Barangaroo Reserve: A decade of change
Barangaroo Reserve is in the heart of Sydney on the waterfront. It opened over 10 years ago. This article explores how it is developing and changing and what value it has to Sydneysiders and visitors.bvbnvnvnv
Streets make cities: the ingredients of a truly great street
A presentation by the prominent American city making architect Stan Eckstut on the nature and significance of the street as a key element of cities, using West 4th Street in New York as a model.bvbnvnvnv
Re-Imagining Urban Sites
In his presentation titled: “Reimagining urban sites,” American city-making architect Stan Eckstut focuses on the public domain and creation of iconic public spaces above architecture when designing large scale urban redevelopments.bvbnvnvnv
Mixed-Use Vertical Villages: The Future of Urban Housing
The mixed-use vertical village is put forward as a viable urban housing type for the future with practical examples and planning, architectural and urban design principles.bvbnvnvnv
A NEW KIND OF MIXED-USE PRECINCT IN TOKYO: EXAMPLES OF AZABUDAI HILLS AND MIYASHITA PARK
A look at the context and design of two mixed-use precincts in Tokyo with lessons drawn.bvbnvnvnv
TRANSFORMING URBAN PLACES THROUGH ARTWORK INTERVENTION
With his Studio’s largest and most ambitious work to date completed in December 2023 at Rozelle Bay, we consider the impact of artist and architect Chris Fox’s vision on the urban realm in Sydney.bvbnvnvnv
BIOURBANISM – A MODEL FOR DESIGNING CLIMATE RESILIENT CITIES
Backed up by research, the author argues for a paradigm shift from current thinking and practice to a bio-urbanism approach to the planning and design of cities.bvbnvnvnv
Sydney Central Station Metro Upgrade: a new heart uplifts the urban realm
The Sydney Metro Central Station Upgrade has unclogged the heart of the nation's busiest transport hub and delivered significant benefits to the wider city, says architect Troy Uleman.bvbnvnvnv
THE BEST EUROPEAN HOUSING SCHEMES OF THE 20th CENTURY
This article addresses the enormous architectural and urban design challenge of providing environments for a growing population by drawing on some of the most important European housing schemes of the 20th century.bvbnvnvnv
The social power of infrastructure design
Martin Knight discusses, with examples from across the UK and Europe, how the social value and benefit created by sensitive bridge design contributes just as much as their architectural contribution.bvbnvnvnv
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.bvbnvnvnv
THE DRYING GREEN AT SYDNEY’S GREEN SQUARE – THE WORLD’S FIRST ECOLOGICAL ENGINE
This unique design of Australia’s most technologically advanced urban park, in an inner-city area of Sydney undergoing considerable densification, is based on ecological and origami principles.bvbnvnvnv
How a Circular Economy approach to planning and design can transform our rural and regional settlement patterns
Re-thinking and re-designing for the next generation of human settlements in Australia with examples.bvbnvnvnv
BRINGING AN URBAN DESIGN TO REALITY
The eminent American urban design and city planning educator, advisor and practitioner Jonathan Barnett addresses a central urban design issue – how to bring an urban design concept to reality.bvbnvnvnv
Envisioning 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.bvbnvnvnv