Current progress on the Beaudesert Town Centre works includes a new Main Street, relocation of an CWA meeting hall, and a new civic amenities building. A unique events area features a stage and events pavilion designed to complement the adjacent heritage railway building. A new civic park features two yarning circles and interpretive gardens and […]
Read moreAn unused road adjacent to a defunct railway station was retrofitted by JMLA in the 1990’s into a town square, using the heritage rail building as a community centre. After over twenty years, the place has maintained its communal role and crafted qualities.
Read moreJohn Mongard Landscape Architects presented a talk at the 2023 Qld PIA Conference at the Gold Coast showcasing their long track record in donating design ,planning and community garden assistance to their local community.
Read moreWhen young people protest on the street and tell us that we are destroying their future due to our failure to act on climate change, we know we have really ignored all the signs. Who cares about climate change? We are numb to the issue because we are daunted by its size and extent. We […]
Read moreThe big idea in our strategy is that we can reclaim at least 11 hectares of unused public spaces to create the public realm that the community needs now and into the future. This space is available now on unused road reserves and crown lands within the peninsula and should be used to build the […]
Read moreIs it a myth that Australia’s cities are amongst the most liveable in the world? That tag may be true for the lucky people who live within a 10 kilometre radius of each city. All our ‘sustainable’ cities are quite nice within their core. Outside of that core we appear to have failed to make […]
Read moreEssential Questions Who is a dweller? What is PLACE, as opposed to SPACE? Where Is PLACE? How do we recognize, or facilitate PLACE? Why is the concept of PLACE important? What is PLACE making? 1. Who is a dweller? A dweller knows, feels and remembers a place intimately. Dwellers are people who inhabit an area […]
Read moreWelcome to Plainland. Plainland is on a plain designated for the growth of Brisbane. It has a shopping centre off the highway and sits amongst the cows of surrounding grazing land. Plainland is plain: the cost of house and land dictate it. A bold entry statement and a path to the shops are civic flourishes. […]
Read moreGold Coast is a city infatuated with its image. It is the Miami Vice jostling with BrisVegas in the Sunshine State. Bold and brash, the sky is not the limit in Gold Coast City. The city embraced height from its early days and this coincided with Modernism as it washed over our shores from America […]
Read moreCentres are the heart of our shared living places. place theory and experiential design processes can be harnessed to connect centres to their landscape and people.
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