cities for children

The ‘civic plaza’ greets pupils and visitors with subtle changes in the site's grade. Image: Chris Matterson.

The Foreground Five: April’s most-read stories

By Foreground — May 2, 2018

Landscape architect Shea Hatch presents at Foreground's Cities for Children forum.

To make cities for children, we’ll have to overcome our culture of fear

By Foreground — August 9, 2017

The Kangaroo Bay play space by Playstreet. Photo: Fred & Hannah

In Tasmania, Playstreet is bringing child-life back to urban wilderness

By Foreground — August 1, 2017

Children walk through Tokyo independently.

Can children be free in a city?

By Karen Malone — July 26, 2017

To design a play space, first take some children on a site visit

Penned in: How public space is failing our children

By Shea Hatch — July 7, 2017

The future of Western Sydney. Image: Fusion Western Sydney.

Inheriting the Western Sydney of tomorrow

By Youth Action NSW — June 29, 2017

Children in Victorian-era slums. Image: Ted Hood.

The birth of the larrikin: Melbourne’s colonial children

By Simon Sleight — June 28, 2017

Darling Quarter by ASPECT Studios. Image: Florian Groehn.

Blurred Lines: landscapes that bridge the physical and virtual worlds

By Scott Hawken — June 23, 2017

Was a skate park designed for 8-14-year-olds really going to bring in drugs and graffiti?

Against everything: The curious case of Rushcutters Bay skate park

By Alan Weedon — June 8, 2017

How do children feed into decisions which affect their city? Image: Larry W. Lo

Designing for children: Beyond the playground

By Kate Bishop and Linda Corkery — June 8, 2017

The local cemetery in Panygiotis. Image: the author

Finding the sublime in a city’s forgotten spaces: Part 2

By Helen Armstrong — May 25, 2017

Children enjoying Paris' annual 'Paris-Plages', temporary beaches set up across the capital.

Children and the city

By Foreground — May 17, 2017