Successful Buildings for a Better City
The case is made for high-quality housing in denser cities to create more desirable urban form and more livable environments for communities - through better urban policy and design.
Read MoreEnvisioning a New Urban Future for Southern California
The case is made for a return to timeless principles of urban design, and for a paradigm shift that will allow genuine urban nodes to evolve in the existing stretches of suburban sprawl.
Read MoreBring on the street colonnade
an historical survey presents the case for the street colonnade in New South Wales today as useful and valuable, not least because it is culturally embedded.
Read MoreTaronga Zoo – Nura Diya Exhibit
Set on Cammeraigal country, this unique urban and public space project is the latest in a series of major works completed at Taronga Zoo. The new exhibit will be adding to the rich history of the Zoo, as planned landscaped public space.
Read MoreLeveraging Sydney Central Station in the over-rail precinct
With a 24-hectare over rail deck set to create a a new precinct on the southern edge of the Sydney's CBD, Sydney Central Station should be hosting the party, not left at the door.
Read MorePARIS AND SENIORS HOUSING URBAN DESIGN
Lara Calder shares her inspiration from a recent trip to the city of Paris about integrating communities, focusing on contemporary Seniors Housing and socially responsible developments in a modern new district of Paris.
Read MoreQUAY QUARTER LANES – A CONTRIBUTION TO SYDNEY’S PUBLIC DOMAIN AND URBAN REVITALISATION
Building upon Sydney’s streets and laneways, an integrated pedestrian precinct and living environment of great charm and economic value has been developed behind Circular Quay. This unique city shaping project has been designed by a collaborative team as a complement to the massive new developments which surround it and that are changing the city skyline.
Read MoreMAITLAND MAIN STREET REVITALISATION AND THE LEVEE: Reviving a country town’s heart and linking it to the river
This project is an inspiring example of main street revitalization, historic preservation, connection of town to waterfront, environmental sustainability and design quality.
Read MoreGreening Sydney
Contributions—of ideas, practice and policy—to the greening of cities; primarily incorporating living plants in architectural projects and including creative examples from Sydney and abroad.
Read MoreAustralia’s foundational Aboriginal narrative offers an original framework for urban design
By Ros Moriarty, Managing Director of Balarinji
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