water sensitive urban design

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
Cities

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

By — June 27, 2019

The fragility and resilience of the land-creating polders of the Netherlands, home to landscape architect Dirk Sijmons.
Environment

Design for the Anthropocene: the big-picture landscapes of Dirk Sijmons

June 19, 2019

A typical ‘business as usual’ housing development in a high ground-water area at Baldivis, Western Australia. Image: supplied
Planning

Perth’s second coast

By — July 4, 2018

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

The Foreground Five: April’s most-read stories

By — May 2, 2018

Centenary Square, Parramatta
Environment

Tackling urban heat with water in the landscape

By — April 19, 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.
Cities

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.
Public domain

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

By — April 6, 2018

Estuarine communities in San Francisco's Bay Area are set for a complete change in the way they live by the water's edge. Image: TJ Gehling.
Planning

Adapting cities for sea level rise: Kristina Hill and Nigel Bertram in conversation

By — April 5, 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: Peder Sterll.
Politics

Building urban resilience: Lessons from Melbourne and Copenhagen

By — April 5, 2018

Sydney Olympic Park's mangrove forests and wetlands are home to an abundance of biodiversity. Around it lies Sydney's encroaching urban development. Image: John Turnbull.
Planning

Avoiding the buzz kill: mozzies, wetlands and public health

By — April 5, 2018

Abbotsford Convent Gardens, Melbourne.
Public domain

Heritage at risk: Can Australia’s heritage gardens survive climate change?

By — March 5, 2018

Quzhou Luming Park by Turenscape.
Public domain

In China, groundwater is dropping rapidly. Could Kongjian Yu’s Sponge Cities prevent disaster?

By — February 28, 2018