city planning
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“I don’t think we ever imagined it would be as successful as it is”: Ivan Harbour returns to Barangaroo
The Senior Design Director at RSHP reflects on Barangaroo South Masterplan during a visit to Sydney marking ten years since the completion of the first phase.
Ideas
Three Canberra architects on lessons from history for a planned city
We spoke with three architects currently practising in Canberra to investigate the city’s planned history and what it means to work in that shadow.
Events
Sustainable, livable and naturally urban: Sydney’s future at the VIVID Collectivity Talks
While Sydney’s VIVID celebration is typically associated with stunning visuals and light shows, it is also a place to ponder the futures of the harbour city.
Ideas
Wellness-driven cities can be an antidote to loneliness
What makes a healthy town centre in 2022? HDR director, Alex Wessling, comments on how important it is for architects to place wellness at the very centre of neighbourhood and town centre design.
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“We want more green space, less traffic”: The case for placemaking in Perth
Buchan’s Andre Jones outlines five factors that will positively impact on the design evolution of Perth. From policy to population, biophilic measures and sense of place. Read Andre’s insights here.
People
Adib Jalal on defining relationships with place
Urbanist Adib Jalal explores our evolving relationships with the built environment and places connection at the heart of meaningful design.
Project
Trading the Hustle and Bustle for Serenity and Openness
With the Xingchuang International Center, Aedas architects take what could have been a busy city district and instead create a beautiful green space ‘brimming with openness and connectivity’
Project
Trading the Hustle and Bustle for Serenity and Openness
With the Xingchuang International Center, Aedas architects take what could have been a busy city district and instead create a beautiful green space ‘brimming with openness and connectivity’
Ideas
Hostile Architecture is Turning Our Cities Against Us
Ever get the feeling that you’re not welcome in your own town? That’s not an accident.
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Hostile architecture is turning our cities against us
Ever get the feeling that you’re not welcome in your own town? That’s not an accident.
Ideas
Television has ruined your sense of what a house should be like
Writer Andrew P Street believes that our perceptions of how big our houses and apartments should be might have been a little skewed by the TV we watched and on that note, where the hell is his live studio audience?
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Television has ruined your sense of what a house should be like
Writer Andrew P Street believes that our perceptions of how big our houses and apartments should be might have been a little skewed by the TV we watched and on that note, where the hell is his live studio audience?
Ideas
It’s not Holden you’re mourning, it’s the Australian Dream
Everything from our cars to our spreads to our quarter acre block has been fetishised. Writer Andrew P Street thinks maybe it’s time to get over them.
Ideas
What’s The Rush?
Ageing Citizens and rapid population growth is changing the way we navigate our city centres. While it throws up plenty of challenges, Paul Priestman of PriestmanGoode only sees opportunity.
Project
Manila’s New Smart City Run by Artificial Intelligence
One of Asia’s densest urban cities will be made more liveable when The New Manila Bay – City of Pearl (designed by hpa) is completed in 2030.