The Proactive Practices project aims to uncover the characteristics and workings of a successful public interest design practice.
In response to recent destruction of heritage homes and parkland for Sydney's WestConnex road project, we remember the life and work of planning academic Paul Andrew Mees (1961–2013).
Renewing public housing estates to achieve a balanced 'social mix' has come to be seen by governments, planners and state development corporations as a remedy for underfunded public housing estates. But is estate renewal really the panacea it's so often claimed to be?
Generation Rent: Is it a problem, and what can planners do about it?
Young people today are renting for longer before buying a home, and there is growing concern that many may never be able to.
Latrobe Valley Open Cuts: Wastelands or treasured assets?
Equivalent in size to Sydney Harbour, the Latrobe Valley's open-cut mines offer massive potential for future uses. But rehabilitation must be granted the critical public and governmental attention it deserves.
This photographic essay by Rocco Rorandelli of TerraProject Photographers explores Greece's refugee camps, including the people who live there and the possessions they carry with them from their homelands.
Patrick Fensham argues that planners need to re-engage with the public interest and the issues and challenges that matter.
Cat Nadel of Environment Victoria discusses their recent report Life After Coal: Pathways to a Just and Sustainable Transition for the Latrobe Valley.
With climate-related disasters predicted to increase over the next century, can landscape architects play a productive role in the delivery of aid to the world's poor and displaced?
The New Urban Agenda adopted at the UN Habitat III conference outlines a vision for sustainable urban development, one that recognizes the need to use resources more efficiently.
In Australia our cities are built upon the lands of Indigenous peoples, but Indigenous people are still here; their culture is still here. To see it we must stop, listen and look for the signs.
Is our predilection for happiness and the rise of the virtual eroding our connection with each other and our cities?
Recent research suggests we must look beyond generalized urban cooling strategies to address heat in our cities.
Beyond simply visual appeal, a more comprehensive and memorable sensory experience is achieved by incorporating scented plants into public and private landscapes.
Increasingly realistic digital renderings and ubiquitous online commentary necessitate a new framework for informed debate.
Stephen Forbes reflects on the love and trust people have in botanic gardens.
Lucinda Hartley reports from the UN Habitat III summit in Quito, Ecuador.
The 300th anniversary of the birth of English 18th century landscape designer Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has prompted a revival of interest in his legacy.
In part two of The Evolution of a Gardener, published in Landscape Australia February 1996, George Seddon reflects on his sixth and final garden in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Exploring the shifting landscapes along the Mekong River's labyrinth of tributaries.
A series of visitors' books, or "bench diaries," were left on a roof garden at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital when the hospital first opened.
In Queensland, architects, landscape architects and urban designers are currently on the frontline in providing design solutions for flood-prone areas.
In this two-part essay for Landscape Australia from 1995, George Seddon reflects on the five gardens he created over forty years.
Tracing the history of Sydney's parks, from European settlement to today.
In his first essay for Landscape Australia back in 1979, George Seddon argues landscape architects must resist the effects of homogenizing technology by respecting the genius loci (sense of place) when designing.
Working with local and state governments and the private sector to achieve the best project outcomes for the built environment.
What has happened to the Australian backyard?
Larger dwellings in suburban developments mean less opportunity for biodiversity and canopy cover in our cities.
Traversing some of Australia's wildest terrain, this ancient 360-plus-kilometre Aboriginal trail celebrates the culture of walking, connectedness to country and connectedness to soul.
The science of therapeutic horticulture.
A current program of the Victorian Government to remove fifty level crossings in Melbourne has generated much community debate. Craig Guthrie looks at the urban design and public realm potentials of the project.
How should we conceive of and manage cultural landscapes in Australia?
Martin Rein-Cano is principal and co-founder of Topotek 1, a Berlin-based landscape architecture practice.
One hundred years since the beginning of World War I, how has war influenced the evolution of the landscape architecture?