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I was recently in Townsville for Evoke, the regional architecture conference.
My duties - if you could call something so enjoyable a duty - included hosting a session featuring Australian artist Robyn Backen, and landscape architects Matthew Flynn and Ana Maria Pinto from Costa Rican practice, VIDA.
My grandparents used to live in Townsville so it was a place I visited often as a kid. It's been a long time since I've been back, though, so here are a few thoughts from a whirlwind trip.
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Cones, Bert Flugelman.
Later in the month hundreds of landscape architects will head to Canberra for this year's Festival of Landscape Architecture.
That seems like an excuse - not that any is needed - to revisit one of my favourite works of Australian landscape architecture: the Sculpture Gardens at the National Gallery of Australia.
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Image: Sophie Seck
This photo was taken at the recent meeting of the National Council (Board) of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects.
It has been my great pleasure and privilege to serve with this great group of people since our election last year. Sadly, this was our last face-to-face meeting. Our members have voted to endorse a new Constitution for AILA - this is a hugely important event for the organisation, and will usher in a new era of robust corporate governance. As a result, elections for new Directors have been triggered, and our new Board will be endorsed at the upcoming Festival of Landscape Architects in Canberra.
I'd like to thank all my fellow National Councillors - this has been an enriching and challenging opportunity to serve the profession I love so much.
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Women dancing in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Alice Waters
A few thoughts on the joy of inhabiting the public spaces of our cities.
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Stegastein viewpoint. Image: Erik den Yngre via Wikimedia Commons under CC license.
In Norway, the national tourism and transport infrastructure work together to connect, respect and celebrate the jaw-dropping landscape.
Read more, and wish you were there, courtesy The Guardian.
Image: The Elwha River, Jeff Taylor via Wikimedia Commons under CC license.
Watch the timelapse video showing the largest project of its kind ever undertaking in the U.S., to dismantle a dam and restore a natural river system.
See the video and read the story on National Geographic here.