Parks & places

Green the Street at Brisbane's EKKA is hosting over 40 organisations and their ideas for community greening projects, including virtual reality visions of transformations. Image: Catherine Simpson. Roberts Day

It’s happening on the verge: community experiments in greening the streets

by Foreground—August 8, 2019

Detail of Canberra plan submitted to the Canberra design competition by the Griffins – "View from the summit of Mount Ainslie".

Remaking Lost Connections: a timely call to rethink the future of the city

by Foreground—May 16, 2019

The Foreground five: our most-read stories so far in 2019

by Foreground—March 14, 2019

A view of Bendigo Hospital from above shows some of the diverse courtyard, rooftop, and pocket gardens.

Nature heals: the return of therapeutic landscapes

by Catherine McGauran—January 18, 2019

The New York High Line: The apotheosis of green gentrification? Image: David Berkowitz

Green gentrification and how to avoid it

by Sigrid Ehrmann—November 29, 2018

A playground, however informal and temporary, is immediately put to good use.

The Foreground five: October’s most-read stories

by Foreground—November 1, 2018

A vine shade structure on Cavenagh Street will help cool the hottest street in Darwin.

Requiem or renewal? How tropical Darwin can regain its cool

by Lawrence Nield—November 1, 2018

HOTA Outdoor Stage with the 17 hectares of Evandale. Image: John Gollings

The Gold Coast Home of the Arts takes a bow

by Sharon Mackay—October 13, 2018

Ian Potter Children's WILDPLAY Garden Aspect Studios. Image: Brett Boardman.

Expanding horizons: sampling the 2018 landscape architecture awards

by Foreground—October 12, 2018

Shaun Walsh's tropical garden, with its silky oaks, flame trees and clipped cissus, is just getting started.

Work in progress: the tropical garden that can’t be rushed

by Jo Russell-Clarke—September 26, 2018

Five temporary projects aim to reinvigorate the public realm of Newcastle's docks Image: M.Chapman/K.Martin

Breathing new life into Newcastle’s faltering renewal

by Cat McGauran—September 15, 2018

Darebin Yarra Trail Link by VicRoads Urban Design Team and VicRoads Structural Design Team. Image by Emma Cross

The Foreground five: August’s most-read stories

by Foreground—September 6, 2018