Burnt Mountain Ash in Murrindindi Scenic Reserve, Victoria. Photo: Doug Beckers
Planning & policy

Australia’s bushfire catastrophe: The real problem isn’t ‘woke greenies’, but a refusal to plan for the worst

by —January 9, 2020

A dead branch of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) plays pitstop for assorted bird life. Photo: Rexness
Agriculture & environment

What good is a dead tree?

by —January 9, 2020

FLIR image showing concentration of heat in a Western Sydney neighbourhood.
Agriculture & environment

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in December

January 8, 2020

New park and skating facilities at Noble Park station precinct. Photo: Peter Bennetts Photography
Agriculture & environment

Take ten: Foreground’s most-read stories in 2019

December 19, 2019

Dr Sebastian Pfautsch
Technology

Extreme measures: An ecologist’s urban sensors show us just how hot Western Sydney is getting

by —December 12, 2019

View of Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos, John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art. Southern Arizona, USA. 2012 – Present. Image supplied.
Technology

Protest and assembly in the augmented city

by —December 12, 2019

With the help of experts, communities in the suburbs, towns and and cities of Australia are taking control of their own neighborhoods to plan for climate change. Photo: Tom Rumble
Planning & policy

From placemaking to place survival: Experts and the new community activism

by —December 12, 2019

The public space protests of Hong Kong have attracted particular interest over the past month. Photo: Pasu Au Yeung
Planning & policy

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in November

by —December 4, 2019

Dancer and choreographer Amrita Hepi moves in the landscape – part of a video installation produced with Claire Winsor funded by the TCL Kevin Taylor Legacy. Image: videographer Peter Drew
Culture

Cultural movement: what can dance tell us about place?

by —November 28, 2019

Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix
Transport

Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don’t mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?

by —November 28, 2019

The remnants of Mount Kilimanjaro's fabled fields of snow and ice, as seen from space in 2012. Image: NASA Earth Observatory
Agriculture & environment

How to design with nature now?

by —November 27, 2019

The rise of privately-owned public space has brought with it greater private security surveillance of public activity.
Planning & policy

Wrong division: The rise of privately-owned public space

by —November 25, 2019