planning

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

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

by —February 23, 2018

Perth's sprinklers continue to drain aquafers at an alarming rate. Image: Thangaraj Kumaravel
Agriculture & environment

Watering the West: Perth’s thirsty history and dry future

by —February 22, 2018

The US Military providing support to flood victims during the 2010 Pakistani Floods. Image: US Army / Jason Bushong.
Agriculture & environment

Rising seas, sinking cities: Jeff Goodell on sea level rise & slow-motion civilisational collapse

by —February 20, 2018

Cape Town is weeks away from what could be the complete collapse of its metropolitan water supply. Image: Jonathan Gill.
Agriculture & environment

Cape Town is almost out of water. Could Australian cities suffer the same fate?

by —February 8, 2018

Once the garage for the ‘Mad Max’ film franchise, Melbourne University's underground carpark now services inner Melbourne's traffic.
Planning & policy

Car parking is choking our cities, and we’re paying for the privilege

by —February 8, 2018

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

Reimagining Australia’s “temperate Kakadu”

by —January 25, 2018

Rueben Berg speaking at Connection to Country, 2017.
Culture

Cultural flows: we talk with Rueben Berg, Victoria’s first Aboriginal Water Commissioner

by —January 25, 2018

The Paddock, a deliberative development in Castemaine, Victoria. Images: Emergent Studios
Planning & policy

Common ground: how deliberative development could transform our suburbs

by —December 27, 2017

Reko Rennie's ‘Always Was, Always Will Be‘ for Melbourne Festival 2016. Image: Ian Green / VicSig.
Culture

From an urban country to urban Country: Confronting the cult of denial in Australian cities

by —December 22, 2017

A bird's eye view of the 32-hectare Luming Park, China. Image: Turenscape.
Agriculture & environment

Living with Water: Design for uncertain times

by —December 21, 2017

Much of our life in public space is now spent immersed in glowing screens. Photo: Marc Smith
Technology

Do public places still matter in the age of the smartphone?

by —December 14, 2017

Planning & policy

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

by —December 14, 2017