Landscape Architecture Australia

Landscape Architecture Australia is an authoritative and contemporary record of landscape architecture, urban design and land-use planning in Australia, presenting independent reviews of public, commercial and residential work, plus commissioned comment on contemporary issues. The official magazine partner of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.

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Landscape Architecture Australia

CHARTING FUTURE PRACTICE

ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY EMERGENCY • A message from AILA director Jasmine Ong

Street and outdoor furniture • A round-up of hardy yet stylish products that bring comfort and flair to any landscape.

A civic sensibility • Bush Projects’ design for the rooftop terrace of a public library celebrates First Nations knowledge systems while fostering deeper understandings of place through interaction and play.

New native shrubs and groundcovers • Bred for both performance and aesthetics, Ozbreed Greenlife’s latest range of native varieties is a popular choice among landscape professionals.

Disappearing act • Tyrrell Studio’s design for a new surf life saving club in the north of Sydney creates spaces for community gathering while blurring the line between building and beach.

Constructing the natural • The design for the landscape of a hot springs complex along the Victorian coast regenerates the landscape, skilfully balancing practicality and poetics.

Next wave

COLA Studio • Across project scales, COLA Studio works to strengthen connections between people and the land through the integration of First Nations knowledge and the fostering of environmental stewardship.

Fooks • Shaped by founder Marti Fooks’ interest in inclusivity, studio Fooks puts process and the careful building of relationships at the centre of its work.

Yerrabingin • The work of the Aboriginal-owned studio explores how the blending of Indigenous principles of caring for Country with contemporary design approaches can create new outcomes and processes.

Fresh drive • Rosie Halsmith sits down with three landscape architects – an undergraduate student, a postgraduate student and a recent graduate now working in full-time practice – to hear what’s important to those entering the profession, from design values to work-life balance.

What’s next for practice? • Steve Mintern, Bonnie Gordon, Owen Cafe, Taneile Nixon, Daniel Jan Martin and Faid Ahmad talk to Ella Gauci-Seddon about the issues that landscape architecture practice should tackle and the values that already inform the next generation of designers.

Designing for renewal in a landscape of death • While cemeteries have always been symbolic spaces, recent approaches to their design are embracing conditions of impermanence, multiplicity and change.

Diversity in the field • Terren Shi spoke to three landscape architects who were born overseas but now work in Australia about applying their skills in the industry here and how we might support cultural diversity in the built environment professions.

Mentoring in practice • Lisa Howard began at TCL in 2004 as a graduate and has worked her way up to director. She and the practice’s managing director Perry Lethlean talk with Matt Caldar about the appeal of working for one practice long-term and how to build leadership from within a team.

Designing for succession • Inspiring Place co-founder Jerry de Gryse and Inspiring Place co-directors Jordan Davis and Adam Holmstrom discuss what’s involved in selling a small design business to its employees and what the transition might mean for the future of the practice.

Catalysing resilience • Principal landscape architect at Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Bel Foster sees first-hand how polyphagous shot-hole borers damage trees...