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A buoyant state of mind

Natural disasters can challenge our health, environment and way of life but they can also bring us closer. Riverside Green in Brisbane, Australia is a symbol of recovery and unity in a flood-prone city.

Research

The Magnetic Workplace: 2022 Workplace Futures Survey

The results from our annual survey on what people want from their workplaces have landed. The big reveal? More time in the office means happier employees and fewer resignations. But only if people have the freedom to choose.

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.”

PODCAST

Illumination: data, knowledge and design

This special podcast episode from our friends at MTalks explores the changing role of data, knowledge and design in our cities and in public institutions.

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.

project

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.

Research

Equal access is not an optional extra

How can we design healthcare facilities and hospitals where everyone feels included? We explore the concept of inclusive design, why it matters and how it relates to increased wellbeing.

Conversations

A daily dose of greens

Could urban farming change the way hospitals feed patients – and improve the health of our cities in the process?

PODCAST

Burnt out?
Mental health in design

The mental health challenges facing the design profession, its people - and what needs to be done to change it

PODCAST

Connection, trust and safety: co-working and COVID-19

At the heart of any co-working environment is the idea that it can do much more than provide a hotspot and a hot coffee. The best ones ask: Can we build a great like-minded community?

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.

Podcast

The law of attraction: bringing people back (and back) to the corporate campus

How can corporate campuses lure us out of our homes (and pyjamas) and back to the office in a COVID-wary world? And how will they keep us coming back, with remote working more compelling or essential than ever?

PODCAST

Workplace design, data and the era of COVID-19

How can data help organisations get the most out of their workplace experiments?

Conversations

The workplace beyond 2020

The office isn’t dead. But workplaces changed for good in 2020.

PODCAST

Naturalistic planting and rewilding: native or nothing?

The debate around native or exotic urban planting can sometimes be a thorny one, culturally, environmentally and emotionally.