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

PROGRESSING PROCESSES OF CHANGE

LEADING A STRONGER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL FUTURE • A message from AILA President Ben Willsmore

REFRAMING INNOVATION FOR THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSION

Green solutions – gardens and plants • From tree-planting tools to hydroponic wetlands, this selection of products for increasing greenery in public and residential landscapes combines functionality and style.

A global perspective on innovation • Darren Hickmott, global landscape digital leader at Arup, reflects on his career pushing innovation in the landscape architcture profession and what the industry needs to do to move forward.

Generating narratives • At interdisciplinary architectural visualization studio Lucernal, video game development is driving innovative approaches to both generative design and business development.

Seeds of change • New tools are popping up that explore the potential of planting design in the digital space. What does this mean for practice, and how do we stay grounded?

Instant, low-maintenance ground cover

Beyond looks: Performance plant breeding • Bred for functional beauty, Ozbreed’s improved varieties are trusted by landscape professionals to handle the toughest conditions.

Virtual botanicals • Artist Garth Henderson’s digitally sculpted botanical studies alert us to the ways that digital design can both deepen our appreciation for the natural world and divorce us from our physical and cultural contexts.

The University of Melbourne Student Precinct • Eschewing traditional colonialist campus planning, this highly collaborative design removes layers of building, reconnects the topography and cultivates a landscape of repair.

Women in innovation leadership • Four women in built environment design leadership talk innovation, incremental change, and communication that helps bring people along for the journey.

Innovating in education • The Roundtable on Innovation and Education brought together representatives from AILA-accredited university programs to discuss the present and future of landscape architecture education amid emerging tools, processes, contexts and trends.

Working at the edge • Co-founder of design resesarch practice Landskip Lab James Melsom discusses how the studio adapts tools and methods from the science disciplines to develop new and hybrid modes of landscape architecture practice.

Duplicating our worlds • With their responsive flow of information, digital twin models have the potential to increase efficiences, improve decision-making and optimize performance – but only if used critically.

Sydney Modern • The design of a new art gallery in Sydney intertwines landscape, building and site.

Measuring performance for nature recovery • Addressing the climate emergency requires transitioning to a nature-positive approch. Making the most of existing digital tools and developing new ones can help us to optimize design outcomes and better assess how our designs are performing.

Tech tools of the trade • These landscape architects have built custom digital toolkits to improve their project outcomes – and have released software to help other practices do the same.

BIM in practice • BIM offers exciting possibilities for landscape architecture – and understanding how to use it effectively is important.

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