Landscape Architecture Australia

Landscape Architecture Australia is an authoritative and contemporary record of landscape architecture, urban design and land-use planning in Australia, providing independent reviews of public, commercial and residential projects, plus independent, commissioned comment on the issues facing landscape architecture and its practitioners today. It Is the national magazine of the Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA).

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MINISTER’S AWARD FOR URBAN DESIGN • One award and two commendations have been given to projects in Queensland that “challenge the status quo [and] demonstrate leadership and design excellence.”

THE NEW GROOVE • The transformation of Perth’s Scarborough foreshore by TCL and UDLA reimagines the site’s vibrant history, offering a “delightfully upbeat” destination for a diverse range of visitors.

BENEATH THE RAIL LINE • The public realm benefits of an elevated rail line were the subject of much commentary in the lead up to the recent removal of nine level crossings in Melbourne’s south-east. Here, Landscape Architecture Australia presents two perspectives on the built outcome of the much-anticipated Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project.

FAIR SHARE • This reimagining of a town’s main street elevates the pedestrian experience while acknowledging the continuing role of cars in regional life.

CLIFFTOP GARDEN • Perched on a clifftop in Sydney’s Vaucluse, this garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture favours intimacy and materiality over grand gestures.

CONCRETE: CRAFTING RESILIENT URBAN AND COASTAL LANDSCAPES • Two exemplary projects demonstrate the versatility, robustness and visual dynamism of concrete.

LOCAL AGENDA • Landscape Architecture Australia caught up with Doxiadis to talk balancing tensions and the politics of practice.

BEYOND RESILIENCY II • In the second part of our interview with leading practitioners from the US and Australia, we further explore the agency of landscape architecture in responding to climate change urgencies through the design of the public realm.

BLUESTONE: NATURALLY DIFFERENT • The material qualities of bluestone make it an exceptional choice for a range of applications.

GRASSY WOODLANDS • Anyone who has driven through south-eastern Australia will be familiar with the green-brown fields of waving grasses and short-trunked eucalypts – signs of a once-extensive but now vanishing landscape.

Janet Laurence: After Nature

2019 Landscape Australia Conference: Cultivating New Agencies

Ian Oelrichs: Cultivating community

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