Landscape architecture

News December 06, 2022

Our 2022 Awards Wrap: Hassell shines on the awards stage

Six practitioners and 16 projects honoured with national and international awards. These awards are richly deserved by our multi-talented architects and designers as well as by our clients and collaborators – near and far.

Conversation

Drawing outside the lines: reimagining Cathedral Gardens, Belfast

By understanding how a place is impacted by – and impacts – everything and everyone around it, the design process is elevated from a matter of opinion to a realisation of what matters.

News June 30, 2023

Reinventing Margaret River: small in stature, big on vitality

How do you transform an outdated town centre with a global reputation as a travel hotspot into a thriving celebration of community, local heritage and culture? We started by asking the community.

News September 30, 2022

Sydney Metro planting trials: sowing the seeds for urban biodiversity

Biodiversity loss is a pressing issue in contemporary cities. Our Sydney Metro planting trials aim to achieve a beautiful, biodiverse ground-level landscape that will inform the design of future public landscapes across the city.

Media August 18, 2022

Two new car-free bridges for Perth CBD

Architecture AU

News August 16, 2022

“The most exciting thing that’s happened in Sydney since the Opera House.”

Senior Associate Scott Davies on designing Sydney’s new airport precinct.

Conversation

The beauty of rail: creating a 100-year legacy

Great rail design always starts with people. It’s in our DNA and has guided us over our 25-year history of creating award-winning urban transport experiences.

News August 01, 2022

Meliá Chongqing wins at 2022 Golden Bund Awards

Meliá Chongqing Hotel and Resort is the winner of the Silver Award in the Best Hotels category at the Golden Bund Awards.

PODCAST

Why designing for spontaneity is what cities need now

“When people come together, ” says Su Lim, ​“we can create great adventures, and then in turn, that manifests in memory.”

News June 23, 2022

Cool, calming and connected: the award-winning UQ Student Central

Find out why our landscape for The University of Queensland’s Student Central has been awarded the 2022 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA), QLD Chapter, Landscape Architecture Award for Health and Education.

Media

Hassell travelling scholarship winner revealed

Landscape Australia

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Meliá Chongqing Hotel and Resort

Our design for Meliá Chongqing, a five-star mountain resort in the heart of China’s scenic Tieshanping Eco Area, reflects the Spanish hospitality group’s award-winning sustainability credentials — and the rich natural resources of the surrounding landscape.