Landscape Architects Articles
AILA QLD Award Winners
Winners of the 2017 (AILA) Queensland Landscape Architecture Awards were announced last week at a gala event in QLD. Find out who is on their way to the National Awards here.
Hassett Park = Good Design
Collaborators of Hassett Park celebrated last week when their project was awarded the 202020 Vision Green Design Award at the Good Design Awards Festival in Sydney for outstanding green design.
Denmark’s New Cultural Landscape
Danish-based landscape architects SLA have won a competition to develop The New Hedeland Nature Park; a 1500-hectare cultural landscape near the historical city of Roskilde, Denmark.
Grand Sky Park for Slovakia
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled 'Sky Park', a masterplan for Bratislava in Slovakia which includes the development of a range of public facilities that encompass local historical landmarks.
Proposed Plans for Perth+
The newly proposed Perth+ development will function as a dynamic commercial, residential and entertainment addition, forming a public precinct that connects the city with the riverfront.
The Green Entrance to The Hague
DELVA Landscape Architects are set to reactivate and revive The Hague’s historic city centre with a series of interconnected urban green spaces.
Milan Public Space Piazza
Tech giant Apple wants to connect citizens via technology and public space design. The latest design for the company’s Milan storefront will feature a public plaza, amphitheatre space and waterfall entrance.
Put a Lid on it
A landscaped public plaza in the financial centre of Buenos Aires has become the ‘lid’ that caps an underground carpark, proving clever landscape design is a great response to utilitarian urban infrastructure.
Vertical Landscaping
‘Bamboo House’ in Vietnam serves as a sustainable example of vertical landscaping that meets the aims of a developing concept in which housing is required to provide greenspace to high density urban neighbourhoods.
A National Park City?
The 'Help Make London a National Park City' initiative is making great strides in its quest to improve the lives of Londoners through greenspace - and now designers and architects are being asked to reimagine it!
Barangaroo South: The Final Stage
Designs for the final stage of public space at Sydney’s Barangaroo South have been released by the Barangaroo Delivery Authority, offering an expanded waterfront walkway and public pier – with spectacular water views, of course – and a public park.
MIFGS Award Winners
The 2017 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has wrapped up for another year. Check out the list of winners and their designs here.
Community Affair
A community garden in the hills of Japan encourages locals to connect with the natural landscape and provides a place for community engagement that supports creativity and self-sufficiency.
‘A Thousand Yards’ Holds A Thousand Delights
Penda's modular ‘Thousand Yards’ Pavilion is set to headline the 2019 Horticultural Expo in Beijing and will feature an array of landscaping and architectural delights.
Making Over the Past
Montreal’s first public square will undergo a redevelopment led by landscape architects NIPPAYSAGE that will update the area’s historical ideologies and create new programmes to improve contemporary usage.
Science Vs Nature in the Garden
A landscape design by Snøhetta that reflects its surprising and unexpected scientific setting is a blend of sculptural form and functional landscape that comes together to form ‘Land Art’.
The Best in the West
In celebration of the best of Western Australia’s open, public and green spaces, the 2016 Landscape Architecture Awards have been announced. Find out who the winners are…
AILA QLD Winners Crowned
The winners of the AILA QLD Landscape Architecture Awards 2016 have been announced, recognising the leadership of the architects consistently raising the standards for shaping the landscapes we inhabit.
Celebrating Excellence in Sustainable Design
The NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects announced the winners of the 2016 Landscape Architecture Awards last night at a Gala Event in Sydney.
AnthropoScene is Coming
Held as part of AILA’S 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture: NOT IN MY BACKYARD, the AnthropoScene short film competition will close to submissions on 1 August 2016.
Bayou By the Bay
This lush man-made lagoon is the centrepiece of a new residential complex in Miami designed by the architect that brought us One Central Park in Sydney and Melbourne’s 383 La Trobe Street.
The Magic Breeze Landscape
Taking inspiration from Indian stepwells and water mazes, this new design by landscape architecture firm Penda will function as a communal garden of quiet spaces and stepped functions for a new residential development in India.
