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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Play and recreation • Whether you’re designing for a regional environment or an urban setting, this selection of sturdy yet elegant products can bring adventure and style to any public space.

Ocean theatre • Oculus’s design for a new whale-watching platform guides interactions between people, place and wildlife through an interplay of views, shelter and confrontation with the ever-present elements.

Expressing transformation • Realm Studios’ design creates a comfortable refuge for university staff and students, a versatile events space and a canvas for the expression of First Nations culture.

Spectacular and resilient plantings • Bred to thrive in the harsh Australian climate, these plants offer both enduring beauty and reliable performance.

Restoration and connection • The rejuvenation of an inner-Brisbane waterway is bringing nature to the city while demonstrating the challenges of managing “wildness” in urban settings.

A greener outlook: IGLU Summer Hill • 360 Degrees Landscape Architects’ design for a student housing complex in Sydney’s inner-west nurtures individual and communal life while accommodating a diversity of changing uses.

Contested territory: streetscape as landscape • Streetscapes are some of our most accessible landscapes, yet the wider public rarely thinks of them this way. So how do we help people perceive streetscapes as valuable landscapes?

Deeper waters: Designing for the sea in a changing climate • To date, submerged marine landscapes have received relatively little attention in landscape architecture practice. What are the opportunities, and how can landscape architects play a role?

Mac Point: A case study • The plan to build an AFL stadium at nipaluna/Hobart’s Mac Point exemplifies a pattern of political decisions overriding due process in large-scale Australian urban renewal projects. How should we change our governance to improve our cities’ outcomes?

Designing the microbiome • Microbial ecologist Jake Robinson discusses how microorganisms affect human health and how we can design our urban environments to encourage beneficial symbioses between the visible and invisible realms.

Planting a language of care • As practitioners working with plants, the language we use to engage our clients and collaborators can deeply influence the kinds of attitudes they develop to the non-human world.

Should landscape architects be more engaged in agriculture? • 99.5 percent of Australia’s landmass exists outside of the urban. Does agriculture offer opportunities for landscape architecture practice that aren’t currently being explored?

The Landscape Studio • The work of Kenyan practice The Landscape Studio is driven by a resounding belief in the ability of landscape design to contribute to improving quality of life in transitioning contexts.

2023 Landscape Student Prize • The Landscape Student Prize is awarded annually to landscape architecture students who demonstrate excellence in the visual and written communication of a landscape architecture proposal. Here we present the 2023 winners.

Deep time, observation and geological processes • Exploring the multi-layered narratives of South West Queensland’s opal landscapes.

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