This popular event is coming to Brisbane for the first time, allowing visitors to peek inside six gardens not normally open to the public.
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Read moreProject: We Built This City on Rocks & Holes
Image: State Library of Queensland
Many years ago I stumbled across this fantastic picture of houses on the edge of a quarry in Spring Hill.
I loved the apparent precariousness of their situation, and the casual attitude of the people in the photo, especially the person up in the top right, leaning on the verandah rail.
At the time my research took me in another direction, but I always wondered about the quarry.
Where had it been? Was it still there? How long did it operate?
Luckily, my friends at the Asia Pacific Design Library gifted me the opportunity to find out.
I was invited to be part of Design Finds, an event associated with the Asia Pacific Design Forum, running 1-10 March at the State Library of Queensland.
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Read moreBook: Aboriginal Campsites of Greater Brisbane →
I'm really looking forward to reading this book, a first for Australia.
It introduces readers to "the location and features of the numerous Aboriginal camps that flourished in and around Brisbane from convict times to in some cases as late as the 1950s."
Author Dr Ray Kerkhove will speak at the Brisbane launch, to be held at Avid Reader on 21 March.
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Read moreCompetition: Arch-I-Spy →
Our friends at the Asia Pacific Design Library have launched the 2016 edition of Arch-I-Spy.
Run each year in conjunction with the UQ Architecture Lecture Series, you enter by snapping a pic of your favourite building or detail, posting to Instagram, and tagging with #ArchISpy2016.
Design mags are on offer for each week's winner.
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This picture of the James Birrell carpark on Wickham Terrace is our first entry. Follow Landscapology on Instagram to see what else we capture, and good luck!
Read moreEvent: Urban Heritage & the Renewal of Spring Hill →
Image: State Library of Queensland
Landscapology is a big fan and long time resident of Spring Hill.
On 25 February, UDAL, the Urban Design Alliance, presents its first event of the year, a forum discussing the opportunities and challenges of development in the historic suburb, particularly in light of Brisbane City Council's planning updates.
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Read moreProjects: Nearing Completion at the Bottle Tree Garden →
We've been working with wonderful clients to create space for a productive garden and improve pool fencing on their steeply sloping site.
Planting has just been completed - aren't these Blechnum 'Silver Lady' ferns beautiful!
We'll keep you updated as it matures.
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