Your Reflection
A garden created with a complex array of mirrors offering infinite reflections of grassy knolls and watery shallows has taken the honours at Chile’s Young Architects Program (YAP).
Fairytale Garden
A new Danish museum centred around the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen will feature garden designs guaranteed to enchant visitors and bring back fond childhood memories of classic tales.
Surf's Up at Shelly
An extensive forecourt redevelopment completed by Glenn Simpson Landscapes has created greater public access around the Shelly Beach Surf Club, uniting community and club once more.
Australia’s Best Playground
AILA launches Australia’s Best Playground Competition, calling landscape architects and designers to submit finished projects that illustrate well designed public playspaces.
Turkey’s ‘Riviera’ Upgrade
Turkey’s ‘Riviera’ region is set to undergo a complete redevelopment, incorporating a range of environmentally sustainable improvements in a bid to boost tourism in the popular city of Antalya.
2015 LNA Excellence Awards
The Landscape Association of NSW and ACT Landscape Excellence Awards were held on Friday 20 November in Sydney. Find out who the big winners on the night were ...
New Waterfront Corridor for Taiwan
Plans to revive the waterfront region of Tainan, connecting it once again to more natural elements, have resulted in a winning design by MVRDV that features a green corridor and natural lagoon.
2015 LQ Construction Excellence Awards
This year’s LQ Excellence Awards winners were announced in a gala event held at the Hilton Brisbane on Saturday 14 November. Find out who the big winners on the night were.....
King’s Cross Renewal
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has applied for planning permission to convert a Victorian coal yard in London's King's Cross into a canal-side shopping destination.
Landscaping in the Clouds
Landscape firm Gustafson Porter has unveiled plans to create tiered gardens and waterfalls within a towering development proposed for Singapore's Marina Bay.
Landscape architecture shaping future development in QLD
The ‘best of the best’ in landscape architecture has been unearthed at this year’s AILA Queensland Landscape Awards.
New landscape architecture benchmarks
Queensland is setting new landscape architecture benchmarks with awards entrants’ showcasing a growing maturity in what has been described as ‘the best of the best’ in the industry.
Award winning landscape company
Over the past 17 years, Penfold Projects has grown to be one of the most awarded and respected landscape construction companies in Australia.
Innovative design and construction
Let Deep Green transform your commercial project into an inspirational landscape with a high level of finish.
Communal backyard wins at AILA Awards
The best projects in design, planning and delivery of urban spaces across NSW were recognised at the AILA NSW 2014 Awards.
AILA reports surge in job market
Surge in job market for landscape architects is a positive sign for the profession in Australia.
Aussie garden wins at “Olympics of Architecture”
The Australian Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne has been named ‘Landscape of the Year’ at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards.
Sweet design proposed for old sugar factory
SHoP Architects has designed a master plan of hollow skyscrapers surrounded by gardens for the site of the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn.
Sheraton’s inspi-ring new hotel
In keeping with its status as a rising global superpower, China is showing off its new wealth with an increasing number of landmark buildings.
Sky City One takes construction to new heights
Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) is set to construct the world’s tallest tower – Sky City One - in only 90 days.
Flood of ideas washes away competition
An innovative flood proofing project to minimise flood damage has taken out one of Queensland’s most prestigious landscape architecture awards.
Monstrous achievement as student wins the 2012 Karl Langer Award
The 2012 Karl Langer Award from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has been won by Chris Hodgson, a fourth-year Queensland University of Technology student.
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Coolabah Landscapes Pty Ltd
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Build & Design QLD Expo
Build & Design Queensland Expo. Held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from May 9-11 2012. This is a must-attend expo!
Why You Should Use a Landscape Architect
While you can achieve some landscaping goals on your own, it’s a far better choice to work with a landscape architect.
Tips for Choosing Landscape Architects
Whether you are looking for the best way to transform your lawn into an oasis, create a public park or give your customers a beautiful outdoor area, you will find that you need to use landscape architects.