Living Cities

Bicycle stand on fake grass, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (2009).
Planning & policy

Astroturf urbanism: The post-pandemic city’s empty heart

by —July 13, 2021

Regenerative farmer Ray Thompson standing on a salt scald on a farm in New South Wales.
Agriculture & environment

Re-designing farming

by —February 4, 2021

Richard Tipping's ‘Watermark’ sculpture at the Brisbane Powerhouse, commemorating the 1974 floods, inundated by flood waters at New Farm, 2011. Image: John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Planning & policy

The flood: Designing cities for deluge

by —November 20, 2020

In Australia, the single largest danger to children is a world made for and of cars. Image: SLV Collection
Planning & policy

Petrol-powered planning: Car parks, COVID-19 and the future of urban retail (part 2)

by —October 13, 2020

Shoppers in Melbourne's Bourke Street battle with cars for street space, c.1948. Image: State Library of Victoria archives
Planning & policy

Street fight: Car parks, COVID-19 and the future of urban retail (part 1)

by —September 30, 2020

Bushfire in Australia.
Agriculture & environment

Flume country

by —August 31, 2020