Melbourne

Pavement treatments signal a shift away from the car-centric street. Image: Rush Wright Associates
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Streets are always political: in conversation with Cassandra Chilton

By — June 1, 2018

Melbourne's 1985 Swanston Street party aimed to bring people back into the city.
Cities

Imagine a city: Swanston Street Party and the greening of Melbourne

By — May 24, 2018

Apple's store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Are Apple's plans for Fed Square a form of brand urbanism?
Cities

The city as billboard: Fed Square, Apple and brand urbanism

By — April 18, 2018

The City of Melbourne's famed heritage gardens aren't just “pretty”, they're one small part of a city-wide strategy to deliver critical green infrastructure. Image: Toby Ord.
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From grey to green infrastructure: How local governments are re-making Melbourne

By — April 6, 2018

South Melbourne Primary School integrates community services alongside education. Image: Chris Matterson.
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A fenceless, vertical school in Melbourne trades hard borders for close-knit community

By — April 4, 2018

A dam or a shackle? Dights Falls on the Yarra River, Melbourne.
Culture

Breaking rivers free: HYDRO/LOGIC

By — March 8, 2018

Abbotsford Convent Gardens, Melbourne.
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Heritage at risk: Can Australia’s heritage gardens survive climate change?

By — March 5, 2018

Melbourne's once grotty laneways have now become a haven for small restaurants, shops and bars. Image: Gary Sauer-Thompson.
Planning

Rob Adams on the forces reshaping Melbourne for better… and for worse

By — February 23, 2018

‘View of Melbourne, Victoria, from the Botanic Gardens’, Henry Gritten / NGV (1866).
Planning

Reimagining Australia’s “temperate Kakadu”

By — January 25, 2018

The Paddock, a deliberative development in Castemaine, Victoria. Images: Emergent Studios
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Common ground: how deliberative development could transform our suburbs

By — December 27, 2017

The Victorian Government has announced plans to demolish Federation Square's Yarra Building for an Apple store.
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From Federation Square to Apple Plaza: Melburnians respond

By — December 21, 2017

Cities

Ageing, isolating and unequal: Melbourne’s Chief Resilience Officer on the city’s problems

By — December 14, 2017