Copenhagen is a city that thrives from its coexistence with water. By 2100, this relationship will need to be re-negotiated. Image: Freder Fredersen.
Planning & policy

The water is coming for Copenhagen; good design could be its best defence

by —February 7, 2018

‘View of Melbourne, Victoria, from the Botanic Gardens’, Henry Gritten / NGV (1866).
Planning & policy

Reimagining Australia’s “temperate Kakadu”

by —January 25, 2018

Rueben Berg speaking at Connection to Country, 2017.
Culture

Cultural flows: we talk with Rueben Berg, Victoria’s first Aboriginal Water Commissioner

by —January 25, 2018

Newcastle Ocean Baths, New South Wales.
Parks & places

Take ten: Foreground’s top 2017 stories for your summer

by —December 28, 2017

The Paddock, a deliberative development in Castemaine, Victoria. Images: Emergent Studios
Planning & policy

Common ground: how deliberative development could transform our suburbs

by —December 27, 2017

Reko Rennie's ‘Always Was, Always Will Be‘ for Melbourne Festival 2016. Image: Ian Green / VicSig.
Culture

From an urban country to urban Country: Confronting the cult of denial in Australian cities

by —December 22, 2017

A bird's eye view of the 32-hectare Luming Park, China. Image: Turenscape.
Agriculture & environment

Living with Water: Design for uncertain times

by —December 21, 2017

The Victorian Government has announced plans to demolish Federation Square's Yarra Building for an Apple store.
Culture

From Federation Square to Apple Plaza: Melburnians respond

by —December 21, 2017

Dead river gums and limestone cliffs on the Murray River near Blanchetown, South Australia. Image: Willem van Aiken / CSIRO.
Agriculture & environment

Water in a dry land: How PA Yeomans uncovered Australia’s hidden water systems

by —December 20, 2017

Ron Jones, centre, speaking at the Foreground Urban Ecology panel at the National Gallery of Victoria.
Technology

Finding Foreground is a lot easier than you think

by —December 20, 2017

Much of our life in public space is now spent immersed in glowing screens. Photo: Marc Smith
Technology

Do public places still matter in the age of the smartphone?

by —December 14, 2017

Planning & policy

Ageing, isolating and unequal: Melbourne’s Chief Resilience Officer on the city’s problems

by —December 14, 2017