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Cycling is emerging as the best way to get around during the pandemic. Image: Mitchell Luo

As COVID-19 bites, this ‘freedom machine’ is enjoying a resurgence

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 31, 2020

Dr Greg Moore is Chair of the National Trust's Register for Significant Trees committee and a tireless advocate for arboriculture. Image: supplied.

Agriculture & environment

For Dr Greg Moore, defending living heritage isn’t about the past, but protecting our future

by Foreground—March 27, 2020

Signage in public parks in Florida encourages distance between people. Image: Jordan Hopkins

Parks in a time of pandemic

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 25, 2020

Professor Billie Giles-Corti advocates for healthy city design

Planning & policy

What can the coronavirus teach us about healthy cities?

by Billie Giles-Corti, Foreground—March 24, 2020

Back issues of Kerb, one of the longest-running landscape architecture journals in the world.

Gutter journalism: Reflections on a quarter-century of Kerb

March 19, 2020

Point cloud scan of the significant tree at Robin Boyd's 290 Walsh Street house. Image: Yazid Ninsalam

Planning & policy

Tree change: What happens when living heritage becomes dead wood?

by Maitiú Ward—March 17, 2020

Chinese urban governance – and the current coronavirus lockdown – is overseen by volunteers, local residents’ committees. Image: Raymond Pang

Planning & policy

The urban history that makes China’s coronavirus lockdown possible

by Toby Lincoln—March 11, 2020

Linda Corkery is a Director of Corkery Consulting and Professor in the Landscape Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW.

Learning from the landscape: Linda Corkery

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 5, 2020

Prahran Square seen from above. Photo: John Gollings

The Foreground five: February’s most-read stories

by Foreground—March 5, 2020

A drawing showing Healthabitat's nine Healthy Living Practices.

Planning & policy

“This is not a wicked problem”: Healthabitat is making housing better for Australia’s Indigenous communities

by Tracey Clement—March 5, 2020

Foreground's top picks for Melbourne Design Week 2020.

Vital signs: Foreground’s top picks for Melbourne Design Week 2020

by Foreground—February 28, 2020

In the jungles of Meghalaya, India, the Khasi people have grown living root bridges over rivers for centuries. Photo: © Amos Chapple

Ancient infrastructure, resilient future: Julia Watson’s ‘Lo-TEK’ vision for sustainable cities

by Foreground—February 20, 2020