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Home ground: Nicholas Goundar
Nicholas Goundar of Sue Barnsley Design offers us a peek into the garden of his share house in Marrickville, a space for gathering and celebration framed by eclectic combinations of plantings.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Designing for biodiversity – what does it actually mean in practice?
In recent years, “biodiversity” has become a buzzword in landscape architecture. But in practice, what does it mean to design for it – and do landscape architects always understand the complexities of applying a biodiverse approach in today’s modified urban environments?
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November 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Civic squares as contested spaces: What history and urban planning can tell us about Fed Square
After a vexed history, rooted in a colonial planning logic that wanted to minimise gathering, Fed Square is slowly becoming the vibrant civic space people wanted. But we haven’t built the infrastructure to support that success.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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La Trobe unveils 30-year masterplan to evolve north Melbourne campus
The aspiration to transform the Bundoora site into “a dynamic centre of innovation, knowledge and sustainability” includes three distinct villages and the growth of the campus’s city centre.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Darkness as possibility: 2025 Festival of Landscape Architecture
Anna Chauvel outlines the key learnings from the 2025 Festival of Landscape Architecture that took place in Hobart in October.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Site lines: Tricky Tracks
Rosie Halsmith talks to Tricky Tracks founders Willie Houtman and Beth Campbell about the importance of dialogue, tactility and sensitivity in the process of designing and building trails in the remote Northern Territory.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Peak design bodies meet federal MPs to promote urban design priorities
Australia’s peak architecture, planning, and landscape institutes met with the Parliamentary Friends for Australian Urban Design to discuss their shared priorities for federal action, identifying areas where national leadership could drive meaningful change.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Australian Institute of Landscape Architects appoints new CEO
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has appointed a new CEO.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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November issue of LAA – “2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards" – out now
The November 2025 edition of Landscape Architecture Australia celebrates the winners of the 2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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The Land Is Full: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Ben Hardy-Clements reviews a monograph of the work of US-based practice Nelson Byrd Woltz.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Remote territory: Tony Cox
Katy Moir talks to Clouston Associates’ Tony Cox about the issues shaping the evolution of Garramilla/Darwin and the opportunities and challenges of practising landscape architecture in the country’s far north.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Plans submitted for eight-tower masterplanned community in Sydney
The proposal would deliver 1,336 new homes across eight towers on a 3.14-hectare site.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Living with Country
Steve Mintern speaks to Warumungu man and Wilya Janta Housing Collaboration chief cultural officer Jimmy Frank Jupurrurla about the “Explain Homes” project, a collaborative initiative working to improve housing futures for Aboriginal communities.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape
The Oval at Subi East by UDLA and Oculus
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape
Prahran Skatepark and Basketball Court by Convic
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape
Bridge Mall Redevelopment by Hassell
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Winners revealed: 2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has revealed the winners of the 2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards, with 36 projects celebrated across the program’s 17 categories.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Award of Excellence for Community Contribution
Living Lab Northern Rivers by University of Technology Sydney and Living Lab Northern Rivers
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution
Tiny Patches by GLAS Landscape Architects
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution
24 Carrot Gardens by Inspiring Place
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Award of Excellence for Cultural Heritage
The Oval at Subi East by UDLA and Oculus
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Landscape Architecture Award for Gardens
Green Our Roof by Hassell
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October 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Award for Climate Positive Design
Michelle Guglielmo Park by GLAS Landscape Architects
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October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Award for Climate Positive Design
Breakout Creek/Purruna Pari – Stage 3 by TCL with Green Adelaide, City of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens
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October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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2025 National Landscape Architecture Awards: Award for Climate Positive Design
Wagonga Inlet Living Foreshore by Realm Studios
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October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM