A 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.
Read more“Roosoola” Garden at Mango Hill evolved over a period of twenty years, building up the layers of a romantic garden surrounded by orchards and rainforest. The garden featured in the Open Garden Scheme and contains several seasonal fruit and flower elements. The garden features an English picturesque landscape around a courtyard home.
Read moreA Town Centre Revitalisation project incorporating a boulevard, a river front park, an information centre and an art and interpretive trail. Innisfail has traditionally regarded the river as an adversity to overcome: an element bringing floods and crocodiles, rather than a superb natural setting. A completely retrofitted town centre linked to its river has now […]
Read moreDespite its initial visionary plans, Canberra over time has become a low density city lacking vibrancy and mixed-use centres. It has not fulfilled the contemporary goals of a city combining work, live and play with a low carbon footprint. A series of collaborative design workshops with experts and scientists led to a strategy for an […]
Read moreSuburban development is normally distant from the landscapes that produce our food. The Green Hub recycles wasted land and creates a productive food garden in a new suburb. Orchards, bushtucker parklands as well as intensive vegetable growing areas are provided, complete with compost areas, sheds and shelters. A series of community workshops led to the […]
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