Landscapology is a big fan and long time resident of Spring Hill.
On 25 February, UDAL, the Urban Design Alliance, presents its first event of the year, a forum discussing the opportunities and challenges of development in the historic suburb, particularly in light of Brisbane City Council's planning updates.
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Vince the cane farmer created a wetland on a dud bit of land, and was astounded at how quickly life returned.
Click to watch him tell the story (2 mins).
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We've been working with wonderful clients to create space for a productive garden and improve pool fencing on their steeply sloping site.
Planting has just been completed - aren't these Blechnum 'Silver Lady' ferns beautiful!
We'll keep you updated as it matures.
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Last week I was delighted to take a group of conference visitors on a tour through Brisbane's City Botanic Gardens.
I'd read a book about the first curator, Walter Hill, and picked up a few interesting facts about the gardens over the years, but this was a great opportunity to delve in more detail into what the Queensland Heritage Register describes as "the most significant, non-Aboriginal cultural landscape in Queensland, having a continuous horticultural history since 1828, without any significant loss of land area or change in use over that time."
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Very excited that the Toogoolawah Condensery Packing Shed has now opened as an art gallery, with architecture by PHAB Architects.
We are proud to have played a small role in this great adaptive reuse community project.
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The State Library of Queensland is hosting the Asia Pacific Architecture Forum this March. Lucky for me, I am one of two local designers who've been invited to rummage through the library's collection of Queensland ephemera, select a couple of pieces and respond in some way.
I've always loved this photo of a diving competition held at the disused Morningside quarry, and it's got me thinking.
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