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Contributors
Terren (Jiatong) Shi is a recent landscape architecture graduate. She is interested in understanding how design has been shaped by social and political context. Virginia Overell is a senior landscape architect at Oculus. She has a deep interest in de
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Charting Future Practice
This issue of Landscape Architecture Australia explores what “next gen” might mean in the context of Australian landscape architecture practice. It aims to offer a snapshot of the types of work and modes of practice presently emerging, which include
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Addressing The Climate And Biodiversity Emergency
The world is facing an unprecedented climate emergency and loss of biodiversity, with profound consequences for our planet and future generations. Global temperatures are rising at alarming rates, already reaching 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-indust
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Street And Outdoor Furniture
A collaboration between Adam Goodrum and Tait Studios, Xylem is a modular planting and seating system that aims to connect people with the health-promoting benefits of plants. —madebytait.com.au Stoddart’s three Town and Park outdoor table and bar se
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A Civic Sensibility
“narrm ngarrgu” translates to “Melbourne Knowledge” in Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung language. This new space in the Queen Victoria Market precinct centres care and community outreach, expanding the library’s civic role (and our concept of what public libra
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New Native Shrubs And Groundcovers
The results of a recent survey Ozbreed conducted during an online webinar for landscape architects suggest that practitioners are set to specify Ozbreed’s latest offerings in up to 90 percent of their projects. Aussie Hedge Bush™ Rhagodia is a drough
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Constructing The Natural
Alba Thermal Springs and Spa is tucked away within the tertiary dunes of the Mornington Peninsula. This is Boon Wurrung/Bunurong country, where everything is considered in its relation to water. The project’s 32 geothermal pools, water features and b
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Next Wave
Among the collection of landscape architecture practices that have emerged in recent years, a number of recently established studios are taking a values-driven approach to addressing contemporary issues through design. We profile three practices brea
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Disappearing Act
Nestled among the northern beaches of Sydney, just north of Dee Why, the new Long Reef Surf Life Saving Club is not your typical surf life saving club. So often big boxes built precariously close to where the high tides reach, the design of such club
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COLA Studio
From the window of her home office in Sydney’s Blue Mountains on Gundungurra – Dharug Country, proud Yuin Budawang woman Kaylie Salvatori can see the clash of worldviews that has come to define her career. Gazing out at the UNESCO World Heritage site
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Yerrabingin
In the heart of bustling Chippendale in Sydney’s inner-south lies the headquarters of Aboriginal-owned design studio, Yerrabingin. Founded with the aim of integrating Aboriginal principles of sensing and caring for Country into built environment desi
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Fresh Drive
Rosie Halsmith – Could you tell me a bit about yourself, and how you came to work in landscape architecture? Amy Stewart – I was born and grew up in the Perth Hills, surrounded by a magnificent landscape. I come from a family that’s environmentally c
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What’s Next For Practice?
Ella Gauci-Seddon – What, for you, are two key issues for the next decade of landscape architecture practice? Steve Mintern – The growing inequality within our cities and how the privatisation of space is going to play out with an increasingly unpred
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Designing For Renewal In A Landscape Of Death
Burial space in Australian cities is in short supply. Creating new cemeteries is one solution; however, there is high competition for urban land, and local communities are often resistant to cemeteries.1 More sustainable modes of interment are urgent
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Diversity In The Field
Terren Shi – Tell me about yourself. Ayeh Azarbashi – I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture in Iran, then continued my education in landscape architecture there. I’ve been working for more than a decade in both landscape architecture a
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Mentoring In Practice
Matt Caldar – What are your current roles at TCL and how long have you been working there? Lisa Howard – I’m a director at TCL. I started here as a graduate landscape architect in 2004. Unsure of what I wanted to do after graduating – I was very inte
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Catalysing Resilience
Liam Mouritz – Bel, what’s the polyphagous shot-hole borer and how is it impacting trees? Bel Foster – The polyphagous shot-hole borer is a beetle that arrived in [Boorloo] Perth around August 2021. It’s native to south-east Asia and has been causing
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Designing For Succession
Crosbie Lorimer – Jerry, when did you start the process of passing the practice on to Jordan and Adam? Jerry de Gryse – The business sold formally [to them] about 18 months ago, and we started that process five years before that. CL – Clouston went t
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Building A Professional Culture: A Decade Of AILA Festivals
Every day our inboxes and LinkedIn feeds are filled with announcements of festivals, symposiums and conferences. But what distinguishes a festival from a conference or a symposium? Following the recent announcement to cancel the 2024 Festival of Land
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The Politics of Public Space: Volume Five
The Politics of Public Space book series by Naarm/Melbourne-based practice Office presents a chorus of perspectives on the city. Each book features transcripts of public lectures and interviews concerning the public realm that took place between 2018
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To The Ends Of The Earth: A Grand Tour For The 21st Century
Richard Weller’s core thesis is that design, in particular landscape design, means something. This is not news to designers. For us, in fact, it’s a core truth. For much of the world, though, it is gently mind-shattering to think that made-scapes mig
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Fooks
Fooks, lead by director Marti Fooks, is a studio distinctive for its progressive and intersectional approach to design. Having cut her teeth working for Martha Schwartz and Aspect Studios, Marti conceived her own firm as one that held her values and

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