public space

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

The Foreground Five: April’s most-read stories

by —May 2, 2018

Overgrown underused public land
Parks & places

Parks hidden in plain sight: Melbourne looks to unlock infrastructure for public open space

by —April 24, 2018

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

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

by —April 18, 2018

WAF’s 2015 Landscape of the Year Yanweizhou Park has given Jinua City a new cultural and community identity. The “sparrow tail” wetlands, circular bioswales, ‘cut and fill’ terraced riverbank and entirely permeable surrounds “make friends” with flooding. Image: Turenscape.
Parks & places

Sponge cities: Kongjian Yu and Adrian McGregor in conversation

by —April 10, 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.
Planning & policy

From grey to green infrastructure: How local governments are re-making Melbourne

by —April 6, 2018

Copenhagen's Trekroner fort once defended the city from unwanted naval arrivals. Now the city's making plans to defend itself from the sea. Image: Stig Nygaard
Planning & policy

Building urban resilience: Lessons from Melbourne and Copenhagen

by —April 5, 2018

South Melbourne Primary School integrates community services alongside education. Image: Chris Matterson.
Parks & places

A fenceless, vertical school in Melbourne trades hard borders for close-knit community

by —April 4, 2018

Christchurch's 2011 earthquake shifted the city's water table, leading to structures sinking into the Avon estuary. Image: Martin Luff.
Planning & policy

Beyond the sea wall: a changing climate calls for dynamic solutions

by —March 15, 2018

These citizens of Copenhagen are making the most of living in the harbour city.
Planning & policy

The Foreground Five: February’s most-read stories

by —March 8, 2018

Copenhagen is a city that thrives from its coexistence with water. By 2100, this relationship will need to be re-negotiated. Image: Freder Fredersen.
Planning & policy

The water is coming for Copenhagen; good design could be its best defence

by —February 7, 2018

Newcastle Ocean Baths, New South Wales.
Parks & places

Take ten: Foreground’s top 2017 stories for your summer

by —December 28, 2017

An artist's impression of the Noble Park Station precinct, sitting in Melbourne's south-east. Image: LXRA.
Parks & places

The inverse high-line: Melbourne’s Skyrail linear park

by —December 7, 2017