The view from Burragorang Lookout shows Lake Burragorang, impounded by Warragamba Dam in the valley below. Photo: popejon2
Cities

Raising Warragamba Dam will do far more harm than good

By — July 5, 2019

The grasslands of Monaro in New South Wales are at the centre of a Ministerial scandal for the Australian Government. Photo of Austrostipa bigeniculata habit: Harry Rose
Environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in June

By — June 27, 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
Cities

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

By — 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
Culture

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

By — June 21, 2019

The fragility and resilience of the land-creating polders of the Netherlands, home to landscape architect Dirk Sijmons.
Environment

Design for the Anthropocene: the big-picture landscapes of Dirk Sijmons

June 19, 2019

Melbourne and Sydney are the only Australian cities that part of the 100 Resilient Cities network. Photo: Wolf Zimmermenn
Cities

What next after 100 Resilient Cities funding ends?

By , , , — June 13, 2019

Tenterfield. The author's friend’s farm burning in 2019. Photo: John Mongard
Environment

Two degrees: global warming up close and personal

By — June 13, 2019

Recent protests around the world reflect rising popular concern about climate change.
Environment

2 Degrees: climate countdown

By — June 12, 2019

Fragrant purple chocolate lily amongst other indigenous wildflower species will be grown by FV for seeding projects.
Cities

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for May

By — June 7, 2019

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

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

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

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.
Politics

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in May

By — May 29, 2019