Design Guidelines and Visual Assessment

JMLA offer strong expertise in city image planning. Our experience is holistic; covering landscape architecture, town planning and environmental management with the core focus on landscape assessment through a community-oriented process.

JMLA have built the practice around the principle of highly imageable city design and identity. We have undertaken substantial research in the last fifteen years through government research grants. We have investigated new and innovative techniques for creating outstanding public realms.

Fifty percent of our work is in rural and country areas, and our successful set-up shop consultation process has enabled us to develop a body of research related to community preferences, which we have been implementing in environmental design guidelines and in current construction projects.

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JMLA has specialised in providing strategic level image assessments for regions and cities. Recent projects include:

  • Central Coast Council, Tas - Community Plans and Character Studies
  • Atherton Town Centre, Qld- Character, Signage and Building Guidelines
  • Cleveland, Qld - Design and Character Guidelines
  • Ulverstone, Tas - Streetscape, Building and Signage Guidelines
  • Gold Coast City Visual Diaries for over one dozen urban districts, Qld
  • Rural Character Strategy, Visual Diaries, and Character Codes, Pine Rivers Qld
  • Landscape Guidelines for Defence Housing Australia, Qld
  • Visual Assessment for a landmark Tower at Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane, Qld
  • Visual Assessment of the Brisbane River for Dredging Facilities, Qld
  • Visual Assessment for housing development projects throughout Queensland
  • Heritage Impact Studies for Projects at 1770, Qld
  • Visual Assessment Study for The Ecovillage at Currumbin, Qld

Housing Design Guidelines

JMLA have created design guidelines that have been in place for generations and have led to better urban places. Design guidelines and codes at Cleveland, Qld have led to one of Australia's best new urban compact regional centres. Building and signage guidelines in Atherton, Qld have allowed rural towns to retain and enhance its country town ambience. Rural planning guidelines for Pine Rivers have developed strong directions for all development types. Recently JMLA have been helping Defence Housing Australia to raise the quality of their living areas through guidelines and mediation with builders.

Recent Design Guidelines include:

  • Everton Park Urban Village, Qld
  • Landscape and Urban Design Guidelines for Defence Housing Australia
  • Fairview Rise, Ipswich, Qld
  • Pickering Hill, Everton Park, Qld
  • Keswick Island, Mackay, Qld