Woody Meadows are dense naturalistic plantings that are composed of Australian trees and shrubs exclusively. They are maintained through coppicing, a tactic that influences vegetal structural responses and enhances the visual impact of a plant.
Read MoreWhen it comes to Downtown Auckland’s future, we have to ask ourselves have we got what it takes to make a great city by conscious design asks Garth Falconer of Reset Urban Design.
Read MoreConstruction is underway on a new mixed-use community in Austin, Texas. Called Uptown ATX, the transit-oriented public realm designed by SWA/Balsley with Coleman & Associates will form the heart of Austin’s second downtown.
Read MoreAuckland’s newest downtown space: Te Wānanga officially opened on July 2 - sitting on the seaward side of Quay Street at the epicentre of downtown. Auckland Council says the richly meaningful design elements brought to the space by talented mana whenua kaimahitoi (artists) sit alongside preserved pieces of our past, dating back more than a century.
Read MoreA Sydney academic is advocating the city combat dangerously overheated suburbs by building town houses and apartment blocks instead of single family homes.
Read MoreCommunities have good reasons to protect trees and forests. Planners can help make this happen.
Read MoreHumans crave interaction and belonging — yet many of the built environments we’ve created are failing to meet these needs, writes infrastructure consultancy, WSP.
Read MoreOver the next few weeks Takapuna locals will get a chance to give their feedback over the Isthmus design for their town square.
Read MoreDowntown Brooklyn, the 100 hectare central business district stretching from Columbus Park to the Barclay’s Centre in New York City, is about to be upgraded by architecture firms Bjarke Ingels Group and WXY, in conjunction with landscape firm MNLA.
Read MoreMaanlumo’s public park on the roof of the REDI shopping centre in Helsinki, Finland has been named the 2019 Environmental Structure of the Year.
Read MoreA development in Queens, New York, is planning to add almost 46 hectares new public space by placing flexible decking across the top of the Sunnyside Yard project.
Read MoreNew Zealand’s to get a new town at Drury, 37 kilometres south of Auckland.
Read MorePrivate cars have been banished from one of San Francisco’s premier corridors. Market Street is a major thoroughfare for the city, as well as a popular gathering place for locals and tourists alike.
Read MoreSitting on a former car factory site at the foothills of Mount Fuji in Susono City, Shizuoka is the Bjarke Ingels Group designed Toyota Woven City. The 70 hectare “smart city” is being seen by the Toyota Motor Corporation as a prototype town of the future, where people will work, play, live and participate in a living laboratory.
Read MoreAuckland is in the midst of a metamorphosis. The city is standing on the same precipice as many other cities around the world, where it’s considering how to balance social, economic, and environmental welfare alongside a growing population set to reach 2.4 million by 2050.
Read MoreOn the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world.
Read MoreWhat are some ways we can invite the public into the urban planning process? One Australian start-up hoping to solve this issue is Neighbourlytics, which uses social data to gauge public interaction in public places. Idealog chatted with founder Jessica Christiansen-Franks at the MYOB tech start-up conference in Melbourne.
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