A whole of town planning process involving three community engagements on the main street. Strategic planning outcomes included building and signage policies and planning for a pedestrian priority centre with reduced 40km/hr speed limits for traffic. Masterplans led to a ten year capital works plan. A kilometre of main street, laneway and the town park […]
Read moreThe Atherton Tablelands is a beautiful cluster of rural villages surrounded by internationally significant rainforests. In 1995 John Mongard Landscape Architects were invited to come and propose some ideas for Atherton’s Main Street. What resulted was a collaborative planning and placemaking process that would span over ten years and result in the cultural and environmental […]
Read moreA Catholic College embraces a new piazza at its entry and creates a series of public area interventions with creative seating areas under shade. Custom designed furniture and warm clay patterning feature throughout.
Read moreLandscape architectural design, community arts, public art, interpretive signage, furniture and lighting design for this award-winning street redevelopment. Urban improvements to the main street, town square and harbor led to a renaissance in private main street oriented development in Cleveland. The constructed project won the Australia Council CEAD Award.
Read moreA new house was built on a slope facing a waterway parkland, and aims to ‘borrow’ the gully landscape. A Ha-Ha planter seamlessly allows the living room to view down to the pool and garden. The miniature courtyard garden provides a modern subtropical setting with gravel gardens and ferneries. The house and garden have won […]
Read moreThe Seventeen Seventy Foreshore is a place of national significance protected by a Heritage Act. The town of Seventeen Seventy was the point of Captain Cook’s first landing in Queensland, and the gentle improvements were undertaken to celebrate the 150 years since this first settlement. The opportunity has been taken to also celebrate local Aboriginal […]
Read moreAs Queensland’s coldest town and a centre for wine and produce, Stanthorpe has an unusual main street with few off street carpark areas and a state road. Community planning was undertaken using a demountable shed on the main intersection in order to test a street closure. After detailed design and town planning, a town square […]
Read moreA ‘Set-up Shop’ process led to an innovative village strategy plan which allowed transferable development rights for residents with environmentally sensitive wetlands. A waterfront and harbor plan led to construction of a boardwalk bridge linking both sides of the village.
Read moreThe ‘Green Star’ headquarters for the Port of Brisbane features award-winning environmental initiatives including onsite storm water recycling into swales, permeable paving and an internal rainforest atrium. The site was remediated and all fill used to create a dramatic mound of Casuarinas which encircle the precinct. Native plants feature throughout the low maintenance gardens. A […]
Read moreA town centre renewal plan for the rural centre of Boonah included ten public realm projects. Railway Street is the first improvement involving the widening of footpaths and create on attractive and shaded avenues. Custom designed furniture for the town included lighting, seating and signage.
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