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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DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY AND UNKNOWN FUTURES

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The Drying Green • A new park in Sydney’s south integrates natural and high-tech systems to cleanse urban waters and reference past ecologies.

Accessible communal barbecue cabinets • With Christie’s Australian barbecues, cooking and sharing food outdoors is easier than ever.

Lake Tyrrell Tourism Infrastructure Design • A new system of tourist infrastructure in Victoria’s north-west improves access to a unique landscape while demonstrating the complex relationship between design and social media.

Rocks on Wheels • A surreal installation nestled within the urban fabric of Melbourne’s Southbank is a place for risky play, challenging the conventions of playgrounds, public artworks and landscape projects.

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Bendigo TAFE Campus Revitalization • The redevelopment of an ageing regional education campus unearths the site’s cultural narratives, creating a rich and convivial public realm that encourages a diversity of users.

Worker solidarity in the built environment • Collective action by Australian construction workers in the 1970s led to the “green ban” movement, reinforcing in the design profession a sense of responsibility for the impacts of its work.

Circling back to circularity • Experiments with bio-based construction materials and innovative phytoremediation techniques could inform new ways of designing with purpose to create a more resilient future.

Lo-fi landscapes: Straub Thurmayr • The work of Manitoba-based landscape architecture practice Straub Thurmayr is driven by a passion for the fields of landscape architecture, gardening, community work and education.

So predictable? AI and landscape architecture • Artificial intelligence is being harnessed in both the design and management of landscapes, with new generative models creating both fresh opportunities and novel challenges.

Protecting Australia’s biodiversity • Addressing species decline is urgent – and if we are serious about planning for a more robust and biodiverse future, we need to rethink how we consider, design and plan for future conservation areas.

Grampians Peak Trail • Setting out on a four-day hike along the central section of this dramatic new walk, a group of landscape architects and spatial designers encounters a trail design well grounded in place.

Instant, low-maintenance ground cover • As urban areas densify and housing lots become smaller, low-growing ground cover systems can offer impactful and time-saving alternatives to lawns.

2022 Landscape Student Prize • The Landscape Student Prize is annually awarded to landscape architecture students who demonstrate excellence in the visual and written communication of a landscape architecture proposal. Here we present the 2022 winners.

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