Parks & places

Murama Healing Space & Dance Ground Murama—Cultural Council in partnership with the Sydney Olympic Park Authority

In pictures: 2020 AILA National Awards

by Foreground Editors—October 13, 2020

Berlin is a city of nooks and cannies, in which people have made small reclamations of public space. Image: Jon Mountjoy

Squats, squares and city plans: Berlin by accident and design

by Mitra Anderson-Oliver—October 6, 2020

Sunvale Community Park, Sunshine, for Brimbank City Council, local government in Sunshine. Image: Emma Cross

Neighbourhood squared

by Andy Fergus—September 23, 2020

Darwin Civic and State Square Masterplan. Image: TCL

Diverse by design

by Jo Russell-Clarke—September 1, 2020

Landscapology and Bligh Tanner has transformed a drain into a living waterway at Small Creek, Ipswich. Image: Alan Hoban

Foreground’s most-read: Top stories for July 2020

by Foreground—August 11, 2020

A new landmark community-focused Centre in Rubibi (Broome) brings together culture, Country, public art and community. Image: Nyamba-Buru-Yawuru

Common knowledge: culture embedded in the design process

by Rosie Halsmith—August 7, 2020

Small Creek, Ipswich

On the outskirts of Brisbane, an urban drain takes on a life of its own

by Maitiú Ward—July 24, 2020

Quarry Hills Regional Parkland Landscape Master Plan retains outer metropolitan areas earmarked for redevelopment as walking trails.

Food for the sole: These walks are about much more than getting from A to B

by Jo Russell-Clarke—July 8, 2020

The thriving, regenerated wetland at the Fentons’ farm, Lanark. Photo: David Hay

Foreground’s most-read: Top stories for June 2020

by Foreground—July 7, 2020

Turf Studio's design for Central Park Public Domain introduces laneways, plazas, parks and other places to explore on foot.

Walking wins: The prize-winning projects helping people get back on their feet

by Jo Russell-Clarke—June 29, 2020

A seating sketch of Openwork's healing garden shows a tree at the centre of a gathering zone. Image: Openwork

The Foreground five: May’s most-read stories

by Foreground—June 3, 2020

The healing garden at Heide will be a sanctuary of sensory wonder.

A new garden at Melbourne’s Heide Museum turns ‘social distance’ to healing ends

by Foreground—May 14, 2020