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2021 Hassell Travelling Scholarship announced

University of Melbourne graduate Hilary Hoggett has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Hassell Travelling Scholarship – Robin Edmond Award.

Conversations

A legacy landscape

Designed as a rich, varied ‘collection of stories’, the new Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip in Perth celebrates the people and land that shape a place, from its early beginnings to modern day.

PODCAST

How big data can challenge - and validate - the design process

It’s more important than ever for cities to understand how their spaces work and how to attract people back. One advantage city shapers have - but often don’t use to full effect in the design process - is big data.

CONVERSATIONS

Planting for all the right reasons

A plant is better than no plants. But our city streets deserve more than a few groundcover species in a sea of mulch, which won’t bring us the well-researched benefits of immersion in dynamic nature.

CONVERSATIONS

Brutalist beauty of the Barbican’s gardens

In this age of curated experiences, the Barbican’s gardens give rise to the unique journeys that keep place-makers and modern designers awake at night.

EVENT

AIASF International Waterfronts Symposium

A famous waterfront city, San Francisco faces significant challenges to protect - and enhance - its historic port and shoreline. What can we learn from other waterfront cities and projects around the world?

project

Central Green Forest Park

Central Green Forest Park has been essential to the ecological recovery of a former chemicals factory. It has fast become one of Beijing’s most popular green spaces, playing host to an array of recreation, education and cultural activities.

Conversations

Are smarter parks also more attractive?

People are more likely to visit parks, and for longer, in ‘smart’ cities that incorporate innovative technology into their public spaces.

CONVERSATIONS

The 15% difference: the outsize benefits of a small amount of green space

Decades after people first moved into Sydney’s Victoria Park neighbourhood, it’s clear their parklands - while just 15% of the site - have nurtured a community that’s going strong.

project

Glasshouse Gardens Public Realm

In London’s fastest growing area, this green and open space welcomes the public to an inner city residential development.

project

Stadia Precinct, Sydney Olympic Park

Yerrabingin and Hassell brought together a team of Indigenous designers, artists and storytellers with strong community connections to deliver an authentic landscape, connected to the oldest living culture in the world.

project

Palermo Cruise Terminal Design Competition

In Palermo, Italy, the Mediterranean Sea was once the city’s ‘front door’ to the region and the known world beyond it.

project

Embarcadero and Public Piers Plan

A once-in-a-century chance to plan the future of San Francisco’s historic but run-down piers in this celebrated waterfront city.

CONVERSATIONS

The opportunity for greener cities

The case for greener cities has never been so compelling, in light of the broader human challenges we face.

project

Colma Creek, South San Francisco

Colma Creek Connector brings the community and experts together to imagine – and create – a brighter future for an urban waterway in South San Francisco, using storytelling to engage future custodians.

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