urban history

Agriculture & environment

Material sleuth: Jane Mah Hutton and the hidden world of landscape supply chains

by SueAnne Ware—July 19, 2022

Linda Corkery is a Director of Corkery Consulting and Professor in the Landscape Architecture Program, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW.

Learning from the landscape: Linda Corkery

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 5, 2020

Paul Thompson, plantsman, gardener and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

Nurturing the land: Paul Thompson

by Jo Russell-Clarke—January 24, 2020

The remnants of Mount Kilimanjaro's fabled fields of snow and ice, as seen from space in 2012. Image: NASA Earth Observatory

Agriculture & environment

How to design with nature now?

by Andrew Revkin—November 27, 2019

The encampment of the student group Occupy Central with Love and Peace in Admiralty, Hong Kong, September 2014. Students defended themselves with umbrellas that evening when flooded with tear gas. Photo: Wing1990hk

Planning & policy

The protest landscapes of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

by Paige Anderson—November 7, 2019

Urban and regional planner Phoebe Harrison believes that people are ready for proactive engagement and doing things differently. Photo: Antenna

Planning & policy

The politics of value: good planning makes dollars and sense

by Phoebe Harrison—October 31, 2019

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architect's International Festival of Landscape Architecture – the square and the park – was held over two days in October to a capacity audience. Photo: David Hyde

The square and the park: a festival review

by Michael Smith—October 31, 2019

Wathuwardi (Kaurna branch huts) in the natureplay space engage children in the cultural and environmental richness of Felixstowe Reserve. Photo: Same River

From dust bowl to thriving wetland: Felixstowe Reserve

by Foreground—October 10, 2019

Clearings carved from the immensity of the forested Burial Belt could feature floral revegetation. Image: Other Architects

Agriculture & environment

Forest of the dead: beautiful burial for space-poor cities

by David Neustein—October 3, 2019

Greater Western Sydney is home to the largest urban parkland in Australia, the subject of award-winning new design and planning. Image: TYRRELLSTUDIO

What does the future hold for Australia’s biggest urban park?

by Neena Bhandari—October 3, 2019

Günther Vogt’s first visit to Australia will be as keynote speaker for the 2019 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ International Festival of Landscape Architecture. Photo supplied.

Günther Vogt and the sensory city

by Foreground—October 2, 2019

Tim Flannery at the 2014 People's Climate March. September 2019: "[I] look back on my 20 years of climate activism as a colossal failure." Photo:Peter Campbell

Planning & policy

Foreground Weekly Review: emergency response

by Foreground—September 19, 2019