tree is central to Easter as well as Christmas. Photo: Joshua Earle

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

by Robert DiNapoli—April 15, 2019

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

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

by Foreground—April 5, 2019

Venus and the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. Photo: NASA

Venus and the Pleiades: A reflection on women in landscape architecture

by Hilary Hamnett—March 8, 2019

Responsibility, transparency and environmental fragility are this month’s themes for our pick of web reads. Image: Tracey Clement’s 'Banquet' 2019 (detail)

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in Feb

by Foreground—February 21, 2019

Not far from most cities is a water or seascape to watch sunsets on Valentine's Day. Photo: Will O

Landscapes of love

by Foreground—February 14, 2019