public space

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?
Technology

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

by —April 18, 2019

Trees play a key role in the religious and cultural observances of peoples around the world. The tree is central to Easter as well as Christmas. Photo: Joshua Earle
Culture

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

by —April 15, 2019

Long Island garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, features planted indigenous vegetation of the Lower Yarra River. Photo: Molonglo
Culture

It’s okay to garden if you listen to the landscape

by —April 5, 2019

The 'upside-down' Yarra River / Birrarung flows through a city of 5 million people. New efforts aim to clean up its reputation along with its water.
Agriculture & environment

Detoxing the river: toward a swimmable Yarra

by —March 1, 2019

Dark skies are vital to our wellbeing but they are increasingly rare. Photo: of Duane Hamacher, Wild Researchers UNSW by Tamara Dean
Agriculture & environment

Killing us softly: the perils of light pollution

by —February 21, 2019

The many abandoned mines throughout Australia offer challenges to reimagining future landscape use.
Agriculture & environment

Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites

by , , —January 10, 2019

Optus Stadium Park on the Burswood Peninsula. Image: Peter Bennetts
Transport

Stadium as urban catalyst: can Optus Stadium Park revitalise Perth’s Burswood Peninsula?

by —July 24, 2018

Rooftop gardens take green infrastructure to new heights. Image: Brett Boardman
Parks & places

Inventive urban greening: Sydney rises to the green infrastructure challenge

by —July 6, 2018

interventions to get people to rediscover their creek corridor. Image: Supplied
Parks & places

Local heroes: small projects with big ambitions for public space

by —June 22, 2018

A new vision for Point Grey, Lorne
Agriculture & environment

Bush Projects to bring a little bit of wild back to Lorne foreshore

by —May 17, 2018

Artist Jon Tarry's Waterline is one of a number of art installations in Yagan Square
Parks & places

Yagan Square connects Perth’s once-divided urban heart; can it do the same for the city’s people?

by —May 10, 2018

Overflowing bins are one way to spoil the amenity of public space, but sensors can now alert councils when bins need emptying.
Technology

Sensors in public spaces can help create cities that are both smart and sociable

by —May 2, 2018