Sustainability

Agriculture & environment

The farmers fighting climate change

by —July 22, 2019

The exemplary campus design of Taylor Cullity Lethlean's Eastern Precinct Landscape received an Award of Excellence in the 2019 AILA Victoria Awards. Photo: Will Salter
Culture

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

by —June 27, 2019

Kabulwarnamyo outstation is a remote settlement of about 50 people on Nawarddeken Country in West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Photo: Hannah Robertson
Culture

Caring for Country: how remote communities are building on payment for ecosystem services

by —June 21, 2019

Detail of Canberra plan submitted to the Canberra design competition by the Griffins – "View from the summit of Mount Ainslie".
Parks & places

Remaking Lost Connections: a timely call to rethink the future of the city

by —May 16, 2019

Rows of native Silky Blue Grass - Dichanthium sericeum - to be harvested for seed at Flora Victoria's seed production site north-west of Melbourne.
Agriculture & environment

‘Wild’ grasses are in vogue as priceless native grasslands disappear

by —May 9, 2019

Dr Michael Whitehead thinks that Eucalyptus Salubris should be known as the Sexy Gum. Photo: Keren Gila CC BY-SA 4.0
Agriculture & environment

The sexy gum: a love story

by —April 24, 2019

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

The Toxic City panel, Melbourne Design Week 2019 - from left: Andrew Mackenzie, Ross HArding, Bonnie Herring, Joost Bakker, Craig Reucassel, SueAnne Ware, Daan Roosegarde
Planning & policy

“Let’s make it boring”: How can resilient cities become the rule, not the exception?

by —March 21, 2019

Powerplants is a design-led, multi-disciplinary phytoremediation research project at Sydney's White Bay Power Station. Photo: Jedidiah-Cranfield
Technology

Power Plants: Turning Brownfields Green

by —February 20, 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

A coastal garden by Sam Cox surrounds a Sean Godsell building tucked into the dunes in Sorrento, Victoria.
Agriculture & environment

Getting back to a “beautifully understood” landscape with Sam Cox

by —March 15, 2018

Planning & policy

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

by —December 14, 2017