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We've had the opportunity to work on many terrific new projects this year.
Whilst we can't tell you about all of them yet, we've updated our Projects page with others we're delighted to share.
A couple of these will start construction soon, and we're looking forward to seeing our clients' visions come to reality.
See them on the Projects page here.
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"Sunrise at Kissing Point". Image: Brenda Murphy via Wikimedia Commons.
I am honoured to have been invited to host a session at the upcoming Regional Architecture Conference, Evoke.
If you're in Townsville in September it's definitely worth adding to your agenda. Check out the fabulous array of speakers on the website.
The local AILA membership is also coordinating a guided tour of award-winning Jezzine Barracks/Kissing Point on Sunday morning: more details will be available soon.
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The High Line, New York City.
Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, recently encouraged the Centennial Park Trustand the NSW Environment Minister to seek National Heritage listing for this significant and popular Sydney park.
Writing for his own website, Mr Turnbull said:
“A great city needs great parks. Unless they are set aside in the city’s youth, they are hard to retrofit after development has taken over.
And once established they need to be jealously protected – as the city grows those green, open spaces are more precious than ever.”
I recently discussed the Prime Minister's comments with AILA President, Daniel Bennett, in an article published on Sourceable.
Click to read more.
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In preparation for the upcoming Federal election, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects sought comment from the major political parties on questions of concern to the Institute and its members.
Here are their responses:
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"Wow! I never realised landscape architecture was so cool!"
"Oh FFS, sit down and let me tell you all about it..."
Recently we've been working on a concept for a new garden in Taringa.
Our lovely clients are building a new architect-designed home, and there is a fabulous fig tree at the front of the property.
As is often the case, the design brief developed as we progressed: some things they were very clear about, others things were definitely up for exploration.
This article shows how we take a client brief, develop an initial concept design, and then refine it in response to feedback.
We love the final concept, and think the design has gotten stronger with every iteration.
See what you think...
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