Parks & places

Lily Jencks, designer and vice president of Maggie's.

“Gardens aren’t just a retreat, but an active advance”

by Tracey Clement—February 18, 2020

Prahran Square is a new kind of purposeful space for a suburb that previously had little public, open space.

Paved for the people: In Melbourne, a parking lot has become a public square

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 6, 2020

A tapestry of richly varied planting is distributed around and between Bendigo Hospital seating.

Designing the healthy city

by Foreground—January 24, 2020

Swiss National Museum, Zurich. With a few, striking elements such as a mirror water basin, visual relations between the Gartenhof and Park are established. Photo: Giuseppe Micciche

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in October

November 11, 2019

Winner of The Future Park design competition – The Gap by Marti Fooks, Claire Winsor, Suhas Vasudeva and Jacqueline Heggli.

The Power of Parks

by Foreground—October 17, 2019

Artist Lance Chadd / Tjyllungoo's Wirin is a 9 metre high figure that surveys Yagan Square.

National landscape architecture award winners build resilience through green infrastructure

October 11, 2019

Wathuwardi (Kaurna branch huts) in the natureplay space engage children in the cultural and environmental richness of Felixstowe Reserve. Photo: Same River

From dust bowl to thriving wetland: Felixstowe Reserve

by Foreground—October 10, 2019

Sea Line Park, one of the shortlisted entries in the competition to design a new park for the Melbourne of 2050. Image: Future Park Ideas Competition, author provided

Why we need ‘crazy’ ideas for new city parks

by Wendy Walls—October 10, 2019

Greater Western Sydney is home to the largest urban parkland in Australia, the subject of award-winning new design and planning. Image: TYRRELLSTUDIO

What does the future hold for Australia’s biggest urban park?

by Neena Bhandari—October 3, 2019

Günther Vogt’s first visit to Australia will be as keynote speaker for the 2019 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Photo supplied.

Günther Vogt and the sensory city

by Foreground—October 2, 2019

The Dystopia vs Utopia immersive reality experience at EKKA will reveal possible streets of Brisbane in 2050. There are good and bad possibilities in how we use new technologies and deal with hotter, drier climates.

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for August

by Foreground—September 5, 2019

The heritage-listed Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge owe much to the land and waterscape of the harbour itself. A new study aims to increase listing of cultural landscapes. Photo: Trent Szmolnik

The Green Necklace: a new perspective on Sydney Harbour’s parklands

by Foreground—August 15, 2019